 Basics | ||||
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| Overview | The first spawn was on Wednesday 1st of May 2019. The breeding group consisted of 1 male and 2 females. The individuals were obtained from Berlin Börse. | |||
| Feeding |
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| Water Parameters (at time of spawning) | ||||
| Temperature | 27.0°C to 27.0°C | |||
| Current | Gentle | |||
| Other Water Params | Transferred into an emergency tank as the sole survivors of a filter breakdown. 10 days later, they spawned. | |||
| Aquarium | ||||
| Dimensions | The aquarium dimensions were 750mm x 500mm x 500mm (29.5" x 19.7" x 19.7") all Length x Width x Height. | |||
| Furniture | Gravel substrate, pleco tubes and slate | |||
| Filtration | Hamburg mattenfilter | |||
| Lighting | None, just ambient | |||
| Heating | 300W stabheater set to 27degC | |||
| Breeding | ||||
| Behaviour | 3 survivors of a filter failure (which killed off every other pleco in a 300l tank) were dumped into a spare quarantine tank with every expectation that they wouldn't make it either. To my total amazement, 7 days later they spawned. The eggs had drifted out of a tube, so were rescued and placed in a floating breeding ring with a built-in HMF | |||
| Eggs | There were 75 bright yellow eggs laid which were 3.0mm in diameter. | |||
| Time to hatch | 7 days Number: 10 Free swimming: 0 days | |||
| Segregation | Segregated into floating breeding ring | |||
| Fry sizes | 7 days: 0mm 14 days: 0mm 21 days: 0mm | |||
| Juvenile sizes | 1 month: 0mm 3 months: 0mm 6 months: 0mm | |||
