Basics |
Overview | The first spawn was on Wednesday 17th of October 2012. The breeding group consisted of 1 male and 3 females. The smallest male was at least 280mm SL and the smallest female was at least 250mm SL. The individuals were obtained from Fls. |
Feeding | No foods recorded |
Water Parameters (at time of spawning) |
pH | 6.40 to 7.10 |
Conductivity | 100µs to 200µs |
Temperature | 27.5°C to 31.0°C |
Current | Medium |
Aquarium |
Dimensions | The aquarium dimensions were 1800mm x 700mm x 400mm (70.9" x 27.6" x 15.7") all Length x Width x Height. |
Furniture | Boogwood and One large homemaade cave! |
Filtration | Airfiltration and filtration via a large sump |
Lighting | Soft spot light |
Heating | Jaeger, ehaim |
Breeding |
Behaviour | Agressive! Females fights a lot for the right to be close to the males cave! |
Eggs | There were 30 orange eggs laid which were 6.0mm in diameter. |
Time to hatch | 7 days Number: 100 Free swimming: 100 days |
Segregation | Males trapping the female in the cave! Males are biting on the females back! The pair spend a LOT of time togeather before breeding! |
Fry sizes | 7 days: 12mm 14 days: 15mm 21 days: 20mm |
7 days | |
Juvenile sizes | 1 month: 0mm 3 months: 0mm 6 months: 0mm |
1 month | |
3 months | |
6 months | |
Fry and juvenile feeding | Sera viformo and discus granulat! |