My Micracanthicus vandragti (L280)

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My Micracanthicus vandragti (L280)

Post by AleGer »

I have a group of Micracanthicus vandragti (L280). Up to nine adult fish.
Have no idea on gender.

At first I put them all together in one tank and had some spawnings. Then I split them to two tans. Both groups spawn succesfully.

T: 28-30 C
TDS: 50-100
Tanks size: first 60X80X25h, second 120X80X30h.
I'm feeding them with Pleco ceramics food.

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The size of the biggest male is up to 4,5 cm TL
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Re: My Micracanthicus Handragti (L280)

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Congratulations
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Wonderful! Congratulations!

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Re: My Micracanthicus Handragti (L280)

Post by Acanthicus »

Hi Alex,

great to hear from you again, and even better that you were able to obtain some vandragti and managed to breed them. I remember you were looking for this species for a long time.

cheers
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Re: My Micracanthicus vandragti (L280)

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Hi Daniel,

Thanks. Yes, I was looking for L280 for a long time and I was lucky that I'd got some.
I like this species, and it even looks better then I expected.

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Re: My Micracanthicus vandragti (L280)

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A new batch:

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Re: My Micracanthicus vandragti (L280)

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Hi Alex,

the cave your M. vandragti in the first picture uses is amazing. Where did you get this?

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Re: My Micracanthicus vandragti (L280)

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Great news, well done Alex.
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Re: My Micracanthicus vandragti (L280)

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Very cool
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