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Banfora | | Water conditions: Moderately soft and acidic | Water temperature: 24-27oC | | Disposition: Active, but not aggresive | Community tank?: Only with species of similar size | | Spawning Method: Long term (fry appear with adults) | Breeding problems: none | | Sex ratio: Somewhat female heavy | Breeding difficulty: Easy | | Sucess: Average | Years Experience: 1 | | Other Comments: Eggs taken from mops tend to disappear in my Petri dishes. Adults eat live , frozen and dried food . The adult males jump out of the water to take grindal worms off the end of a paint brush held over the water.
| | Date this record created: 15th October 2006 | Breeding date: 10th June 2006 | | Breeder: Len | Location: Essex |
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Banfora | | Water conditions: Moderately soft and acidic | 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:
Skewed sex ratio | | Sex ratio: Somewhat female heavy | Breeding difficulty: Average | | Sucess: Fairly unsucessful | Years Experience: 1 | | Other Comments: I feed them mainly frozen blood worm and white worm
I keep the tank on the dark side, the tank is fully planted with a peat bottom and a sounge fiter | | Date this record created: 6th February 2004 | Breeding date: 20th September 2003 | | Breeder: Gordon Clarke | Location: Leicester |
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Banfora | | Water conditions: Moderately hard and alkaline | Water temperature: 24-27oC | | Disposition: Slightly timid | Community tank?: | | Spawning Method: Spawning Mops | Breeding problems: none | | Sex ratio: | Breeding difficulty: Easy | | Sucess: Very sucessful | Years Experience: | | Other Comments: This is really an update on the previous report. They were obviously too young before. My 2 original pairs are (I estimate) 8-9 months old, and for the last 3+ months have been breeding profusely. Best results were acheived by storing mops in fish bags for 2 weeks, but I have had a continual number of young appearing with the adults. | | Date this record created: 3rd February 2003 | Breeding date: | | Breeder: Jules | Location: Bucks |
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Banfora | | Water conditions: Moderately hard and alkaline | Water temperature: 24-27oC | | Disposition: Very timid | Community tank?: Doubtful, only with VERY calm fish | | Spawning Method: Long term (fry appear with adults) | Breeding problems:
Poor egg survival | | Sex ratio: | Breeding difficulty: Easy | | Sucess: Average | Years Experience: 2 | | Other Comments: This species seems to lay masses of eggs in mops though most seem to die soon after picking. I have also removed whole mops for storage, but without better results. Long term breeding works; the parents are tolerant of their young, however the quantities produced are well below the number of eggs laid. Overall this is a shy fish that needs lots of hiding places, but is quite tough other than that. | | Date this record created: 1st November 2002 | Breeding date: 1st October 2002 | | Breeder: Jules | Location: UK |
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*Nomenclature correct according to KILLIDATA
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