 Basics | |||||||
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| Overview | The first spawn was on Wednesday 14th of December 2011. The breeding group consisted of 1 male and 1 female. Additionally, there were 5 unknown individuals present. The smallest male was at least 60mm SL and the smallest female was at least 55mm SL. The individuals were obtained from Wild cought. | ||||||
| Feeding |
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| Water Parameters (at time of spawning) | |||||||
| pH | 6.70 to 7.70 | ||||||
| Temperature | 27.0°C to 35.0°C | ||||||
| Current | Strong(air) | ||||||
| Other Water Params | Sometimes rise temperature to 35 C for several days. | ||||||
| Aquarium | |||||||
| Dimensions | The aquarium dimensions were 550mm x 450mm x 400mm (21.7" x 17.7" x 15.7") all Length x Width x Height. | ||||||
| Furniture | Setup with stones fine sand and bone caves. | ||||||
| Filtration | Two 1200 l\h pomps with sponges. | ||||||
| Lighting | Turn on not often, usually with out light. | ||||||
| Heating | Atman 100 W heater | ||||||
| Breeding | |||||||
| Behaviour | Typical cave spawning behaviour. | ||||||
| Time to hatch | 0 days Number: 4 Free swimming: 4 days | ||||||
| Segregation | Moved the fry after 12 days from cave to the rearing tank. | ||||||
| Fry sizes | 7 days: 0mm 14 days: 19mm 21 days: 0mm | ||||||
| 7 days |  | ||||||
| Juvenile sizes | 1 month: 0mm 3 months: 0mm 6 months: 0mm | ||||||
