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USA Blue | | Water conditions: Moderately soft and acidic | Water temperature: 20-23oC | | Disposition: Somewhat aggresive on occasions | Community tank?: Doubtful, only with VERY calm fish | | Spawning Method: Peat (or similar) spawning substrate | Breeding problems: none | | Sex ratio: Roughly equal | Breeding difficulty: Difficult | | Sucess: Average | Years Experience: 1 | | Other Comments: | | Date this record created: 24th July 2006 | Breeding date: 10th June 2004 | | Breeder: phil | Location: uk |
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Aquarium strain | | Water conditions: Neutral | Water temperature: 20-23oC | | Disposition: Active, but not aggresive | Community tank?: Doubtful, only with VERY calm fish | | Spawning Method: Long term (fry appear with adults) | Breeding problems:
Poor egg production | | Sex ratio: Somewhat male heavy | Breeding difficulty: Difficult | | Sucess: Average | Years Experience: 1 | | Other Comments: | | Date this record created: 31st January 2006 | Breeding date: 15th July 2005 | | Breeder: Marie-Annik Durand | Location: Nancy, France |
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Aquarium strain | | Water conditions: Neutral | Water temperature: 24-27oC | | Disposition: Somewhat aggresive on occasions | Community tank?: Doubtful, only with VERY calm fish | | Spawning Method: Spawning Mops | Breeding problems:
Poor egg survival | | Sex ratio: Roughly equal | Breeding difficulty: Easy | | Sucess: Fairly sucessful | Years Experience: 10 | | Other Comments: | | Date this record created: 20th July 2005 | Breeding date: 20th July 2005 | | Breeder: Manfred Kl?ppel | Location: Germany |
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Aquarium strain | | Water conditions: Moderately soft and acidic | Water temperature: 20-23oC | | Disposition: Active, but not aggresive | Community tank?: Doubtful, only with VERY calm fish | | Spawning Method: Other (see below) | Breeding problems:
Poor egg survival | | Sex ratio: Roughly equal | Breeding difficulty: Average | | Sucess: Very sucessful | Years Experience: 14 | | Other Comments: Fish does best in cold water (20C) with lots of salt (1 table spoon per gallon). My fish did not become good breeders until they were almost a year old. Females get color on their anal fins if breedable. Pairs raised together seem to be compatible. I spawn over sand, then stir and strain through brine shrimp net. Then put eggs in water in a plastic shoe box. Do not pack denser than 1 egg per cubic cm. Maybe 25 eggs in a plastic shoebox. Eggs hatch in 2 weeks. Baby brine shrimp. Sexable at one month. Adults need lots of food! May lay 500 eggs per week, but typically 50% or more will fungus. | | Date this record created: 31st October 2004 | Breeding date: 31st October 2004 | | Breeder: Robert Meyer finpark@msnDOTcom | Location: Illinois, USA |
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USA Blue | | Water conditions: Moderately soft and acidic | Water temperature: 20-23oC | | Disposition: Active, but not aggresive | Community tank?: Yes, a good community fish | | Spawning Method: Spawning Mops | Breeding problems:
Poor egg survival | | Sex ratio: Roughly equal | Breeding difficulty: Difficult | | Sucess: Fairly unsucessful | Years Experience: 1 | | Other Comments: | | Date this record created: 20th May 2004 | Breeding date: 25th September 2003 | | Breeder: | Location: |
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Aquarium strain | | Water conditions: Neutral | Water temperature: 24-27oC | | Disposition: Somewhat aggresive on occasions | Community tank?: Only with species of similar size | | Spawning Method: Peat (or similar) spawning substrate | Breeding problems:
Poor egg survival | | Sex ratio: Roughly equal | Breeding difficulty: Difficult | | Sucess: Very sucessful | Years Experience: | | Other Comments: i had no fry from mops at all, all eggs fungased so turned to peat spawning and never looked back. i remove and store peat for 4 weeks then wet, my best hatch is 18 from 2 weeks of spawning worst is 10 fry 2 weeks of spawning. i would never put les than 2 females to 1 male as the males i found are very hard on the females, and boy can they jump, so close fitting lid is esential.well worth the efort though a beutifull killifish and fry are very fast growers giving no problems in raising them.i wet a batch this morning 14/01/03 and by dinner time i had 11 young. | | Date this record created: 14th January 2003 | Breeding date: | | Breeder: alan bradshaw | Location: middlesbrough |
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Dwarf orange | | Water conditions: Neutral | Water temperature: 20-23oC | | Disposition: Somewhat aggresive on occasions | Community tank?: Only with species of similar size | | Spawning Method: Spawning Mops | Breeding problems:
Poor egg survival | | Sex ratio: Somewhat male heavy | Breeding difficulty: Difficult | | Sucess: Fairly sucessful | Years Experience: 10 | | Other Comments: Biggest problem is unfertilised eggs, which may be as high as 75%.
Spawn in bottom mops, and store eggs in damp peat until eyed-up (6 weeks or longer.)
Raising fry is straightforward. | | Date this record created: 13th August 2002 | Breeding date: 2nd August 2002 | | Breeder: Dave Wood | Location: Northampton |
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*Nomenclature correct according to KILLIDATA
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