 Basics | ||||
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| Overview | The first spawn was on Sunday 24th of July 2011. The breeding group consisted of 1 male and 1 female. The smallest male was at least 100mm SL and the smallest female was at least 90mm SL. The youngest adult was approximately 1 month old. The individuals were obtained from German. | |||
| Feeding |
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| Water Parameters (at time of spawning) | ||||
| pH | 6.20 to 6.70 | |||
| Conductivity | 100µs to 200µs | |||
| Temperature | 27.0°C to 28.5°C | |||
| Current | Strong | |||
| Aquarium | ||||
| Dimensions | The aquarium dimensions were 1828mm x 457mm x 610mm (72" x 18" x 24") all Length x Width x Height. | |||
| Furniture | 125 Gallon All-Glass Mixed Amazon Biotope | |||
| Filtration | Fluvall fx5 with (2) Emperor 400 biowheels and a Hydor Koralia 1200 gph wavemaker attached to an air-tube | |||
| Lighting | 3 Coralife Aqualight 130 watt power compact 2 with 1/2 6,500k and 1/2 actinic bulbs and 1 with 1/2 10k and 1/2 6,500 bulbs | |||
| Heating | 2 300 watt Eheim ebo-jager heaters | |||
| Breeding | ||||
| Behaviour | Male chose a slate cave on second spawn the fist spawn was in a clay closed ended tube. Female left after laying eggs the father hovered over the eggs for about a week or so. Both spawns occurred in a dark environment. | |||
| Eggs | There were 36 green to golden eggs laid which were 2.0mm in diameter. | |||
| Time to hatch | 8 days Number: 32 Free swimming: 8 days | |||
| Segregation | On second spawn I removed the father along with the eggs to a 10 gallon setup with a Emperor 400 biowheel attached, a 150 watt heater and an airstone along with plants and driftwood. The female was left in the main tank | |||
| Fry sizes | 7 days: 5mm 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 | Plants with algae coating, wood pieces, sera fry food, chopped freeze dried bloodworms, baby brine shrimp, infusoria, lettuce aged in tank water | |||
