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RE: N. fuscotaeniatus
To Brian Watters and others who have been there:
Some years ago I saw a TV program on Africa. They indicated that when the
rains come, first, a small crustacian hatches in vast numbers. Then the
small annual fish hatch feasting on the shrimp. Could you possable tell us
if this is true? Is there a super abundant fresh water shrimp which hatches
first and provides the food source for the Nothos? If you have encountered
these shrimp can you tell us something about them?
Also if you have had the oppertunity to read my questions about
Notho-Fade-Away. The condition where the Nothos stop eating and will never
eat again. Could there be any circumstance where this may be some kind of
adaptive behavior in the wild? As I have lost FUS to this condition, have
you seen it among any of the wild specimens you collected or in early
generations? Do you perhapse know how to get them to start eating again?
Lastly I would be very interested to know, in the matter of FUS, when is the
pool flooded and when is it dry.
I would appreciate any assistance you could provide.
Hope you have had a good Thanksgiving
-RJ-
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From: owner-killietalk at aka_org [mailto:owner-killietalk at aka_org]On
Behalf Of Brian R. Watters
Sent: Friday, November 24, 2000 2:15 PM
To: killietalk at aka_org
Subject: RE: N. fuscotaeniatus
Nonn Panitvong wrote:
>
> ...... Gone the male FUS 'aquarium strain',
> gone the male FUS Kitonga North TAN 97/9, gone all the GAR 'Nsukka'.
>
At present, there is not, or should not be, an "aquarium strain " of N.
fuscotaeniatus. I presume that the one lot of N. fuscotaeniatus that you
have was supplied to you without a collection code. However, keep in mind
that ALL the N. fuscotaeniatus presently in the hobby represent the same
population in the field in spite of the fact that there are two collection
codes associated with this species.
Ruud Wildekamp, Barry Cooper and myself discovered this species and
collected it in May, 1997, and assigned the locality code "Kitonga north TAN
97-9". Six weeks later, Seegers collected the fish from the identical
locality and assigned the locality code TZ 97-57.
So, given the fact that the collections were in the same year and from the
same pool, there really is very little point in your keeping your "aquarium
strain" isolated from the "Kitonga north TAN 97-9" strain because they are
the same thing. However, retain one or other of the collection codes because
if anyone collects the species in the future, either from the same locality
or a different one, it would be important to be able to differentiate
between the collections (for reasons discussed in a recent thread).
___________________________________________
Brian R. Watters
University of Regina
Regina, Sask. S4S 0A2, Canada
Ph: (306) 584-9161 (home); (306) 585-4663 (work)
Fax: (306) 585-5433
E-mail: bwatters at sk_sympatico.ca
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