 Basics | ||||
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| Overview | The first spawn was on Saturday 19th of December 2015. The breeding group consisted of 6 males and 1 female. The smallest male was at least 50mm SL and the smallest female was at least 40mm SL. The individuals were obtained from Wild import Via Snookn21. | |||
| Feeding |
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| Water Parameters (at time of spawning) | ||||
| pH | 6.80 to 7.10 | |||
| Conductivity | 400µs to 500µs | |||
| Temperature | 29.0°C to 30.0°C | |||
| Current | Air (vertical) | |||
| Other Water Params | Large cold water, water changes | |||
| Aquarium | ||||
| Furniture | Pool filter sand substrate, some river rocks, clay pleco caves, a few pieces of alder wood, and Java fern floating in water column. | |||
| Filtration | Poret foam 2" mattenfilter | |||
| Lighting | Single strip LED tape homemade light. 10 hours per day | |||
| Heating | Space heating plus 1 Sera 150w glass submersible. | |||
| Breeding | ||||
| Behaviour | Male traps the female in the cave, then guards and fans the eggs after spawning. | |||
| Eggs | _eggs/1.jpg) There were 20 yellow eggs laid which were 4.0mm in diameter. | |||
| Time to hatch | 4 days Number: 4 Free swimming: 12 days | |||
| Segregation | Moved wigglers at 4 days old to a Ziss BL-2 breeder box with a small piece of driftwood and oak leaves. | |||
| Fry sizes | 7 days: 9mm 14 days: 0mm 21 days: 0mm | |||
| Juvenile sizes | 1 month: 0mm 3 months: 0mm 6 months: 0mm | |||
