Sacramento Aquarium Society

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SAS Member Spawning Report

Cyprinidon labiosus

General Information

Name:

Rich & Laura Bireley

Date (yyyy-mm-dd):

2011-02-05

Common Name:

 

Scientific Name:

Cyprinidon labiosus

Aquarium Conditions

pH:

8.0

General Hardness (ppm):

250 Avg.

Temp.:

78

Nitrate (ppm):

5

Tank Size (inches LxWxH):

24x24x10=25 Gallons

Water Source:

Tap Water

Changes:

How Often -

Monthly

How Much -

75%

Filtration System(s):

box

Additives:

Tank Décor

Plants:

Plastic

Substrate:

Natural Sand

Structures:

None

Lighting

Ambient

Reproduction

Reproduction Method:

Egg Layer

Approx. # of Eggs:

8

Location of Eggs:

See comments

Parental Care:

None

Date of Hatch or Birth (yyyy-mm-dd):

2010-12-02

Date Free Swimming:

2010-12-09

Food

Food Fed to Parents and How Often:

Daily: flakes, thawed brine shrimp, thawed mysid

Food Fed to Fry and How Often:

Daily: Cyclop-ease, bbs, flakes.

Comments

This fish is critically endangered. From Laguna Chichencaneb, Mexico, it is a pupfish that spawns in a mop. They require 1 tbsp sea salt or table salt per 10 gallons. Pretty and only 1.5" as adults.