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| Overview | The first spawn was on Wednesday 23rd of February 2022. The breeding group consisted of 1 male and 1 female. The smallest male was at least 160mm SL and the smallest female was at least 110mm SL. The individuals were obtained from Captive bred. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Feeding |
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| Water Parameters (at time of spawning) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| pH | 7.40 to 7.60 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Conductivity | 100µs to 200µs | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Temperature | 24.5°C to 27.5°C | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current | Medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other Water Params | Added peat and 10% waterchange with pure RO Micronutrient fertilizer dosed daily for plants | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Aquarium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | The aquarium dimensions were 1650mm x 550mm x 500mm (65" x 21.7" x 19.7") all Length x Width x Height. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Furniture | Rocks, plants, driftwood, 2 caves for the male | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Filtration | Fluval FX6, Waldbeck Clearflow 35UV, both with sponge and matrix | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lighting | 2x20w LED | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Heating | Eheim Jager 300w | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Breeding | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Behaviour | Trapping happened unexpectedly, so I did a 10% wc with pure RO water to simulate rain. They left the cave the next day, but went back the same night. Trapping lasted two days, during that I added a small bag of peat, the nex day the male was fanning the eggs. I left the eggs with the male and he did a great job. I stripped the wigglers to prevent predation if they leave the cave. Since the first spawn they have been spawning every month, laying over 60 eggs each time. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eggs | There were 25 light yellow eggs laid which were 3.0mm in diameter. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Time to hatch | 7 days Number: 25 Free swimming: 7 days | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Segregation | Moved the fry into a frybox. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fry sizes | 7 days: 0mm 14 days: 0mm 21 days: 0mm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 14 days |  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Juvenile sizes | 1 month: 0mm 3 months: 0mm 6 months: 0mm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fry and juvenile feeding | Dry leaves, Repashy Bottom scratcher mixed with Plecoceramics DIY powder and decapsulated artemia, crushed EBO Artemia softgran | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
