A. panduro Breeding

[bobo31]

Does anyone know what the proper breeding conditions are for A. panduro

Thanks,
Robert.

 

[farm41]

Mine have bred repeatedly at Ph 6 and TDS <100. I use 1/3 peat treated, 2/3 RO water, and Oak leaves on the tank bottom. Live food is all they will eat. Blackworms, grindal worms and bbs.

 

[bobo31]

Please excuse my newbie question!!

I am sorry what is TDS <100 ?

How would that measure with GH and KH in degrees?

Thanks,
Robert.

 

[Randall]

Spawning A. panduro

Dear Robert,

TDS is an abbreviation for total disolved solids. To measure it or to measure water conductivity, one needs the appropriate meter. The Forum's Ted Judy should be able to help you with this, if you are interested.

Members of the Nijsseni-group do well in soft acidic water. KH of about 2-3 with a pH of 5.5-6.5 should do the trick for spawning. In his post, Matt (farm41) says that he's had success with two-thirds RO filtered water mixed with one-third peat moss treated tap water. This mix enables him to achieve the desired soft acidic water necessary for breeding.

Good luck!

Randall Kohn

 

[farm41]

I should add, my panduro's were wild caught and would never eat any frozen or flake that I could ever observe, but I also didn't try very hard on the frozen food. I just wanted to breed them and they were in very good shape when I got them, I also had a steady supply of blackworms.

Good food and great water conditions helps, I believe. I changed their water every other day 25%.


HTH

 

[apistodave]

Nobody here mentioned temperature--see the above males or females!

 

[bobo31]

Yea I almost forgot about that. HEHE.

What would be the appropriate temp?

 

[farm41]

78 degrees for mine. Mine are just 12 weeks old, just starting to be able to tell the difference in sex, so far it looks like some of both. Hard to tell though, with so many juvies in the growout tank.