 Basics | ||||
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| Overview | The first spawn was on Sunday 1st of March 2015. The breeding group consisted of 1 male and 3 females. The smallest male was at least 80mm SL and the smallest female was at least 100mm SL. The individuals were obtained from Wild, purchased from Cichlid Lovers. | |||
| Feeding |
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| Water Parameters (at time of spawning) | ||||
| Conductivity | 200µs to 300µs | |||
| Temperature | 25.0°C to 25.0°C | |||
| Current | Medium | |||
| Aquarium | ||||
| Dimensions | The aquarium dimensions were 1524mm x 610mm x 508mm (60" x 24" x 20") all Length x Width x Height. | |||
| Furniture | Large rocks and pool filter sand | |||
| Filtration | 2 large canister filters, 550 gph each | |||
| Lighting | LED | |||
| Breeding | ||||
| Behaviour | Spawn frequently. Have harvested young from A.jacobfriebergi peacocks and Cyrtocara moorii. F1 fry were sexually mature and started breeding at approximately 1 year of age | |||
| Segregation | Parents were left with host fish. Fry were retrieved by stripping host fish. Some fry survived in tank that were naturally released. | |||
| Fry sizes | 7 days: 0mm 14 days: 0mm 21 days: 0mm | |||
| Juvenile sizes | 1 month: 0mm 3 months: 0mm 6 months: 0mm | |||
