 Basics | |
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| Overview | The first spawn was on Wednesday 14th of November 2012. The breeding group consisted of 0 males and 0 females. Additionally, there were 28 unknown individuals present. The youngest adult was approximately 5 months old. The individuals were obtained from Art Trino. |
| Feeding | No foods recorded |
| Water Parameters (at time of spawning) | |
| pH | 6.40 to 6.60 |
| Temperature | 27.5°C to 28.0°C |
| Current | Air (vertical) |
| Other Water Params | Kh 5 GH 6 Ammonia 0 Nitrites 0 Nitrates 0 |
| Aquarium | |
| Furniture | Manzanita Wood, hardwood leaves, mosses, java fern, fissidens, bacopa, cholla wood |
| Filtration | Eheim ecco 2232 with peat pellets added to eheim media Aquaclear 20 with Purigan pack Sponge filter |
| Lighting | T5 |
| Heating | Hydor internal 200 watts |
| Breeding | |
| Behaviour | Parents are active and spawning for the past three months. Often a female will jet around to get the mails attention. Eggs laid on glass near plants, back wall, in the moss. Spawns are in trio of two males to a female, one egg at a time. Often find 10-12 eggs daily. After a long break we have spawning! 15 eggs plus in the past three days! |
| Segregation | Not segregated. Have seen parents eat the tiny fry so added more hiding places. They do not eat the eggs. Attempts to grow out eggs to fry in a separate tank failed. Breeding net, failed. |
| Fry sizes | 7 days: 0mm 14 days: 0mm 21 days: 0mm |
| Juvenile sizes | 1 month: 0mm 3 months: 0mm 6 months: 0mm |
| Fry and juvenile feeding | Hakari first bites, wardley small fry food |
