 Basics | ||||
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| Overview | The first spawn was on Sunday 19th of May 2013. The breeding group consisted of 4 males and 2 females. The individuals were obtained from Corydoras sp. "black". | |||
| Feeding |
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| Water Parameters (at time of spawning) | ||||
| pH | 6.80 to 6.80 | |||
| Current | Air (vertical) | |||
| Other Water Params | I have tried to breed these Corydoras sp. Black's for over a year with no luck; my tap water is 7.8 or so.. And I have not been successful despite trying to do lots of cold water changes, higher temperature, light cycles etc. Nothing worked, until I gradually adjusted the pH to 6.8 using the following method: I obtained a 50L carboy of pH 6.0 deep well water,(Apple Orchard) added Kapata leaf and a panty hose with peat moss in it. I allowed this mixture to set on my patio for a week to age. Then I began doing bi-weekly small water changes to slowly adjust the pH down to 6.8,from 7.8+; I do not have a hardness test kit but assume that the water is also much softer due to the Kapata and the peat. | |||
| Aquarium | ||||
| Furniture | A fine layer of pool sand with a few potted Crypts and a few chunks of Mango wood also a half flower pot for shelter. | |||
| Filtration | An Aqueon quietflow 30 and a large sponge filter powered by fish room blower. | |||
| Lighting | A dimly lit, fluorescent light strip | |||
| Heating | None- Removed heater. | |||
| Breeding | ||||
| Behaviour | Only observed the last stages of egg depositing as they spawned early AM. | |||
| Eggs | There were 75 eggs laid which were 0.0mm in diameter. | |||
| Segregation | Single species 20 gallon Aquarium | |||
| Fry sizes | 7 days: 0mm 14 days: 0mm 21 days: 0mm | |||
| Juvenile sizes | 1 month: 0mm 3 months: 0mm 6 months: 0mm | |||
