 Basics | ||||
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| Overview | The first spawn was on Wednesday 20th of January 2010. The breeding group consisted of 0 males and 0 females. Additionally, there were 80 unknown individuals present. The smallest male was at least 64mm SL and the smallest female was at least 64mm SL. The youngest adult was approximately 24 months old. The individuals were obtained from Two different LFS's, 1 Aquabid auction. | |||
| Feeding |
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| Water Parameters (at time of spawning) | ||||
| pH | 6.70 to 7.00 | |||
| Temperature | 24.0°C to 25.0°C | |||
| Current | Gentle | |||
| Aquarium | ||||
| Dimensions | The aquarium dimensions were 762mm x 305mm x 305mm (30" x 12" x 12") all Length x Width x Height. | |||
| Furniture | Plenty of driftwood/rock caves. | |||
| Filtration | Biowheel 350's with sponge prefilters | |||
| Lighting | Single tube flourescent | |||
| Heating | Single heater to maintain at least 75 degrees. | |||
| Breeding | ||||
| Behaviour | These fish are always secretive. I knew I had males and females due to starting with about 15 or so fish. Then I would watch closely as the females would feed more heavily, then plump up with roe, then disappear for a few days. I then suspected when most of the plump fish were now skinny again, that eggs had to be there. I started flipping over driftwood and found some eggs, but mainly small fry in with the java moss that was under neath. All fish were kept in the tank with the eggs and fry. Every few weeks I am able to find a few more "small" bumblebees. | |||
| Segregation | Parents were left with eggs and fry. I suspect that some eat the eggs, I still end up with more and more bee's. | |||
| Fry sizes | 7 days: 0mm 14 days: 0mm 21 days: 0mm | |||
| Juvenile sizes | 1 month: 0mm 3 months: 0mm 6 months: 0mm | |||
| Fry and juvenile feeding | I continued to do my normal feeding for the parents. Above it wouldn't let me list all the foods, so I feed live blackworms twice a week, frozen brine shrimp twice a week and ken's earthworm flake food daily. | |||
