 Basics | |
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| Overview | The first spawn was on Saturday 19th of July 2014. The breeding group consisted of 1 male and 2 females. The smallest male was at least 95mm SL and the smallest female was at least 95mm SL. The individuals were obtained from First female from one LFS, pair from another LFS.. |
| Feeding | No foods recorded |
| Water Parameters (at time of spawning) | |
| pH | 7.30 to 7.90 |
| Temperature | 28.0°C to 30.0°C |
| Current | Strong(air) |
| Other Water Params | Nothing special done to the water, just straight out tap treated with dechlorinator. 40-50% water change weekly. |
| Aquarium | |
| Dimensions | The aquarium dimensions were 610mm x 305mm x 305mm (24" x 12" x 12") all Length x Width x Height. |
| Furniture | Lots of stacked up slate, interspersed with clay caves and bamboo tubes. |
| Filtration | Aleas IPF-728 internal filter, with added ceramic rings. |
| Lighting | Fluorescent tube. |
| Heating | None, tropical climate. |
| Breeding | |
| Behaviour | Male has taken up residence in one of the bamboo tubes on the floor of the tank. Heavy slate-work above the cave. Male has not been witnessed to leave the cave at all, even to feed. Females hang around tube and 'squabble' a lot, especially around feeding time. Bigger female usually chases smaller one away. The trio (?) spawn around every month and a half, as I notice fry cover the walls of the tank at those intervals. No actual spawning has been witnessed, but a female was seen leaving the male's cave once or twice. Fry was once found in the tank in a 1-2 week interval, which leads me to believe that the male lets the fry out randomly in batches, or he guards more than one clutch at a time (?). |
| Eggs | There were 30 yellow eggs laid which were 2.0mm in diameter. |
| Segregation | Batches 1-5 were left in the tank with the parents. The survival rate was very low survival. This leads me to believe that the strong current in the spawning tank make it difficult for the tiny fry to find food. The surviving fry, around 7-8, were then transferred to a 'grow-out tank' with about 40 fry from batch 6. Only other occupants are 3 juvenile Hypancistrus zebra, 1 Corydoras aeneus, about 10 tetras, ramshorn snails and RCS. Largest fry from the spawning adults is around 1.5 inches as of 23/01/15. |
| 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 |
