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Aquarium strain | | Water conditions: Moderately soft and acidic | Water temperature: 24-27oC | | Disposition: Slightly timid | Community tank?: Doubtful, only with VERY calm fish | | Spawning Method: Spawning Mops | Breeding problems:
Skewed sex ratio | | Sex ratio: Almost all males | Breeding difficulty: Average | | Sucess: Average | Years Experience: 2 | | Other Comments: I really liked this fish. Breeding was easy and it was a good fish. But when the temperatures rose eggs developed into ALL males!! When weather was cooler is was somewhat male heavy, but we still got females. At high temps there were just NO females..... not even one! | | Date this record created: 9th January 2008 | Breeding date: | | Breeder: Karma Farm | Location: USA; CA desert |
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Aquarium strain | | Water conditions: Moderately soft and acidic | Water temperature: 24-27oC | | Disposition: Very timid | Community tank?: Never | | Spawning Method: Spawning Mops | Breeding problems:
Poor egg production | | Sex ratio: Somewhat male heavy | Breeding difficulty: Difficult | | Sucess: Very sucessful | Years Experience: 7 | | Other Comments: EARLY EFFORTS WITH THIS FISH WERE NOT REWARDED. HOWEVER NEGLECT PAYED OFF. SHALLOW WATER AND WARM TEMPS PROVED CRITICAL IN THE PRODUCTION OF THIS FISH. 76F PH 6.8 DH4 330 MS CONDUCTIVTY. EGGS ARE 1.7 MM LAID ANYWHERE IN BOTTOM MOPS. NO REAL AGGRESSION WAS NOTED. THROUGH ME WELL DISTRIBUTED IN USA 88-91 SPECIES HAS SLIPPED AWAY AND IS VERY RARE TO NONEXISTENT IN AQUARIUMS. DESPITE SEVERAL IMPORTS OVER THE 1990'S | | Date this record created: 31st May 2004 | Breeding date: 31st May 1991 | | Breeder: LEE VAN HYFTE | Location: IOWA, USA |
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*Nomenclature correct according to KILLIDATA
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