 Basics | ||||
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| Overview | The first spawn was on Wednesday 25th of July 2007. The breeding group consisted of 0 males and 0 females. Additionally, there were 16 unknown individuals present. The smallest male was at least 60mm SL and the smallest female was at least 70mm SL. The youngest adult was approximately 3 months old. The individuals were obtained from Unterwasser (D) / Catfish Paradise (CH). | |||
| Feeding |
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| Water Parameters (at time of spawning) | ||||
| pH | 6.80 to 7.60 | |||
| Conductivity | 200µs to 300µs | |||
| Temperature | 17.0°C to 22.0°C | |||
| Current | Strong | |||
| Aquarium | ||||
| Dimensions | The aquarium dimensions were 1000mm x 400mm x 400mm (39.4" x 15.7" x 15.7") all Length x Width x Height. | |||
| Furniture | Rocks, gravels, pebbles, algaes | |||
| Filtration | Eheim Pro II + TUNZE NanoStream (4500 l/h) | |||
| Lighting | 2x15W T8 | |||
| Heating | None | |||
| Breeding | ||||
| Behaviour | I haven't seen anything special except a "storm activity" right after water changes. Then, one day, looking for my Chaetostoma (which were into the same tank), I noticed 3 fry of already 2 cm | |||
| Segregation | I left the 3 fry with the parents all along, except to take a few pictures into a nursery. specific dorsal fin (very high fin) was quite impressive | |||
| 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 | Same as parents, based on worms, sera Viformo and small krill | |||
