 Basics | ||||
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| Overview | The first spawn was on Tuesday 2nd of October 2012. The breeding group consisted of 4 males and 8 females. Additionally, there were 30 unknown individuals present. The smallest male was at least 11mm SL and the smallest female was at least 80mm SL. The individuals were obtained from LFS. | |||
| Feeding |
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| Water Parameters (at time of spawning) | ||||
| pH | 7.10 to 7.50 | |||
| Conductivity | 200µs to 200µs | |||
| Temperature | 27.5°C to 29.5°C | |||
| Current | Air (vertical) | |||
| Other Water Params | Nh4/nh3 0,5/0,003" no2 0 No34 | |||
| Aquarium | ||||
| Dimensions | The aquarium dimensions were 650mm x 700mm x 400mm (25.6" x 27.6" x 15.7") all Length x Width x Height. | |||
| Furniture | Bogwood and caces. Fine gravel | |||
| Filtration | Airfiltration and filtration via central filter system | |||
| Lighting | Led light | |||
| Heating | Aq therm | |||
| Breeding | ||||
| Behaviour | Male trappes female. Male are quite gentle. Male guard the eggs untill yolk sac is absorbed | |||
| Eggs | _eggs/1.jpg) There were 25 orange eggs laid which were 6.0mm in diameter. | |||
| Time to hatch | 6 days Number: 25 Free swimming: 23 days | |||
| Segregation | I separate fry after 3 weeks depending on size. | |||
| Fry sizes | 7 days: 10mm 14 days: 14mm 21 days: 16mm | |||
| 7 days | _7d/1.jpg) | |||
| Juvenile sizes | 1 month: 0mm 3 months: 0mm 6 months: 0mm | |||
| Fry and juvenile feeding | Green algee wafels | |||
