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Aquarium strain | | Water conditions: Moderately soft and acidic | Water temperature: 20-23oC | | Disposition: Slightly timid | Community tank?: Doubtful, only with VERY calm fish | | Spawning Method: Spawning Mops | Breeding problems: none | | Sex ratio: Somewhat female heavy | Breeding difficulty: Average | | Sucess: Average | Years Experience: 2 | | Other Comments: The accurate location code of this population is Barrage de la Loire Atlantique GRCH 93 / 239 insted of "GRCH 93/293, Barraque de Loire d'Atlantique". There is a good explanation of the errors maid by the names and codes of this species populations on this link:http://www.killifish.f9.co.uk/Killifish/Killifish%20Website/Ref_Library/Scriptaphyosemion/S.cauveti.htm | | Date this record created: 5th September 2005 | Breeding date: 8th May 2003 | | Breeder: Peter M?čada | Location: Slovakia |
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Aquarium strain | | Water conditions: Moderately soft and acidic | Water temperature: 20-23oC | | Disposition: Slightly timid | Community tank?: Doubtful, only with VERY calm fish | | Spawning Method: Long term (fry appear with adults) | Breeding problems:
Poor egg production | | Sex ratio: Roughly equal | Breeding difficulty: Easy | | Sucess: Average | Years Experience: 1 | | Other Comments: The fish are very easy to keep and will readily accept frozen foods and live. Live BBS and blackworms will cause the female to roe up quickly. The eggs are tiny, my pair hides them and the fry just show up in the tank. Fry are small and will need infusoria for about a week or so before graduating to microworms and live bbs. | | Date this record created: 13th May 2004 | Breeding date: 13th May 2004 | | Breeder: Michael McCarthy | Location: Columbus, OH, USA |
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Aquarium strain | | Water conditions: Moderately hard and alkaline | Water temperature: 24-27oC | | Disposition: Very timid | Community tank?: Only with species of similar size | | Spawning Method: Long term (fry appear with adults) | Breeding problems: none | | Sex ratio: | Breeding difficulty: Very easy | | Sucess: Very sucessful | Years Experience: 2 | | Other Comments: I left 3 pairs in a 30g tank. Chock full of najas, and a few mops. A 3mm layer of sand as a substrate. After 3 months it is full of fish from small fry to 1 inch juvenilles. Interestingly enough the adults are VERY timid. I never see them. Not ever. The young are a different story; they seem quite at home, spending their lives playing by the front glass | | Date this record created: 8th March 2004 | Breeding date: 1st December 2003 | | Breeder: Jules | Location: |
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Aquarium strain | | Water conditions: Very soft and acidic | Water temperature: 20-23oC | | Disposition: Slightly timid | Community tank?: Only with species of similar size | | Spawning Method: Long term (fry appear with adults) | Breeding problems:
Poor fry survival rate | | Sex ratio: Somewhat male heavy | Breeding difficulty: Very easy | | Sucess: Very sucessful | Years Experience: | | Other Comments: Very beautiful fish with high intense colors of dark blue mixed with deep red. Can be breed with mop or in a larger group setup. Usually fry come up in moderate quantities together with the adults. I have them in a heavily planted large community tank (400 litres) with few other fishes. They perform well even at longer periods of higher temperatures (27°C and above). Fry come up also in this tank. For intensive breeding, the mop method in a small (10 litre) tank is preferred. | | Date this record created: 5th October 2003 | Breeding date: | | Breeder: Axel Schwekendiek | Location: Germany |
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Aquarium strain | | Water conditions: Neutral | Water temperature: 20-23oC | | 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: Easy | | Sucess: Fairly unsucessful | Years Experience: | | Other Comments: Fry are generally left alone by parents, however, older fry will feed on younger newly hatched siblings.Removing them to a separate container will improve survival rates, they grow slowly.
Live food such as microworms and BBS are eagerly accepted, they can easily be converted to quality dried foods as well.
Bottom mops seem to be preferred for laying eggs as well as hiding. A darkened area for the tank is also recommended. | | Date this record created: 15th March 2003 | Breeding date: | | Breeder: Kent Carpenter | Location: Rochester, NY |
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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: Spawning Mops | Breeding problems: none | | Sex ratio: Roughly equal | Breeding difficulty: Very easy | | Sucess: Very sucessful | Years Experience: 5 | | Other Comments: | | Date this record created: 3rd December 2002 | Breeding date: 10th January 2001 | | Breeder: Rickard Berg 671-10 | Location: Sweden/Västerbotten |
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Aquarium strain | | Water conditions: Neutral | Water temperature: 20-23oC | | Disposition: Slightly timid | Community tank?: Doubtful, only with VERY calm fish | | Spawning Method: Spawning Mops | Breeding problems:
Skewed sex ratio | | Sex ratio: Somewhat male heavy | Breeding difficulty: Average | | Sucess: Average | Years Experience: 2 | | Other Comments: As per my entry for the Kindia location for this species. No real differences other than I find that the Kindia location has stronger colouration and demarkation on the flanks. | | Date this record created: 14th August 2002 | Breeding date: 14th August 2002 | | Breeder: Ian Allcroft BKA 157-06 | Location: Harrogate, North Yorkshire |
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Aquarium strain | | Water conditions: Neutral | Water temperature: 20-23oC | | Disposition: Slightly timid | Community tank?: Doubtful, only with VERY calm fish | | Spawning Method: Spawning Mops | Breeding problems:
Skewed sex ratio | | Sex ratio: Somewhat male heavy | Breeding difficulty: Average | | Sucess: Fairly sucessful | Years Experience: 3 | | Other Comments: Initial experience with these fishes was that they were very timid. They would hide away in plants/mops and never been seen except for a lightning dash to snatch food. However, I've found that by keeping them in tanks with with other species (and only by using other species) they will become much calmer and willing to show themselves.
Breeding is no problem - they are reasonably prolific when well settled, and will spawn on bottom-mops and in substrate (peat fibre).
I remove eggs from mops and fry fromthe parent tank as I have seen small fry taken on occasion.
Eggs are small, but fry represent no particular problems and will immediately accept Artemia nauplii on hatching. Growth rate is average.
I keep my fish in a tapwater/rainwater mix 50/50 which is pH 6.5 and dH4. Temperature is 22C, but I've foundno change in behaviour or egg production in temperatures ranging from 18C to 26C. | | Date this record created: 14th August 2002 | Breeding date: 14th August 2002 | | Breeder: Ian Allcroft BKA 157-06 | Location: Harrogate, North Yorkshire |
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*Nomenclature correct according to KILLIDATA
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