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I'm starting to collect quite a few wild specimens and have begun to accumulate spawns. I have several questions regarding rearing fry in bulk:
1. What is the ideal temperature / pH / hardness?
2. To grow out 30 fry to, say, 1 inch, what size tank would be most appropriate? I am using 20H's right now (24" x 12" footprint).
3. How long does it take to grow fish out to 1 inch, with two 50% water changes weekly?
4. What is the ideal food?
I'm sure each species is different, but a generalization will help me quite a bit, maybe for each complex?
Thanks in advance.
Species I'm breeding now:
Apistogramma agassizi "blue"
Apistogramma agassizi "double red"
Apistogramma eunotus (Orangeschwanz)
Apistogramma iniridae
Apistogramma schwarzkinn/black-chin
1. What is the ideal temperature / pH / hardness?
2. To grow out 30 fry to, say, 1 inch, what size tank would be most appropriate? I am using 20H's right now (24" x 12" footprint).
3. How long does it take to grow fish out to 1 inch, with two 50% water changes weekly?
4. What is the ideal food?
I'm sure each species is different, but a generalization will help me quite a bit, maybe for each complex?
Thanks in advance.
Species I'm breeding now:
Apistogramma agassizi "blue"
Apistogramma agassizi "double red"
Apistogramma eunotus (Orangeschwanz)
Apistogramma iniridae
Apistogramma schwarzkinn/black-chin