Basics |
Overview | The first spawn was on Monday 2nd of March 2020. The breeding group consisted of 0 males and 0 females. Additionally, there were 7 unknown individuals present. The smallest male was at least 90mm SL and the smallest female was at least 80mm SL. The youngest adult was approximately 12 months old. The individuals were obtained from Two different LFS’s. |
Feeding | 1. | Wardley Algae discs (dry / prepared) few times a week | | 2. | Frozen shrimp (frozen) few times a week | | 3. | Fresh Cucumber (live) few times a week | |
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Water Parameters (at time of spawning) |
pH | 6.50 to 7.20 |
Temperature | 24.0°C to 25.0°C |
Current | Strong |
Other Water Params | Made 30% water changes each 15 days increasing the pH from 6.5 to 7.2 each time, the pH was slowly decreasing until the next water change. |
Aquarium |
Dimensions | The aquarium dimensions were 900mm x 600mm x 400mm (35.4" x 23.6" x 15.7") all Length x Width x Height. |
Furniture | Different type of driftwood, rounded shape stones, clear sand and some echinodorus amazonic plants |
Filtration | One aquaclear 70 and one power head to give the strong current |
Lighting | Led. Not too strong 10 hrs period |
Heating | No heating |
Breeding |
Eggs |  |
Fry sizes | 7 days: 0mm 14 days: 0mm 21 days: 0mm |
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21 days |  |
Juvenile sizes | 1 month: 0mm 3 months: 0mm 6 months: 0mm |
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