 Basics | ||||
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| Overview | The first spawn was on Thursday 1st of January 2015. The breeding group consisted of 3 males and 4 females. The smallest male was at least 12mm SL and the smallest female was at least 9mm SL. The individuals were obtained from Wild caught import. | |||
| Feeding |
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| Water Parameters (at time of spawning) | ||||
| pH | 7.20 to 7.20 | |||
| Conductivity | 300µs to 300µs | |||
| Temperature | 30.0°C to 30.0°C | |||
| Current | Medium | |||
| Other Water Params | KH3 Breeding facility/rack contains 2000L with large biological filtration. | |||
| Aquarium | ||||
| Dimensions | The aquarium dimensions were 800mm x 400mm x 400mm (31.5" x 15.7" x 15.7") all Length x Width x Height. | |||
| Furniture | Lots of wood and medium to large caves | |||
| Filtration | 1.60-60-30 biological filter | |||
| Lighting | 4 Hours a day, weak/small led light | |||
| Heating | 300w 1-3 depending on season and weather. | |||
| Breeding | ||||
| Behaviour | Gentle trapping, found the eggs in the cave the next day. Male is extremely nervous and left the eggs after 24 hours. Currently incubating the eggs. | |||
| Eggs |  There were 45 orange eggs laid which were 4.0mm in diameter. | |||
| Segregation | Trapping activity after colder waterchanges. | |||
| 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 | Never managed to raise any fry past day 3. | |||
