 Basics | ||||
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| Overview | The first spawn was on Tuesday 10th of March 2015. The breeding group consisted of 1 male and 2 females. The smallest male was at least 40mm SL and the smallest female was at least 40mm SL. The youngest adult was approximately 2 months old. The individuals were obtained from Maidenhead aquatics. | |||
| Feeding |
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| Water Parameters (at time of spawning) | ||||
| pH | 7.00 to 7.00 | |||
| Temperature | 23.0°C to 23.5°C | |||
| Current | Air (vertical) | |||
| Aquarium | ||||
| Dimensions | The aquarium dimensions were 600mm x 600mm x 450mm (23.6" x 23.6" x 17.7") all Length x Width x Height. | |||
| Furniture | Well planted cory community with wood, rocks and loads of Java moss. | |||
| Filtration | Tetratec ex700 | |||
| Lighting | Two T5's | |||
| Breeding | ||||
| Behaviour | Typical corydoras. Change in season winter to spring has made them prolific. | |||
| Eggs | There were 50 eggs laid which were 1.0mm in diameter. | |||
| Time to hatch | 3 days Number: 45 Free swimming: 3 days | |||
| Segregation | Fry were put into a tub with air stone and anti fungus | |||
| 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 | First food was a sponge filter squeeze, moving on to decapsulated brine shrimp eggs and microworms. | |||
