 Basics | ||||
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| Overview | The first spawn was on Wednesday 18th of September 2013. The breeding group consisted of 6 males and 4 females. Additionally, there were 3 unknown individuals present. The smallest male was at least 40mm SL and the smallest female was at least 45mm SL. The youngest adult was approximately 42 months old. The individuals were obtained from Singapore Sunbeam Aquarium. | |||
| Feeding |
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| Water Parameters (at time of spawning) | ||||
| pH | 7.20 to 7.50 | |||
| Temperature | 24.0°C to 24.5°C | |||
| Current | Strong | |||
| Other Water Params | Ph ~7.5 Gh - 6 dh Kh - 5 dh 30% water change tiwce a week | |||
| Aquarium | ||||
| Dimensions | The aquarium dimensions were 600mm x 300mm x 350mm (23.6" x 11.8" x 13.8") all Length x Width x Height. | |||
| Furniture | Some wood with anubias and some floating anubias | |||
| Filtration | Internal Biobox filter with sponge and siporax , internal filter with sponge attached | |||
| Lighting | T5 - 6w | |||
| Heating | 50 W heater | |||
| Breeding | ||||
| Eggs |  There were 18 translucid eggs laid which were 0.0mm in diameter. | |||
| Time to hatch | 5 days Number: 18 Free swimming: 3 days | |||
| Segregation | Removed the eggs with water from the parents tank into a 1.5 L plastic recpipiet with an airstone and 2 alder cones . after 48 hours collected the eggs and placed them into a plastic bucket with 3.0 L of water from the parents tank with a heater and a smal air driven filter with an matured spoonge and small bio medium . water temperature was 24-24.5 C until they hatched . the eggs started to hatch after 5 days and took them 24 hours for all of them to hatch . | |||
| Fry sizes | 7 days: 7mm 14 days: 10mm 21 days: 13mm | |||
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| Juvenile sizes | 1 month: 12mm 3 months: 0mm 6 months: 0mm | |||
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| Fry and juvenile feeding | Microworm for start followed by crushed tablet food | |||
