 Basics | ||||
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| Overview | The first spawn was on Friday 11th of May 2018. The breeding group consisted of 2 males and 1 female. The smallest male was at least 60mm SL and the smallest female was at least 70mm SL. The youngest adult was approximately 12 months old. The individuals were obtained from MA IOW. | |||
| Feeding |
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| Water Parameters (at time of spawning) | ||||
| pH | 6.50 to 6.70 | |||
| Conductivity | 200µs to 300µs | |||
| Temperature | 17.0°C to 19.5°C | |||
| Current | Medium | |||
| Aquarium | ||||
| Dimensions | The aquarium dimensions were 457mm x 305mm x 305mm (18" x 12" x 12") all Length x Width x Height. | |||
| Furniture | Plants (valisneria), coconut shell, mix of gravel and sand. | |||
| Filtration | Eheim Aquaball. | |||
| Lighting | LED | |||
| Heating | None. Water needed to be cooled as room temperature at 22. | |||
| Breeding | ||||
| Behaviour | Spawned over 3 days, largest spawn being night of rain. Eggs laid all over glass in clumps of 8-10 plus more in smaller groups. Also laid on filter, cable, plants and floating plant. Female did not look particularly gravid. | |||
| Eggs | _zygatus_eggs/1.jpg) There were 110 pale cream eggs laid which were 2.0mm in diameter. | |||
| Segregation | Moved eggs to a tumbler. Parents returned to community tank where they spawned again. | |||
| Fry sizes | 7 days: 0mm 14 days: 0mm 21 days: 0mm | |||
| Juvenile sizes | 1 month: 0mm 3 months: 0mm 6 months: 0mm | |||
