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Re: Aphyosemion hera
I have been raising A. hera TDK 97/30 since Last September (2000)
I raise them in tanic water with a pH of about 6.6 and TDS of about 150ppm.
The fish room ranges from 75 to 78 degrees and I get good eggs production.
I also had good egg production down into the low 70's but they seem to
tolerate upper seventies fairly well as long as you give them something to
hide in while breeding. They breed better in a trio or that has been my
experience anyway. I feed the adults BBS and frozen/thawed red worms. They
also do better in aged water. They like bottom and top mops, but whatever
they can find to hide in does them well. They are skittish fish. You will
not truly enjoy and appreciate their color and mood changes until you grow
out your fry as adults. I raise the fry in a ten as they produce well. The
ten contains just hard water, a hydro-1 sponge filter, and lots of rams horn
snails. The fry grow out a bit slower than most Aphyos, but it is well
worth it. The female will look like she is going to be a male at first but
then her ventral surface up to the lateral line will become apple juice to
lemon yellow, and she will maintain the horizontal stripe from nose to the
back edge of the caudal fin. The male will become absolutely beautiful and
will change color expressions depending on what he wants to communicate,
much like Haplachromines. These are much more beautiful fish than I had
thought they were at first. If you want to see pictures of mien goto:
http://www.geocities.com/allenboatman2000/Killiespecies.html and wait for
the pictures to load, I think you might find the pictures worth it (though
they are by no means perfect.)
IF you need anymore information then contact me offline at
allensandra at boatmans_com or just post to the list and I'll try to wade
through and find it.
Allen "Boat" Boatman
Tampa, FL
AKA,TBAS, SKS
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