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RE: L. katangae
I kept and bred these fish about 5 years or so ago. At that time I had water
that was hard (come out of the shower bruised hard) and pH about 7.7. I
conditioned the water a bit to bring the pH down to 7.4-7.5, and the
hardness into measurable range on the reagent type test kits (1 drop reagent
= 10 ppm). The fish laid large eggs for such a small fish, which hatched in
about 10 days at 73-74F. I got about 3-6 eggs/day, depending on what I was
feeding (sometimes I just get into a flake rut) Growth rate was not rapid,
but I did not try to grow them fast either (fed 1-2/day with BBS and water
changes every 3rd or 4th day). I believe I was breeding the offspring by 6
months of age, But I didn't try sooner. I feel that they would grow much
faster if I treated them like my angelfish (daily water changes of 50% and
3-4 feedings/day).
Joel Antkowiak
> Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2001 09:08:07 +0200
> From: "Tyrone Genade" <Tgenade at AKAD_SUN.AC.ZA>
> Subject: L. katangae
>
> Hi all
>
> Has any one had much experiance with L. katangae (formaly
> Aplocheilicthys katangae).
>
> I'm looking for reproduction data.
> Life span. At what age the fish become reproductively active...
> growth rate. etc...
>
> If any one has any data on
> Lacursticola johnstoni
> L. myaposae
> I would greatly appreciate that too.
>
> Thanks
> Tyrone Genade
> tyronegenade at yahoo_com
> http://www.geocities.com/tyronegenade
>
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