 Basics | |
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| Overview | The first spawn was on Sunday 1st of October 2023. The breeding group consisted of 6 males and 6 females. Additionally, there were 4 unknown individuals present. The smallest male was at least 50mm SL and the smallest female was at least 50mm SL. The youngest adult was approximately 23 months old. The individuals were obtained from Tropical Haven, Pan Ocean and Rebecca Goldring. |
| Further spawns | Monday 2nd of October 2023, Thursday 12th of September 2024. 2 in total. |
| Feeding | No foods recorded |
| Water Parameters (at time of spawning) | |
| Temperature | 24.0°C to 25.0°C |
| Current | Medium |
| Other Water Params | Tapwater conditioned with SeaChem Prime at 1.5x strength. 50% water change every 2 weeks. |
| Aquarium | |
| Furniture | False floor, cobblestones, driftwood, dried oak leaves and spawning mops |
| Filtration | Matten filter, air driven. Plus an AquaClear 30 powerhead for added current |
| Lighting | Ambient |
| Heating | Fluval E-series 100W heater |
| Breeding | |
| Behaviour | My efforts to spawn these fish are described here: https://www.planetcatfish.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=49481 and specifically here: https://www.planetcatfish.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=338853#p338853. Original mating not observed. Eggs found under false floor in the morning after spawn. |
| Eggs |  There were 50 amber eggs laid which were 1.5mm in diameter. |
| Time to hatch | 1 days Number: 75 Free swimming: 3 days |
| Segregation | When I found the first eggs, I moved them to a German breeder ring (GBR). All the eggs died within an hour, I suspect because they were too young and fragile for the move. I knew there were more eggs in the tank, but I couldn't get them on that first morning. The next morning, in the tank below the false floor I saw some bad eggs from the day before and some good eggs too. I didn't know if the good eggs were new or leftover from the day before. This time, instead of collecting the eggs, I left them under the false floor in the adult tank and I waited for the eggs to hatch. Most had hatched within 24 hours. 36 hours after I found the eggs, all the good eggs were done hatching, so I removed the parents and false floor from the tank and carefully siphoned the wigglers with a turkey baster and put the wigglers in a GBR. Before their yolk was used up, I moved the babies to a small (1) gallon tank, no filtration but with heater and airstone, to raise them as I do with hatchling Amblydoras nauticus (https://www.planetcatfish.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=338616#p338616). For the next and for future spawns, I will move babies straight to the tank from the parent tank... no GBR. The GBR is not necessary because the eggs are already hatched before I collect them. |
| Fry sizes | 7 days: 0mm 14 days: 0mm 21 days: 0mm |
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| Juvenile sizes | 1 month: 0mm 3 months: 0mm 6 months: 0mm |
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| Fry and juvenile feeding | I'm feeding them live microworms and pulverized (to dust) dry foods like flakes, granules and freeze-dried tubifex worms. |
