 Basics | ||||||||||
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| Overview | The first spawn was on Tuesday 28th of January 2020. The breeding group consisted of 2 males and 1 female. The smallest male was at least 123mm SL and the smallest female was at least 100mm SL. The youngest adult was approximately 40 months old. The individuals were obtained from L168's from Local breeder. | |||||||||
| Feeding |
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| Water Parameters (at time of spawning) | ||||||||||
| pH | 6.50 to 7.00 | |||||||||
| Conductivity | 100µs to 300µs | |||||||||
| Temperature | 26.5°C to 27.0°C | |||||||||
| Current | Medium | |||||||||
| Other Water Params | 25-30% water change weekly, sometimes fortnightly | |||||||||
| Aquarium | ||||||||||
| Dimensions | The aquarium dimensions were 770mm x 400mm x 460mm (30.3" x 15.7" x 18.1") all Length x Width x Height. | |||||||||
| Furniture | Fine gravel substrate, plenty of stacked shist pieces, some bogwood, two broad d-shaped ceramic caves | |||||||||
| Filtration | Eheim 2213 | |||||||||
| Lighting | None | |||||||||
| Heating | 1 x 150 watt Jager (Eheim) | |||||||||
| Breeding | ||||||||||
| Behaviour | Although four caves were offered the male seems to prefer brooding his eggs in gaps between bits of flat rock (shist). | |||||||||
| Eggs |  There were 40 pale yellow eggs laid which were 3.0mm in diameter. | |||||||||
| Fry sizes | 7 days: 0mm 14 days: 0mm 21 days: 0mm | |||||||||
| Juvenile sizes | 1 month: 0mm 3 months: 0mm 6 months: 0mm | |||||||||
