 Basics | ||||
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| Overview | The first spawn was on Saturday 15th of December 2012. The breeding group consisted of 0 males and 0 females. Additionally, there were 7 unknown individuals present. The smallest male was at least 140mm SL and the smallest female was at least 0mm SL. The individuals were obtained from Wild caught via Imazo. | |||
| Feeding |
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| Water Parameters (at time of spawning) | ||||
| pH | 6.80 to 6.80 | |||
| Conductivity | 100µs to 200µs | |||
| Temperature | 28.0°C to 29.0°C | |||
| Current | Strong | |||
| Other Water Params | Water parameters in the breeding tank Group: Six adult Tanksize: 115l, sand, lots of driftwood, slate cave and ceramic cave (hole on top) pH: 6.8 Temp: 28-29C Conductivity: 140 µS/cm (is this the correct name for this?) Circulation: 1200 l/h Filtration: Sponge filter on the entire short-side of the tank Water change: Adds 2 litres per hour, for 12 hours daily (added water is ph 7.5) | |||
| Aquarium | ||||
| Dimensions | The aquarium dimensions were 800mm x 350mm x 400mm (31.5" x 13.8" x 15.7") all Length x Width x Height. | |||
| Furniture | Sand and loads of driftwood | |||
| Filtration | HMF-filtermat on the entire short-side of the tank | |||
| Lighting | 2W LED | |||
| Heating | Internal | |||
| Breeding | ||||
| Behaviour | They didn't show any different behavious. I had been doing big manual water-changes daily for two weeks, 50-75% change with water at same ph as the tank and ca. 25C temperature. | |||
| Eggs | _eggs/1.jpg) There were 60 yellow/orange eggs laid which were 0.0mm in diameter. | |||
| Segregation | The fry are in the same tank and will be for a 5-7 weeks before I'll move them to a bigger tank for further feeding... | |||
| Fry sizes | 7 days: 0mm 14 days: 0mm 21 days: 0mm | |||
| 7 days | _7d/1.jpg) | |||
| Juvenile sizes | 1 month: 0mm 3 months: 0mm 6 months: 0mm | |||
| Fry and juvenile feeding | Discus Bits, TabiMin and frozen artemia. | |||
