 Basics | ||||
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| Overview | The first spawn was on Sunday 10th of June 2012. The breeding group consisted of 4 males and 8 females. The smallest male was at least 17mm SL and the smallest female was at least 15mm SL. The youngest adult was approximately 1 month old. The individuals were obtained from Swiss tropicals - rochester, mn. | |||
| Feeding |
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| Water Parameters (at time of spawning) | ||||
| Temperature | 26.5°C to 27.0°C | |||
| Current | Medium | |||
| Other Water Params | Tapwater, lots of plants & driftwood - tests around 7.0 | |||
| Aquarium | ||||
| Furniture | Lots of caves & slate pieces to make different levels. About 15 Cryptocoryne plants & lots of assassin snails | |||
| Filtration | 2 aquaclear 110's | |||
| Lighting | Finnex fuge-ray planted plus | |||
| Heating | Finnex 250 watt | |||
| Breeding | ||||
| Eggs | _eggs/1.jpg) | |||
| Fry sizes | 7 days: 0mm 14 days: 0mm 21 days: 0mm | |||
| 7 days | _7d/1.jpg) | |||
| 14 days | _14d/1.jpg) | |||
| 21 days | _21d/1.jpg) | |||
| Juvenile sizes | 1 month: 0mm 3 months: 0mm 6 months: 0mm | |||
| 3 months | _3m/1.jpg) | |||
| Fry and juvenile feeding | I feed New Life Spectrum grow & ken's veggie flake. I have cholla wood for them to chew on. I try to keep them in a breeder box till they are 1 inch | |||
