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IMO, tank too small...I failed pretty miserably trying to keep a trio in a 4' 55 gallon. Pairs seem to behave well, as do groups, but as soon as you get a gravid female, the whole peaceful group dynamic goes out the window.
I'm fairly certain that comment was directed at the the author of post #2, who put the effort into telling you to search for an answer, but wouldn't simply tell you to use the oak leaves.
Yes, puacisquamis females have a fine pattern/vertical banding in the caudal (just like the males, without the lyrate extensions or color), all of the female mendezi I have, have a very faint, mostly horizontal pattern/no pattern caudal (similar to M mendezi). The mendezi show multiple sub...
Thank you. Personally I find little resemblance to mendezi. If the differences in caudal pattern, or lack thereof, wasn't enough, the differences in the lateral sub band/bands should seal the deal.
While lamenting the loss of a spawn in another tank last night, I turned on the lights, and was pleasantly surprised to find these little guys.
Whole bunch of the little guys. Quite a bit smaller than what I would have expected.
My best spawns came in water that was 5.0-5.4, 20tds, gh less than 1, kh 0, although I had my water get away from me a few times, and still had fry from the 5.5-5.8 50tds, 2gh, 0kH
Congratulations on the fry! In my limited experience with GBR's, I never had the courage to separate the fry from the parents so early. Not sure if my fry were an aberration size wise, but I found them willing and able to consume artemia after about the second day free swimming
Kinda fun to watch. First few times I observed this behavior from the male, I was concerned he had swim bladder issues, as his arc will occasionally have him completely belly up.
Not to throw another wrench in the plan, but if memory serves, I seem to recall reading a paper/article that seemed to imply there were agassizii "tefe", sp tefe I, and sp. tefe II. I am not sure if the conclusions reached in that paper still hold true. Good luck, update when you have news?
I'm not sure if anyone is going to be much help, I think thats a tough call to make. If they spawn, and you get fry that are numerous, and viable, she is sp. tefe, if they spawn, and you get very few fry that aren't viable/healthy, she is probably agassizii? Thats about the best I can come up with