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Re: GAR breeding and Barometric Pressures





Tim Addis wrote:
> 
> Barometric pressures do influence egg production in Aphyosemion sp. Whilst
> no material has been put together in a scientific way I am convinced it is
> worth looking into.
> As an example, I have found on countless times over the years whilst keeping
> Aphyosemion sp. & collecting eggs daily there is a pattern of egg production
> high & low which cannot be explained by temperature, water changes & food.
> The only thing which affects all the tanks in the fish house apart from
> these criteria is barometric pressure.
> Has anyone researched this & put down information?

Yes, I thought Jim had just posted such information -- a pretty well
documented scientific study.

Barometric pressure changes are too slight to have any effect on dissolved
gas, so the only change is the same as a slight change in water depth. I'm
not a fanatic about keeping all my tanks within a half mm of one level, so I
simple don't notice the effect on spawning in my fishroom.

There *is* an effect with humidity in stormy weather that may make Bettas in
poorly-covered tanks find bubble nests last longer. Again, mine are tightly
covered so I just never observed that one either. In poorly-covered killy
tanks, higher humidity can reduce evaporative surface cooling, so might
influence top minnows in that way, IDK.

I seriously doubt that barometric pressure has any effect on spawning,
directly.

Wright

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