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BSWG 97-3 | | Water conditions: Very soft and acidic | Water temperature: 16-19oC | | Disposition: Very timid | Community tank?: Doubtful, only with VERY calm fish | | Spawning Method: Long term (fry appear with adults) | Breeding problems: none | | Sex ratio: Roughly equal | Breeding difficulty: Average | | Sucess: Very sucessful | Years Experience: 1 | | Other Comments: I am currently raising A. buytaerti BSWG 97-3.
I have three breeding pairs and 50+ fry at the moment (April 2006). I received 6 fry about 8 months ago from Dave Koran's small stock of fry. Dave reports that his stock is very heavy on females, but I wound up with three pairs out of the six fry. The males are very slow to color up, much like A. celiae which it
reminds me of. The males have a single horizontal electric blue stripe in the dorsal, with small bands of color in the anal fin. Overall body color is a light yellow.
I put the original six fry in a ten gallon tank with a large clump of Java moss and a thick surface cover of giant salvinia. I fed baby brine, frozen bloodworms and live black worms. Fry appeared in the Java moss. I did not pick eggs at all. I recently broke the tank down to put the adults in a new tank setup and the fry in other tanks as quite a few had appeared. I removed 46 fry from the tank at this time.
I change 70% of the water every two weeks. Hardness is
about 10ppm. Temp ranges from 71 to 77 deg. F. Ph is
about 6.5 or so.
Regards,
Monty Lehmann
AKA 2003 Hobbyist of the Year
Chesapeake Area Killie Club
Virginia, USA | | Date this record created: 12th April 2006 | Breeding date: 10th April 2004 | | Breeder: Monty Lehmann | Location: USA (AKA) |
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Aquarium strain | | Water conditions: Moderately soft and acidic | Water temperature: 16-19oC | | Disposition: Somewhat aggresive on occasions | Community tank?: Never | | Spawning Method: Spawning Mops | Breeding problems:
Skewed sex ratio | | Sex ratio: Almost all females | Breeding difficulty: Very difficult | | Sucess: Fairly sucessful | Years Experience: 2 | | Other Comments: i have RPC 91/11 not sucessful
and BSWG 97/3 sucessful
150 female and 33 males
| | Date this record created: 16th January 2004 | Breeding date: 16th January 2004 | | Breeder: marc bogaerts | Location: AKFB |
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*Nomenclature correct according to KILLIDATA
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