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| Overview | The first spawn was on Thursday 25th of September 2014. The breeding group consisted of 2 males and 3 females. The individuals were obtained from Local breeder. | |||||||||
| Feeding |
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| Water Parameters (at time of spawning) | ||||||||||
| pH | 6.50 to 7.00 | |||||||||
| Temperature | 22.0°C to 23.5°C | |||||||||
| Current | Medium | |||||||||
| Other Water Params | Nitrate 110 Nitrite 0.8 (due to cleaning both filters day after WC, seemed to finally trigger them to spawn after 3 years no luck) Ammonia 0 | |||||||||
| Aquarium | ||||||||||
| Dimensions | The aquarium dimensions were 762mm x 330mm x 419mm (30" x 13" x 16.5") all Length x Width x Height. | |||||||||
| Furniture | Play sand substrate Halved Terra cotta pots Driftwood Low maintence plants - crypts, swords, java moss | |||||||||
| Filtration | EHEIM Liberty 200 Hang On Filter 60G sponge filter | |||||||||
| Lighting | Standard T8 fluorescent | |||||||||
| Heating | None, room temp | |||||||||
| Breeding | ||||||||||
| Behaviour | To start was 1M and 1F with other male trying to tempt other 2 F. After 30min no success, joined other male courting gravid female. Males tend to lose track of female a lot and end up chasing each other till they find her again. Other 2 females not interested, 1 doesn't look chunky enough, and just forage around tank. Gravid female seeming to prefer original male over 2nd late comer. Spawning lasted approximately 1-2 hours with 30 eggs deposited on front glass, no others found around tank. They took a break for 2 hours, second female followed by 2 males deposited 70 eggs again on front glass no others found in tank. First 30 were removed from tank to breeder box with 2 drops methyl blue after 1 hour no activity. Last 70 eggs were removed and added to breeder box. Spawned asgain 3 weeks later after another WC, without nitrites being so high, this time all 3 females spawned a total of 130 eggs. | |||||||||
| Eggs | There were 100 yellowish eggs laid which were 2.0mm in diameter. | |||||||||
| Time to hatch | 5 days Number: 92 Free swimming: 0 days | |||||||||
| Segregation | Eggs removed from tank to marina hang on breeder box | |||||||||
| Fry sizes | 7 days: 0mm 14 days: 0mm 21 days: 12mm | |||||||||
| 21 days | _sp(cw009)_21d/1.jpg) | |||||||||
| Juvenile sizes | 1 month: 0mm 3 months: 0mm 6 months: 0mm | |||||||||
| Fry and juvenile feeding | As I always seem to kill off my microworm cultures, I've been feeding them the repashy soilent green but not in gel form. Fed once a day just under 1/4 teaspoon of straight powder mixed with tank water, squirted gently into breeder via small pipette. It doesn't foul the water and allows them to forage all day. I use a small pipette to suction off the leftover before the next feeding, only problem is it does collect in the sponge over the out feed from the breeder but a quick squeezing in the main tank clears it. Plus the fish in the main tank will scavenge it. | |||||||||
