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Apisto. hoignei

chris1932

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I got Hoignei from the same shipment that you did. I now have fry that are about half adult size and one that is six weeks old and a spawn that just took to swimming on thursday. I found that the pH needs to be around 5.2 and really soft. When I didnt have any space for fry to grow up I started using water from a different source and got them to stop spawning all together. Once I went back to water with a low hardness and low conductivity they begin spawning again. The female lays between 40-60 eggs each time. Survival has been exceptional.

Parameters are
total hardness 0
GH .50
KH .05
Conductivity 65-80m oh
pH 5.1-5.2

Feeding has been bbs, frozen whiteworms, cyclops, and some fine chopped beefheart. I try to give something different in the morning and bbs in the evening. It took awhile to get them to eat beefheart.
 

tjudy

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Interesting... according to the literature they are not supposed to require the low pH. I am keeping them in soft water, but I am not worried aboutthe pH and it stays between 6.2 - 6.7. This batch seems to be making it.
 

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