Hello to all
This is only a small and personal report on breeding my Bolivian Ram (Mikrogeophagus altispinosus).
The photographs and videos are from different spawning and my two tanks together.
sorry for my bad english
Day X
The Balzer:
The male impressed with intense color, abgespreizten fins, gills and open body trembling at the appearance of the female.
The Preparing:
The Spawning:
Their genitals were clearly visible. The female had a strong spawning tube. The male has a much shorter, thinner and pointed.
The female then decided to place the spawning by it (in my case) to a stone cleaning started what then with the male involved. Both impressed with intense staining, spreads fins, gills open and body tremors.
The Spawning took place with an egg on the rock track and the male fertilized a few seconds later. After delivery of about 100 eggs Spawning was completed.
This is only a small and personal report on breeding my Bolivian Ram (Mikrogeophagus altispinosus).
The photographs and videos are from different spawning and my two tanks together.
sorry for my bad english
Water to my values:
Temperature 78F (night to 75F)
pH 6.8
KH 5
GH 6
CO₂ 20-30mg/l
O₂ 5 mg/l ( morning), 8 mg/l (evening)
No₂ =<0,3mg/l
NO₃ about 5mg/l
Fe 0,25mg/l
NH₃₊₄ 0mg/l
PO₄ 0,25mg/l
Temperature 78F (night to 75F)
pH 6.8
KH 5
GH 6
CO₂ 20-30mg/l
O₂ 5 mg/l ( morning), 8 mg/l (evening)
No₂ =<0,3mg/l
NO₃ about 5mg/l
Fe 0,25mg/l
NH₃₊₄ 0mg/l
PO₄ 0,25mg/l
Day X
The Balzer:
The male impressed with intense color, abgespreizten fins, gills and open body trembling at the appearance of the female.
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The Preparing:
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The Spawning:
Their genitals were clearly visible. The female had a strong spawning tube. The male has a much shorter, thinner and pointed.
The female then decided to place the spawning by it (in my case) to a stone cleaning started what then with the male involved. Both impressed with intense staining, spreads fins, gills open and body tremors.
The Spawning took place with an egg on the rock track and the male fertilized a few seconds later. After delivery of about 100 eggs Spawning was completed.
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After oviposition, the males from the spawning place displaced.
The female over the entire surveillance and care. You defenses everything it came too close, including males and carefully removed the dirt and plant remains from the nests. That meant 24 hours of stress, little or garnicht eaten.
Day 001
The area:
Day 003
The slip:
The eggs began to move. The mother helped the young by the eggs in his mouth and took the boys out of the egg literally chewed. The brood was then freed in a pit excavated spat.
Several times a day, the entire brood into another pit reburied and the boys Fresh diversified.
Day 007
Artemia-nauplii:
Starting with Artemia-nauplii to feeding.
Day 009
Free Float:
The young today have made their free float.
Day 012
3% of survivors:
There are every day less, because exploring the curious small, or when hunting in the Artemia nauplii were eaten a lot. The mother is surely also to the small out, because they hardly even had to eat.
Day 031
Normal feed:
3 of the small still live.
Stopped with Artemia-nauplii to feed. You must now learn to feed what I do all the feeding, this will be adopted without any problems.
Day 073
Mosquito larvae:
The 3 today for the first time eat mosquito larvae.
Day 131
Area defense:
The treasury of the small districts is clear and everyone defends his territory with panache.
Day 305 = Day X
The Balzer:
Father and one of his daughters Balzer.
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The female over the entire surveillance and care. You defenses everything it came too close, including males and carefully removed the dirt and plant remains from the nests. That meant 24 hours of stress, little or garnicht eaten.
The Bolivian SBB have in me a spawning Interwall of approximately 2-3 weeks.
Day 001
The area:
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Day 003
The slip:
The eggs began to move. The mother helped the young by the eggs in his mouth and took the boys out of the egg literally chewed. The brood was then freed in a pit excavated spat.
Several times a day, the entire brood into another pit reburied and the boys Fresh diversified.
Day 006
Yolk sac consumed:
As the boys soon had to be fed, I put 2 bottles of Artemia nauplii to.
Yolk sac consumed:
As the boys soon had to be fed, I put 2 bottles of Artemia nauplii to.
Day 007
Artemia-nauplii:
Starting with Artemia-nauplii to feeding.
Day 009
Free Float:
The young today have made their free float.
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Day 012
3% of survivors:
There are every day less, because exploring the curious small, or when hunting in the Artemia nauplii were eaten a lot. The mother is surely also to the small out, because they hardly even had to eat.
Day 031
Normal feed:
3 of the small still live.
Stopped with Artemia-nauplii to feed. You must now learn to feed what I do all the feeding, this will be adopted without any problems.
Day 073
Mosquito larvae:
The 3 today for the first time eat mosquito larvae.
Day 131
Area defense:
The treasury of the small districts is clear and everyone defends his territory with panache.
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Day 305 = Day X
The Balzer:
Father and one of his daughters Balzer.
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