 Basics | ||||
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| Overview | The first spawn was on Wednesday 2nd of March 2022. The breeding group consisted of 4 males and 1 female. The smallest male was at least 100mm SL and the smallest female was at least 100mm SL. The youngest adult was approximately 3 months old. The individuals were obtained from Fish breeder not far from me. | |||
| Feeding |
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| Water Parameters (at time of spawning) | ||||
| pH | 6.50 to 7.00 | |||
| Temperature | 26.5°C to 27.5°C | |||
| Aquarium | ||||
| Dimensions | The aquarium dimensions were 800mm x 300mm x 400mm (31.5" x 11.8" x 15.7") all Length x Width x Height. | |||
| Furniture | Woods, 4x caves, piece of brick , anubias | |||
| Filtration | Interna Aquael turbo 500, external Aqua nova 800 | |||
| Lighting | Evry day 6hours Led RGB 18W | |||
| Heating | Internal 100w | |||
| Breeding | ||||
| Behaviour | As with other pleco, the male traps the female in the cave | |||
| Eggs | _eggs/1.jpg) There were 24 yellow eggs laid which were 4.0mm in diameter. | |||
| Time to hatch | 7 days Number: 24 Free swimming: 7 days | |||
| Fry sizes | 7 days: 0mm 14 days: 15mm 21 days: 0mm | |||
| 14 days | _14d/1.jpg) | |||
| Juvenile sizes | 1 month: 25mm 3 months: 0mm 6 months: 35mm | |||
| 1 month | _1m/1.jpg) | |||
| 6 months | _6m/1.jpg) | |||
| Fry and juvenile feeding | Tetra Tabi Min Tetra Pleco Tablets Sera Viformo Nature Cucumber Frozen cyklops, artemia | |||
