 Basics | |
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| Overview | The first spawn was on Thursday 14th of June 2018. The breeding group consisted of 1 male and 1 female. The smallest male was at least 44mm SL and the smallest female was at least 63mm SL. The individuals were obtained from LFS. |
| Feeding | No foods recorded |
| Water Parameters (at time of spawning) | |
| pH | 6.40 to 6.50 |
| Conductivity | 200µs to 200µs |
| Temperature | 22.5°C to 22.5°C |
| Current | Medium |
| Aquarium | |
| Furniture | Anubias, java fern, java moss, driftwood, white sand substrate |
| Filtration | Large sponge filter |
| Lighting | Cheap LED light, mostly kept off. |
| Heating | 100w heater |
| Breeding | |
| Behaviour | Moved female along with female false juli's to breeding tank. Conditioned for one week on frozen mix of bloodworms, mysis shrimp, brine shrimp, and beef heart daily. Second meal of sinking shrimp pellets and bottom feeder bug bites daily. Moved the male in, and within one day first spawning happened. Novice, most eggs were destroyed trying to move them. Two live fry. Two weeks later on May 16th, 137 eggs collected from sides of tank, heater, and plants. 80% fertile, unsure of total number of live fry at this point, but a lot! |
| Eggs | There were 137 eggs laid which were 0.0mm in diameter. |
| Time to hatch | 2 days Number: 50 Free swimming: 50 days |
| Fry sizes | 7 days: 0mm 14 days: 0mm 21 days: 0mm |
| Juvenile sizes | 1 month: 0mm 3 months: 0mm 6 months: 0mm |
