 Basics | |||||||
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| Overview | The first spawn was on Wednesday 27th of January 2016. The breeding group consisted of 1 male and 1 female. The smallest male was at least 52mm SL and the smallest female was at least 52mm SL. The individuals were obtained from Rare aquatics. | ||||||
| Feeding |
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| Water Parameters (at time of spawning) | |||||||
| pH | 7.20 to 7.40 | ||||||
| Conductivity | 200µs to 200µs | ||||||
| Temperature | 28.0°C to 28.5°C | ||||||
| Current | Medium | ||||||
| Other Water Params | Weekly water changes, oh pretty much steady at 7.2... Switched to hma 3 weeks ago and presto... Thought they were too young to spawn... | ||||||
| Aquarium | |||||||
| Dimensions | The aquarium dimensions were 696mm x 303mm x 360mm (27.4" x 11.9" x 14.2") all Length x Width x Height. | ||||||
| Furniture | Clay caves oval in shape, small bits of bogwood some Anubis | ||||||
| Filtration | Eheim biopower 200 and an air driven sponge filter.... | ||||||
| Lighting | Natural light from the window behind | ||||||
| Heating | Eheim 100w heater set at 28.5 oC | ||||||
| Breeding | |||||||
| Behaviour | No behaviour to speak of, although I did notice some damaged fins a couple of weeks ago | ||||||
| Time to hatch | 6 days Number: 16 Free swimming: 0 days | ||||||
| Segregation | Still in the cave | ||||||
| Fry sizes | 7 days: 0mm 14 days: 9mm 21 days: 0mm | ||||||
| 14 days |  | ||||||
| Juvenile sizes | 1 month: 0mm 3 months: 0mm 6 months: 0mm | ||||||
| Fry and juvenile feeding | As adults | ||||||
