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Old 06-16-2012, 04:33 PM   #3
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I feed mine regular TetraMin food. The angelfish in the tank get bloodworms often, but I don't ever see them eating the bloodworms. The past couple of days I have actually been feeding them some flightless fruit flies, drosophila hydei. That may be what triggered the spawn but I am not sure. The temperature I am not sure because I haven't gotten a thermometer yet, but the heater is set on 80 degrees. I could have sworn it was warmer in there but I guess not. The tank is a 75 gallon. I just set it up a few weeks ago.

Females are more plump and have a deeper, larger body.
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Males are smaller, and look a lot like neon tetras in body shape. They do not have large bellies like the females do.
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This is the patch where they spawned. It is made up of limnophila sessiflora.
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I am super excited to maybe get some babies out of these guys!
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