 Basics | |
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| Overview | The first spawn was on Friday 14th of September 2018. The breeding group consisted of 3 males and 5 females. The smallest male was at least 800mm SL and the smallest female was at least 1100mm SL. The individuals were obtained from Second handed from various persons. |
| Feeding | No foods recorded |
| Water Parameters (at time of spawning) | |
| pH | 6.90 to 6.90 |
| Conductivity | 500µs to 600µs |
| Temperature | 25.5°C to 28.5°C |
| Current | Strong |
| Other Water Params | - pH is CO2 controlled (6,85-6,95). - Kh: 5 - Temp range from 25,5-28,5 |
| Aquarium | |
| Dimensions | The aquarium dimensions were 600mm x 600mm x 400mm (23.6" x 23.6" x 15.7") all Length x Width x Height. |
| Furniture | Aquarium is 190 liter Trigon, juwel. the front part of the aquarium contains black gravel with 9 holes for the L134, some wood and stones. The other part is a terrace which contains many plants and white sand. I created the terrace to ''seperate'' the pleco's from the plants, since they like to move their tails and dig. In this way, the pleco's stay on the front side of the aquarium, with the holes and the terrace part remains untouched by them. In the aquarium there are also a couple of diamant gouramis, 16 african blue eyes, some pinto shrimps. |
| Filtration | Only an external filter: jbl cristalprofi e1500. |
| Lighting | 2x led strip and 2TL Light on from 9am to 9pm |
| Heating | Hydor, external heater. |
| Breeding | |
| Behaviour | A week before the spawning, I reogranized my aquarium (as described under furniture), at that time, I only had 5 L134, all females (one is doubtful). Three days later I bought three males, a big one, and two smaller ones. Age is unkown. Two days after I bought the males and put them in the aquarium, I saw one of the males in the front of his hole showing spawning behaviour (waving with his back fins). I also couldn't find one of the females. The day after the female was found and I took a look in the hole (see picture of eggs earlier on). I propose the females I had were ready to deliver eggs and were triggered by the addition of the males. Furthermore, I think the great amount of plants resulted in lots of oxygen. The water is soft (kh=5), but the conductivity is not extremly low (around 570 us). |
| Eggs |  There were 28 yellow eggs laid which were 0.0mm in diameter. |
| Time to hatch | 6 days Number: 20 Free swimming: 0 days |
| Segregation | Removed the eggs from the hole at day 4 and placed them in a incubator box with air to hatch. On day 6 they hatched, but also on one side started to grow fungus. |
| Fry sizes | 7 days: 0mm 14 days: 0mm 21 days: 0mm |
| Juvenile sizes | 1 month: 0mm 3 months: 0mm 6 months: 0mm |
