[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

SJO

Hi John,

        I was raising them commercially to support all the killies that only 
give a few fry, so I would rest the adults with normal feedings (mostly brine 
shrimp, fruit flies and a tiny bit of beef heart ) for 2 weeks and then began 
conditioning them with the high protein diet for a week or more -- until the 
females were so full they looked like pregnant guppies. Then it was back to 
the breeding tank. If you feed the conditioning diet on a daily basis, you 
will soon have overweight, colorless, dropsy dead fish. The well-washed, 
chopped tubifex or blackworms is the key to getting alot of fertile eggs. Its 
the old-timers' secret weapon for successful egg production. It makes a huge 
difference. I forgot to mention that the babies were started on live baby 
brine shrimp shortly after hatching and received this twice a day. I made 
sure their tummies were fat and orange. As soon as they could take it, I 
added frozen adult brine shrimp, chopped, well-washed tubifex, the beef heart 
mix and finely chopped earthworms. I fed then baby brine shrimp for about a 
month or so and then went to the other foods exclusively. I never used flakes 
but they would probably take them at a month of age. Today, I feed a frozen 
salmon mix to alot of my fish as well as the beef heart mix. (Discus go nuts 
over salmon -- even the new salmon-based Omega flake food. Wild discus scarf 
it down. Its weird. Never seen anything like it. They go for salmon more than 
any fish I have seen). When picking breeders, look for great body color in 
the male AND female and for long wide well carried fins. The female's tail 
should show some extentions too. The tail of the male should have very 
distinct sections and colors.

Robert E.
---------------
See http://www.aka.org/AKA/subkillietalk.html to unsubscribe
Follow-Ups: