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Re: Help with A.ogoense
I want to thank everyone for their responses I really
apreciate it. My big question is what Temperture
should they be to be succesfull and water paremeters.
They are currently in my air conditioned livingroom in
muggy hot Florida at 75 degrees which is cool for
Florida, even indoors, is this sufficent. So would you
suggest I simply add mops to my setup I have now? I
have been breeding A.gardneri and A.australe for a
year now with good success I just heard how difficult
A.ogoense can be. They are in water with a pH of 5.5
and 0 DH less then 40 us/cm. Which is straight out of
my well. Thanks to everyone out there for all their
help. Can't wait to tell you about fry! I hope :)
Dave
--- Jay-Scott Moylan <moylan at emi_net> wrote:
> Hi David,
>
> I happen to have Convention-purchased Aph.
> ogoense ottogartneri
> Lutete among my fish. These guys are pretty easy to
> work with. First of
> all, are you using mops to collect eggs? They are
> easy to make. If you
> haven't made any yet, there are pretty good
> directions in the Beginner's
> Guide at the AKA website. Ogoense eggs are easily
> seen once laid in the
> mop. To check, you just take the mop out and wring
> it nearly dry. Don't
> worry about crushing the eggs. Killie eggs are
> tough! Some people pick the
> eggs every day and others gather them once a week.
> Some breeders store them
> on top of damp peat moss, but this isn't really
> necessary. I simply leave
> them in the mop. I put the mop in a ziplock bag,
> roll it up, and seal it.
> Best to label it too, with the species and date of
> collection (or last date
> of collection if picking eggs daily). Then I put my
> eggs in a shoe box
> (light is bad for embryos) and wait a couple of
> weeks. In my
> air-conditioned house, they take three weeks to be
> sure they are ready for
> hatching. If I store them in my much warmer garage,
> they only take two
> weeks. When the gestation period is up, just throw
> the mop in water. Some
> use parental tank water, but I find that normal,
> fresh water works fine for
> me. By storing the week's worth of eggs together,
> and putting them all in
> the water at the same time, you get them all to
> hatch at the same time,
> which makes rearing the fry easier. I use baby
> brine for the fry, and have
> recently added microworms and vinegar eels. Good
> Luck!
>
> Jay Moylan
>
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