 Basics | |
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| Overview | The first spawn was on Tuesday 10th of June 2008. The breeding group consisted of 0 males and 0 females. Additionally, there were 17 unknown individuals present. The smallest male was at least 63mm SL and the smallest female was at least 63mm SL. The youngest adult was approximately 24 months old. The individuals were obtained from Aquatics Unlimited & Animart. |
| Feeding | No foods recorded |
| Water Parameters (at time of spawning) | |
| pH | 8.00 to 8.20 |
| Temperature | 26.0°C to 27.0°C |
| Current | Gentle |
| Other Water Params | The tank that the inital fry were found in was a 10 gallon lake tanganyikan shellie tank. High ph, generally hard water. |
| Aquarium | |
| Dimensions | The aquarium dimensions were 457mm x 305mm x 254mm (18" x 12" x 10") all Length x Width x Height. |
| Furniture | Sandy substraight, very few vals (maybe 6), DIY background and shells for the neolamprologus brevis pair |
| Filtration | Aquaclear 30 |
| Lighting | Standard flourescent |
| Heating | None due to heat from lighting. |
| Breeding | |
| Behaviour | Never knew the spawn had occured. I had almost forgotten they were in there until I took down the tank. i was combing my fingers through the sand for any burried shells and started bumping into something interesting. I then started removing the sand through a strainer and found 13 young and the original 4 adults. |
| Segregation | Never knew the spawn occurred and noticed the fry when shutting down the 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 | They must have fed on the standard flake/pellets being fed to the cichlids, and possibly cichlid fry (as they would disappear..) |
