 Basics | ||||
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| Overview | The first spawn was on Thursday 11th of June 2015. The breeding group consisted of 2 males and 2 females. The smallest male was at least 90mm SL and the smallest female was at least 80mm SL. The youngest adult was approximately 30 months old. The individuals were obtained from Van Keulen Cichliden (NL)(Breeder Oliver Frank DE). | |||
| Feeding |
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| Water Parameters (at time of spawning) | ||||
| Temperature | 26.0°C to 29.0°C | |||
| Current | Medium | |||
| Aquarium | ||||
| Dimensions | The aquarium dimensions were 1000mm x 400mm x 500mm (39.4" x 15.7" x 19.7") all Length x Width x Height. | |||
| Furniture | Lots of rocks, caves and wood. Sand on the bottem. | |||
| Filtration | A 900l/h JBL Greenline Cristalprofi external filter and a Europet 450 l/h internal filter. | |||
| Lighting | T5 2x32watt | |||
| Heating | Sera 150watt internal heater. But because it is summer the water was warm because of the weather and not from the heater. | |||
| Breeding | ||||
| Behaviour | I didn't witness the actual spawning. | |||
| Segregation | I didn't realize they had spawned until I noticed the free swimming Youngsters. I took a break from trying to breed them and, what do you know, they decided to start. So there age is a guess. | |||
| 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 eat what the adults are eating. A wide variety of dried en frozen foods daily, as well as fresh veggies weekly. | |||
