 Basics | ||||||||||
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| Overview | The first spawn was on Sunday 19th of January 2020. The breeding group consisted of 2 males and 2 females. Additionally, there were 1 unknown individual present. The smallest male was at least 30mm SL and the smallest female was at least 40mm SL. The youngest adult was approximately 24 months old. The individuals were obtained from The Wet Spot. | |||||||||
| Feeding |
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| Water Parameters (at time of spawning) | ||||||||||
| pH | 7.50 to 7.80 | |||||||||
| Conductivity | 100µs to 200µs | |||||||||
| Temperature | 26.0°C to 27.5°C | |||||||||
| Current | Medium | |||||||||
| Other Water Params | N/a | |||||||||
| Aquarium | ||||||||||
| Dimensions | The aquarium dimensions were 762mm x 305mm x 457mm (30" x 12" x 18") all Length x Width x Height. | |||||||||
| Furniture | Mopani driftwood. Clay pleco caves (open on both ends). Bamboo (closed on one end). Misc. easy plants, crypts, bacopa, java fern, anubias, and american frogbit. | |||||||||
| Filtration | Sponge | |||||||||
| Lighting | Full spectrum growlight | |||||||||
| Heating | Eheim 50W | |||||||||
| Breeding | ||||||||||
| Behaviour | First found eggs and fry when bamboo tubes were knocked over while scraping algae from glass. Since then have checked in after lights out with a red flashlight and found numerous fry seeking food at the surface | |||||||||
| Eggs |  There were 30 yellow eggs laid which were 2.0mm in diameter. | |||||||||
| Time to hatch | 1 days Number: 12 Free swimming: 1 days | |||||||||
| Segregation | Have not tried separating adults and fry. | |||||||||
| Fry sizes | 7 days: 5mm 14 days: 0mm 21 days: 0mm | |||||||||
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| Juvenile sizes | 1 month: 0mm 3 months: 12mm 6 months: 0mm | |||||||||
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| Fry and juvenile feeding | Feeding powder from bottom of sera onip container Freeze dried cyclops | |||||||||
