 Basics | ||||
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| Overview | The first spawn was on Wednesday 21st of October 2015. The breeding group consisted of 0 males and 0 females. Additionally, there were 5 unknown individuals present. The individuals were obtained from GCCA Steve Botts + Pleco Pete. | |||
| Feeding |
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| Water Parameters (at time of spawning) | ||||
| pH | 7.20 to 7.20 | |||
| Temperature | 28.0°C to 28.5°C | |||
| Current | Medium | |||
| Other Water Params | Temp around 28 consistently. 20-25% weekly water changes, occasionally using RO. | |||
| Aquarium | ||||
| Dimensions | The aquarium dimensions were 610mm x 305mm x 305mm (24" x 12" x 12") all Length x Width x Height. | |||
| Furniture | 15 gallon long. Caves, wood, guppy grass, and a ton of assassin snails. | |||
| Filtration | Emperor 280, sponge filter and 3" air stone. | |||
| Lighting | Old tube light. 8 hours a day on a timer. | |||
| Heating | 150w | |||
| Breeding | ||||
| Behaviour | First batch was actually 6 months ago. This time there was lots of activity in a few caves after doing a tear down and cleaning. Replaced vacuumed water(about 2 gallons) with RO. I didn't check closely for a week. By the time I looked, there were egg shells loose in the tank and I only found 2 eggs. | |||
| Eggs | _eggs/1.jpg) | |||
| Segregation | Usually pull eggs/wigglers as it's easier than catching after they leave the cave | |||
| Fry sizes | 7 days: 0mm 14 days: 0mm 21 days: 0mm | |||
| Juvenile sizes | 1 month: 0mm 3 months: 0mm 6 months: 0mm | |||
| 1 month | _1m/1.jpg) | |||
| Fry and juvenile feeding | Ebo Aquaristik Spirulina paste, Decapsulated brine shrimp, NLS Grow Fry Starter, frozen baby brine shrimp, various Ken's fish flakes and pellets, Shrimp pellets | |||
