 Basics | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overview | The first spawn was on Friday 29th of November 2013. The breeding group consisted of 1 male and 2 females. The smallest male was at least 8mm SL and the smallest female was at least 7mm SL. The individuals were obtained from Rare aquatics. | |||
| Feeding |
| |||
| Water Parameters (at time of spawning) | ||||
| pH | 7.20 to 7.30 | |||
| Conductivity | 200µs to 200µs | |||
| Temperature | 28.5°C to 29.5°C | |||
| Current | Strong | |||
| Aquarium | ||||
| Furniture | Sand based bottom, small black ceramic caves, slate shelves providing cover and lots of them.... Two mother plants, and a medium piece of planted bogwood. More for me than them.. | |||
| Filtration | Eheim thermo 2322, eheim bio power 200 with Venturi, eheim streamon on the tank floor angled and pointed across the front if the ceramic caves.... | |||
| Lighting | Fluorescent 2 X tubes | |||
| Heating | From the thermo.... | |||
| Breeding | ||||
| Behaviour | Heater malfunction caused the temp to rise to 32.9 oC.. Removed and changed to external thermo... 25l water change brought back to normal level... Two days later male was in the cave with eggs... | |||
| Eggs | There were 11 eggs laid which were 0.0mm in diameter. | |||
| Time to hatch | 9 days Number: 4 Free swimming: 4 days | |||
| Segregation | Male kicked the eggs, rescued and removed into breeding trap with airstone, tiny piece of bogwood added for cover, that's where they hatched... After two weeks released back into the parents tank... | |||
| 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, extra (pepper) ground algae wafers added for the young... | |||
