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| Overview | The first spawn was on Saturday 3rd of March 2012. The breeding group consisted of 1 male and 5 females. The smallest male was at least 76mm SL and the smallest female was at least 70mm SL. The individuals were obtained from Breeder - Wild import. | |||||||||
| Feeding |
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| Water Parameters (at time of spawning) | ||||||||||
| Temperature | 28.0°C to 29.5°C | |||||||||
| Current | Medium | |||||||||
| Aquarium | ||||||||||
| Dimensions | The aquarium dimensions were 76mm x 25mm x 51mm (3" x 1" x 2") all Length x Width x Height. | |||||||||
| Furniture | Black sand, slate rounds, breeding caves, assorted rocks, mopani wood | |||||||||
| Filtration | Filtered bt fluval 405, two power heads, air wand | |||||||||
| Lighting | Fluorescent and moonlight. I typically leave the lights off till late afternoon. | |||||||||
| Heating | Submersible heater, 82-85 | |||||||||
| Breeding | ||||||||||
| Behaviour | My male has been spawning with one or two of the females continously since March 2012. Every coupe of weeks, a female will approach the male in the cave. Sometimes a few days later she will come back to deposit her eggs or a few that may have been leftover from the initial spawn. My male has had both fry and eggs that he was tending too in the cave simultaneously. | |||||||||
| Eggs |  There were 56 clear/yellow eggs laid which were 0.0mm in diameter. | |||||||||
| Time to hatch | 4 days Number: 7 Free swimming: 7 days | |||||||||
| Segregation | All my plecos have been kept in my 72 gallon tank. I've just started transferring some babies to a 26 gallon tank. This has helped to improve their size as there is less competition for food so the zebras in both tanks are feeding really well. | |||||||||
| 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 | "As Adults" | |||||||||
