 Basics | |
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| Overview | The first spawn was on Tuesday 10th of March 2015. The breeding group consisted of 1 male and 1 female. The smallest male was at least 200mm SL and the smallest female was at least 200mm SL. The individuals were obtained from Wild import. |
| Feeding | No foods recorded |
| Water Parameters (at time of spawning) | |
| pH | 5.40 to 5.40 |
| Conductivity | 100µs to 100µs |
| Temperature | 29.0°C to 29.0°C |
| Current | Medium |
| Aquarium | |
| Furniture | Driftwood, rocks, fine sand and Akadama Bonsai soil |
| Filtration | 2 external Eheim canister filters |
| Lighting | LED lightning on medium strength |
| Heating | Internal heater |
| Breeding | |
| Behaviour | The pair "dances" for a few hours prior to the eggs |
| Eggs | There were 159 yellow eggs laid which were 2.0mm in diameter. |
| Time to hatch | 10 days Number: 100 Free swimming: 15 days |
| Segregation | Removed the eggs and placed them in a tumbler. Removed bad eggs daily. |
| Fry sizes | 7 days: 15mm 14 days: 24mm 21 days: 40mm |
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| 21 days |  |
| Juvenile sizes | 1 month: 0mm 3 months: 0mm 6 months: 0mm |
| Fry and juvenile feeding | Feed the fry with Repashy Superfoods carnivore mix and brine shrimps. |
