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Aquarium strain | | Water conditions: Moderately soft and acidic | Water temperature: 24-27oC | | Disposition: Slightly timid | Community tank?: Only with species of similar size | | Spawning Method: Long term (fry appear with adults) | Breeding problems:
Poor egg production | | Sex ratio: | Breeding difficulty: Easy | | Sucess: Average | Years Experience: 2 | | Other Comments: I set a pair up in a ten gallon tank which was thick with java moss, and had a peat bottom. They had 4 Fp cinnamomeum as tank mates.
Within a few months, I noticed free swimming fry, later id'd as Fp spoorenbergi.
The adult fish were fed only on frozen bloodworms with the occasional frozen brine shrimp or flake. By the time I noticed the fry, they were big enough to eat finely crushed flake. | | Date this record created: 30th November 2004 | Breeding date: 5th April 2004 | | Breeder: | Location: |
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Aquarium strain | | Water conditions: Moderately soft and acidic | Water temperature: 20-23oC | | Disposition: Active, but not aggresive | Community tank?: Only with species of similar size | | Spawning Method: Adult fish removed from tank | Breeding problems:
Poor egg survival | | Sex ratio: Roughly equal | Breeding difficulty: Easy | | Sucess: Average | Years Experience: 2 | | Other Comments: One fish may outcompete others for food and grow obese-feed tankmates in opposite corners. Most success spawning is over peat and mops for 2 weeks, feed well with livefood, change water a couple times with cooler water, then remove adults. Handling of eggs appears to damage them fatally. Got OK hatch rates with storing eggs on peat or storing mops in separate containers for water incubation without handling. Ok in community tank but again will hog the food even from more aggressive fish. | | Date this record created: 7th May 2004 | Breeding date: 4th May 2004 | | Breeder: Kate Breimayer | Location: Olympia WA |
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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: Spawning Mops | Breeding problems:
Poor egg production | | Sex ratio: Roughly equal | Breeding difficulty: Average | | Sucess: Average | Years Experience: 1 | | Other Comments: | | Date this record created: 17th April 2004 | Breeding date: 17th April 2004 | | Breeder: Patrick J. Coleman | Location: USA |
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*Nomenclature correct according to KILLIDATA
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