 Basics | |||||||||||||
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| Overview | The first spawn was on Thursday 20th of March 2014. The breeding group consisted of 4 males and 2 females. The smallest male was at least 25mm SL and the smallest female was at least 37mm SL. The individuals were obtained from RMS. | ||||||||||||
| Feeding |
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| Water Parameters (at time of spawning) | |||||||||||||
| Temperature | 25.5°C to 26.5°C | ||||||||||||
| Current | Medium(air) | ||||||||||||
| Other Water Params | PH approximately 7.2. I use Cleveland tap water and neither test not adjust pH. | ||||||||||||
| Aquarium | |||||||||||||
| Dimensions | The aquarium dimensions were 508mm x 254mm x 305mm (20" x 10" x 12") all Length x Width x Height. | ||||||||||||
| Furniture | Floating mop, java moss, sand substrate. | ||||||||||||
| Filtration | Hamburg mattenfilter. | ||||||||||||
| Lighting | LED 8-10 hrs/day | ||||||||||||
| Heating | 50 watt submersible | ||||||||||||
| Breeding | |||||||||||||
| Behaviour | Not observed | ||||||||||||
| Segregation | Neither spawning nor eggs were observed. Approximately 10 fry, about 6mm TL were counted in the parental tank. | ||||||||||||
| Fry sizes | 7 days: 0mm 14 days: 0mm 21 days: 7mm | ||||||||||||
| Juvenile sizes | 1 month: 0mm 3 months: 0mm 6 months: 0mm | ||||||||||||
| Fry and juvenile feeding | Same as adults | ||||||||||||
