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Some of last years stock , Red Leopard young at 6 weeks

are these all from the same batch Russell?

Good to see you back Russell. Nice pic.

Hi Adam
There are two batches' one red Leopard and one blue diamond. there was 2 weeks difference between the spawns, as you can see by the difference in sizes. as this was the two pairs first mating the spawn was small, although the hatch rate was high so was the mortality rate, about 50%. most of this was down to the inexperience of the parents, They were separated from the parents after 4 weeks and fed ravenously on the brine shrimp . there is what I call a 5 week and 9 week syndrome. when during this period you can get a few more fatalities. once past this stage the survival rate is usualy o.k.
For breeding I get the Ph down to 6.5/6.7 - The Gh 2 and the Kh/alk about 1. this gives a good hatch rate. after a week I increase the Gh to 3/4 and Kh to 3 over a week. and then up it again for the next few weeks. this increase in hardness is essential for bone & skeletal developement. and slowly bring the perams up to normal. what you normaly have the Ph Gh Kg etc. but always NIL NITRATE.
Hope this helps. but as always this is my way, others differ, there is no hard and fast rules.

Nice to be Back now health is O.K