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| Overview | The first spawn was on Tuesday 12th of March 2019. The breeding group consisted of 1 male and 2 females. The smallest male was at least 120mm SL and the smallest female was at least 100mm SL. The youngest adult was approximately 38 months old. The individuals were obtained from Private seller. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Feeding |
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| Water Parameters (at time of spawning) | |||||||||||||||||||
| pH | 6.80 to 7.00 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Conductivity | 500µs to 600µs | ||||||||||||||||||
| Temperature | 26.0°C to 28.0°C | ||||||||||||||||||
| Current | Strong | ||||||||||||||||||
| Other Water Params | Ammonia - 0 Nitrite - 0 Nitrate - 20 Ph - 6.8 Kh - 3 - 53.7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Aquarium | |||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | The aquarium dimensions were 914mm x 381mm x 457mm (36" x 15" x 18") all Length x Width x Height. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Furniture | Multiple caves with various shapes and sizes. 2x bio sponge air powered filters. 2x long flat and thin pieces or driftwood sitting on top of caves to make them a sort of roof. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Filtration | 1x 1000l/hr & 1x 600l/hr smart ocean free internal. 2x Serenity air powered sponge filters 1x SMXY-180 & 1x SMXY-380 . | ||||||||||||||||||
| Lighting | Aqua one 45cm Tropicglo LED. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Heating | 1x 300w aqua one thermosafe. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Breeding | |||||||||||||||||||
| Behaviour | For some time the females had been hanging around the males cave. But he didn't seem interested. Then the smaller of the females one night was really trying to get in. The next morning she had vanished. So for 2 days i didn't see her and the male didn't come out. After that 2 days she was out. I didn't see the male fanning at all so i wondered if he had eggs or not. A week passed and i looked inside and couldn't see anything. So i thought nothing happened. But on the 19/3 i found 6x wrigglers kicked out in the tank with egg sacks attached. They are now in a tumbler. On the 22/3 i found one more kicked out. On the 24/3 i found 3 more kicked out. On the 27/3 10 more had started to come out. On 28/3 4 more came out. Over the 27th and 28th four died, so at this stage 20 are alive. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Eggs | _eggs/1.jpg) There were 28 yellow eggs laid which were 5.0mm in diameter. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Time to hatch | 5 days Number: 28 Free swimming: 16 days | ||||||||||||||||||
| Segregation | The male kicked out some of the wrigglers once they hatched. So i put them in a tumbler and once the sac is consumed i will put them in a breeder box. On the 28/3 i put them in a ziss bl-3 breeder box even though the egg sacks hadn't been consumed. I continued to target feed them and left them here until 3 months old so far. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Fry sizes | 7 days: 12mm 14 days: 16mm 21 days: 20mm | ||||||||||||||||||
| 7 days | _7d/1.jpg) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 14 days | _14d/1.jpg) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 21 days | _21d/1.jpg) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Juvenile sizes | 1 month: 22mm 3 months: 35mm 6 months: 53mm | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 month | _1m/1.jpg) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3 months | _3m/1.jpg) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 6 months | _6m/1.jpg) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Fry and juvenile feeding | Feeding in a breeder box with crushed pellets that a friend gave me. At this stage i'm unsure of the brand but i will find out soon. I am also going to try zucchini and some Repashy Bottom scratcher/Super green/Frozen Bloodworm mix. | ||||||||||||||||||
