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Aphyosemion (Chromaphyosemion) splendopleure
'Ebodje, ABC 05-46'
Described by:
Brünning 1929
Genus:
Aphyosemion
Subgenus:
Chromaphyosemion
Species:
splendopleure
Meaning
of the name:
refers to the
shining sides of the males body
Type
locality:
Tiko, in western
Cameroon
Habitat
and distribution:
Quiet parts of
brooks and small streams in the coastal rainforest. Cameroon,
Equatorial Guinea and Gabon
Location code:
Ebodje,
ABC 05-46
Collector:
Agnése, Brummet
and Caminade
Type of
location:
a small stream 30 cm wide and 10 cm deep.
Other
fishes at the same location:
Aphyosemion ahli
Length:
5 cm
Type of killies:
plant spawner
Breeding:
Incubation time:
12-14 days in
water
Size of
the fry:
First food to the fry:
infusorians and
new hatch artemia
Temperature in the aquarium:
22-24 C
Remarks:
The males are
variable in the color and it depends on age and temperament witch
color they have at the moment.
How we
keep them:
We prefer to keep them in groups with 3-4 males and 4-6 females in a
40 liters aquarium with lots of floating hornwort (Ceratophyllum
demersum) , some snails and sometimes a small Ancistrus
sp. Normally we
don’t collect the eggs, the fishes produce enough fry in the
aquarium for our needs. The best way to breed them is to keep one
pair in a small aquarium with peat, a floating mop and some plants
for one week. After that the fishes are removed and hopefully there
will hatch some fry after one more week. If I want to send a pair to
a convention, I kept the pair in there own aquarium, so the fins on
the male are as good as possible.
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