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| Overview | The first spawn was on Tuesday 5th of January 2021. The breeding group consisted of 1 male and 1 female. The smallest male was at least 60mm SL and the smallest female was at least 100mm SL. The youngest adult was approximately 24 months old. The individuals were obtained from Wild import - Rio Santa Lucia. | |||||||||
| Feeding |
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| Water Parameters (at time of spawning) | ||||||||||
| pH | 7.20 to 7.60 | |||||||||
| Conductivity | 100µs to 200µs | |||||||||
| Temperature | 23.5°C to 24.0°C | |||||||||
| Current | Medium(air) | |||||||||
| Other Water Params | Low kh/gh. Large weekly water changes to keep nitrates low. | |||||||||
| Aquarium | ||||||||||
| Dimensions | The aquarium dimensions were 762mm x 381mm x 610mm (30" x 15" x 24") all Length x Width x Height. | |||||||||
| Furniture | Sand substrate, few scattered stones, drift wood. Dwarf water lettuce. Two plants provided for spawning sights: amazon sword and banana plant | |||||||||
| Filtration | Sponge filter | |||||||||
| Lighting | Finnex Planted+ 24/7, and custom spot lights. | |||||||||
| Heating | Eheim 75W | |||||||||
| Breeding | ||||||||||
| Behaviour | Behavior nearly identical to paleatus cory. Male pursuing female until she relents then they do the classic T-position. Egg laying started on amazon sword, but eventually moved to glass as well. Over the course of the day they appear to have laid at least 100 eggs, if not more, all throughout the tank. Egg laying seems to be strongly favoring side of tank that gets sun from a south facing window. | |||||||||
| Eggs |  There were 100 clear/cream eggs laid which were 1.0mm in diameter. | |||||||||
| Time to hatch | 2 days Number: 24 Free swimming: 3 days | |||||||||
| Segregation | Parents don't bother the eggs at all, but there was significant (25-30%) fungus-ing, so yield may improve with removal and treatment. | |||||||||
| Fry sizes | 7 days: 6mm 14 days: 11mm 21 days: 13mm | |||||||||
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| Juvenile sizes | 1 month: 18mm 3 months: 26mm 6 months: 0mm | |||||||||
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| Fry and juvenile feeding | Powdered spirulina, raw repashy, and freeze dried copepods | |||||||||
