 Basics | ||||
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| Overview | The first spawn was on Saturday 2nd of September 2023. The breeding group consisted of 3 males and 3 females. The smallest male was at least 32mm SL and the smallest female was at least 32mm SL. The individuals were obtained from Dan's Fish (online). | |||
| Feeding |
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| Water Parameters (at time of spawning) | ||||
| pH | 6.80 to 6.80 | |||
| Temperature | 23.0°C to 24.0°C | |||
| Current | Medium | |||
| Aquarium | ||||
| Dimensions | The aquarium dimensions were 762mm x 305mm x 457mm (30" x 12" x 18") all Length x Width x Height. | |||
| Furniture | Tank was full of plants mostly bacopa caroliniana, cryptocoryne wendtii, chain swords and hygrophila corymbosa. | |||
| Filtration | Filtered by AquaClear 40. | |||
| Lighting | Lights enough for plants to grow well. LED Hygger lights to fit a 29 gallon tank. | |||
| Breeding | ||||
| Behaviour | Female vigorously cleaning underside of leaf (bacopa or cryptocoryne). Male comes in upside down as well, swimming in front against the head and they slide into a "T" position. Some eggs were laid on underside of leaves and some on top of leaves. Nearly all of them were near the bottom of the tank. | |||
| Eggs |  There were 10 yellow eggs laid which were 2.0mm in diameter. | |||
| Time to hatch | 3 days Number: 10 Free swimming: 7 days | |||
| Segregation | I put the fry in a hang on back breeder box. | |||
| Fry sizes | 7 days: 6mm 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 | Fed with repashy powder and had some bacopa caroliniana stems in fry tank. They were able to suck on surfaces immediately and fed that way after yolk sack depleted. | |||
