Name: Nicole Mangold-Coleman
Scientific Name of Fish: Tanichthys Micagemmae
Hobby Name of Fish: Vietnamese Cardinal Minnow
Method of Reproduction: Egg Scatterer
Number and Gender Distribution of Parents 6 Adults: 2 Males, 4 Females
Origin of Parents Wild Caught, Obtained from the Wet Spot on 11/24/24
Approximate number of eggs or fry: 20
Date of Hatch or Birth: 3/8-3/12
Date of Free Swimming If Hatched 3/12-3/15
Approx. Number of Fry at 30 Days*
Approx. Number of Fry at 60 Days
Aquarium Conditions:
pH : 6.8
General Hardness: 150ppm
Average Temperature: 72-74
Salinity: none
Average Nitrate: 25-50ppm
Aquarium Size: 10 Gallon Tank
Water Source: Cistern, Hagerstown MD
Water Changes: 20-25% Weekly
Filtration System(s): Sponge Filter
Additives : Easy Green, Easy Iron, Easy Potassium
Décor
Live Plants: Hornwort, Rotala Macrandra Small Leaf, Hygrophila Stricta
Plastic Plants: None
Wood: Spider Wood
Leaves: Catappa Indian Almond Leaves
Caves or Similar Hiding Places: Shrimp Caves, Lava Rock
Spawning mop: None
Substrate Fluval Plant and Shrimp Stratum
Lighting Type and Timing: Aquarium Co-Op LED Light, Timer lights on from 6:30am-11:00am then again from 3pm-7:30pm
Food Fed to Parents and How Often Twice a day feeding. Consists of Aquarium Co-op Magic Small Fish Feed, Easy Fry and Small Fish Food, Live Baby Brine Shrimp, Frozen Baby Brine, Frozen Daphnia. Use a mortar and pestle to grind up a mixture of Spirulina Flakes, Pellets, and Krill Flakes from multiple places and feed as well.
Food Fed to Fry and How Often: Twice a day, Hikari First Bites, same dry food as parents grinded down in mortar and pestle, live baby brine shrimp, Magic Small Fish Feed.
Photographs
Tank that houses the adults and some shrimp/snail friends
This is the grow out tank that I use for the little ones!
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