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Re: FP Gardneri Akure Eggs



Ok...so do I just put the eggs on top of the damp peat
or do I have to bury them inside which would make them
invisible if you dont mix up the peat?
will the eggs be in danger if I rewet the peat too
early?
--- Ken Simolo <Simolo at chem_chem.rochester.edu> wrote:
> Almost all of the common Aphyosemion and FP gardneri
> species in 
> general and FP gardneri Akure's in particular that I
> keep hatch in 12 
> - 14 days.  I store them on top of damp peat in  a
> small container 
> which is kept in my fish room on top of one of my
> aquariums where the 
> temperature is ~74 -76.  After 12 - 14 days, I put
> the eggs in water 
> and they typically hatch  within a couple of hours. 
> If I wait 3 - 4 
> weeks, they are all dead.  I am really surprised at
> the long 
> incubation times that people are referring to.  Why
> are their time 
> frames so much longer (or mine so short)?  It sounds
> like the 
> temperatures are similar.
> 
> Ken
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