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ARPAN GUPTA
ARPAN
GUPTA
INDIA
13-01-2002 |
How long have you bred Discus fish: 2 years.
| I sell Discus fish to: |
individuals
wholesale |
Do you breed for hobby or: hobby.
How many breeding couples have you got: 10.
What kind of Discus fish do you breed: blue and red
turquoise, red snake skin, malboro reds, leopard snakeskin, spotted leopard,
cobra snakeskins, yellow pigeon, pigeon blood etc.
I breed 5000 fish a year.
Are breeding couples prepared / treated for breeding?
no.
Why not: natural selection is the best.
On which age are the couples formed: 18 months
months.
Up to which age do you breed with them: 5 year.
How large are the breedingtanks: L2 feet" x W1 feet" x
H1.5 feet"
swimming out tanks:
L4 feet" x W1.5 feet" x H1.5 feet"
In what kind of water do you breed: ph 6.5, TDS 125 mg
/L and in which way do you prepare it: ro + tap
water.
How long do you have this water matured before the the breeding couple is
placed? 48 hours
And what is the temperature 30 DC.
Are breeding couples fed when they are breeding yes.
Do you renew water during the breeding: yes
How much: 50 % daily
How often: twice a day
Do you renew when there are larvae? yes.
How much: 50 % dialy.
How often: twice a day.
On which day do you start feeding the larvae after they are swimming free?
day: 4.
how often: 4 times a day.
with what: brine shrimp.
Do you renew the water during this period? yes.
what kind of water: ro + water.
how much: 50%
Why: better health.
At which moment do you remove the parents? from the
breeding tank: after 2 weeks.
What and how often do you feed the larvae?
what: brine shrimp.
how often: 4 times a day.
What and how often do you feed the larvae from week 1:
what: brine shrimp .
how often: 4 times a day.
What and how often do you feed the larvae from week 2:
what: brine shrimp + tetra bits (crushed) + green food.
how often: 4 times a day.
What and how often do you feed the larvae from week 3:
what: brine shrimp + tetra bits (crushed) + green food.
how often: 4 times a day.
What and how often do you feed the larvae from week 4:
what: brine shrimp + tetra bits (crushed) + green food.
how often: 4 times a day.
What and how often do you feed the larvae from week 5:
what: brine shrimp + tetra bits (crushed) + green food.
how often: 4 times a day.
What and how often do you feed the larvae from week 6:
what: flakes + tetra bits (crushed) + green food
how often: 4 times a day
What and how often do you feed the larvae from week 7:
what: flakes + tetra bits (crushed) + green food
how often: 4 times a day
What and how often do you feed the larvae from week 8:
what: flakes + tetra bits (crushed) + green food
how often: 4 times a day
Dou you use vitamins, minerals, medication during this period?
what: garlic.
how much: mixed in proportion in green food.
why: better health.
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