According to Adrian's excellent post, the water chemistry parameters aren't
all that important - as long as the water is clean (low in nitrogen
compounds). My plan right now is to use a 40-50 l tank, with some low light
plants (java moss, java ferns), water around 8 dH, 20 deg C, no CO2, pH 7.5
or so.
Food will be a bit of a challenge, but likely a mix of daphnia, high quality
flakes and frozen b/s. I'll use all my fish - 3m and 3f.
First food for the fry will be vinegar eels - my praecox did really well on
that. (I picked 13 larvae out of my community tank and transfered them to a
grow out tank - and all 13 survived.) Also, I'll offer very finely ground
flake.
I'll keep you updated when (and if) anything happens... :-)
Michael Eckardt
near Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, with 18 deg C(!) tomorrow.