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RE: Large natural set-up



Hi Guys,
 
If the tank is more heavily planted you will wind up with more fish. But what is most likely is that you will attain a point where the population will remain static. I have had 10 H. Formosa in a 2.5 gal tank for about a year now. They may be different fish, but always the same number. If old fish die off new ones will survive to adulthood and take their place. Once the population reaches a certain point all of the fry will be eaten.  Different Killifish will achieve differing population densities. With GUN you should wind up with more fry than XIP for example. My XIP aggressively hunted and killed their own fry in a 3 gal tank.  In a 130 you should wind up with several pairs of fish whatever you chose. But the amount of fish will depend on what fish you chose.
 
Best regards,
 
~RJ~
 
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-killietalk at aka_org [mailto:owner-killietalk at aka_org]On Behalf Of wshenefelt
Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2001 2:22 PM
To: killietalk at aka_org
Subject: Re: Large natural set-up

Bob;
Most of the gardneri would work and a few strains of australe, if the tank is well planted (but I would start with two pair, only one of which went into the big tank, the other act as a backup).  The first group of offspring will have to keep you going though since the fry will dispose of newly hatched fry once they get big enough.  After that, you will get a rare fry that is good at hiding.
Bill Shenefelt
----- Original Message -----
From: Bob Xu
To: KillieTalk at aka_org
Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2001 11:13 AM
Subject: Large natural set-up

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