L260 Queen Arabesque set up

thegeeman

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Hello Peeps

I Just thought i would share with you my latest breeding project. This is my second group of 260 and infact the 260 was the first Hypan I managed to breed.

Setup
Jewel 100ltr
Eheim external 650lph with difuser
Under gravel filter
The normal hypan slate and cave set up with some bogwood
Water is almost 7PH with 250ppm
Temp between 82-84c.
Daily water changes of 25% and gravel vac once a month.

Inhabitants
5 Adult Queen Arabesque, 1 male 4 females
9 Corydoras Panda
Handfull of Assassin snails
10 Zebra Rasbora

They are now on there 6th spawn in almost 9 weeks and I think I have around 50 fry at various stages

The Tank
260breedingtank.jpg
Adult 260
260male.jpg
Female with rasping down the flanks
260Femalewithrasping.jpg
Fry at a few days old, Still with the egg sack
260frywithsack.jpg
Fry at 2 weeks
clusterof2603weeks.jpg
Fry at 4 weeks
260fry6weeks.jpg

Cheers

thegeeman
 

thegeeman

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Bet that male is knackered! :D
You would think that Russ but actually he is a lazy sod. All he does is sit in his cave. When he traps a female he doenst do the shimmy and when he has eggs he doesnt even fan them, He just sits there mouthing them.

He is probably one of the fittest 260 around:lol:

Cheers

thegeeman
 
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intrepidmax

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Hi G

This is the third time i have wrote this lol. and then changed it.

I have a million questions for you. I would really like to breed these myself.....but!

This time I will wait until i have some and then start asking questions lol. brilliant log.
 

thegeeman

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Some of the babies are almost ready for re-homing now at 40mm plus














All the bits in the water are feed which is the only way I can get them to come out to take pics. I had a quick count today but lost count at 90. I also have another 20 in the trap waiting to be released into the tank

Cheers

thegeeman
 
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intrepidmax

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Arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Totally jealous as F**k........off to thorow myself in a cold bath.

Mate they are sooooooooo cool........how much how much.......