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RE: Species Maintenance List
Carolyn,
I use
this method also. But it does tend to provide for natural selection.
Usually the dominant male gets all of the girls. You can usually identify
him as the guy hogging the breeding spot. The losers rarely get a
date. On the up side however, over the course of time dominance does
sometimes change hands and another guy fish gets lucky.
-RJ-
What I have
done in the past is basically "gang spawn" species using 4 or 5
males and
5 or 6 females in a 10 gallon tank (depends on the size of the
fish, of
course - adjust tank size accordingly). I feel that the fish will
randomly
spawn with each other, basically ensuring some degree of genetic
diversity
within my population. This works with both peat spawners and mop
spawners.
It also spreads out aggression and actually minimizes it IMHO.
Other
thoughts? Carolyn (in wet yucky snow)
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