 Basics | ||||
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| Overview | The first spawn was on Thursday 2nd of November 2023. The breeding group consisted of 3 males and 2 females. The smallest male was at least 40mm SL and the smallest female was at least 50mm SL. The youngest adult was approximately 24 months old. The individuals were obtained from Unknown source tank and fish purchase. | |||
| Further spawns | Friday 8th of December 2023. 1 in total. | |||
| Feeding |
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| Water Parameters (at time of spawning) | ||||
| Temperature | 24.0°C to 26.0°C | |||
| Current | Air (vertical) | |||
| Aquarium | ||||
| Dimensions | The aquarium dimensions were 600mm x 380mm x 330mm (23.6" x 15" x 13") all Length x Width x Height. | |||
| Furniture | The tank has, sand base, a large piece of bogwood and guppy grass | |||
| Filtration | Air driven sponge filtration | |||
| Lighting | No lighting, the room has lighting that allows low light to enter the tank, no lights on the tank itself | |||
| Heating | Betta, digital 200w heater | |||
| Breeding | ||||
| Behaviour | These are egg laying catfish, they are happy to lay on the glass or in breeding mopsl | |||
| Segregation | Eggs removed and added to a pleco fry tank to develop and grow | |||
| Fry sizes | 7 days: 0mm 14 days: 0mm 21 days: 0mm | |||
| Juvenile sizes | 1 month: 0mm 3 months: 0mm 6 months: 0mm | |||
| 3 months | _elegans_3m/1.jpg) | |||
| Fry and juvenile feeding | Fry are fed on micro worm and move onto crushed flake/pellet then onto catfish pellets | |||
