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Re: BIG TIME KILLY HELP
Do you know how old your fish are? Very often, when the fish are
young adults they will produce infertile eggs for the first few weeks or
months. If the eggs in your container are turning white and growing fungus,
they are probably not fertile eggs in the first place. It sounds like you
are doing things right. I think that if your method is working on the one
species, it must be an OK method. You can try to incubate on damp peat, or
to simply leave the eggs on the mop and store the mop in a ziplock bag for
2-3 weeks, but the water method is fine. I think you should keep up what
you are doing for a while and see if the fish don't start producing fertile
eggs when they get a bit older. One thing that can help fish produce more
fertile eggs is live food. Even if all you can get them is baby brine
shrimp, they will usually spawn better. Just remember, NEVER give up! You
can always find plenty of help here.
Jay Moylan
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dale Medina" <dale_a320 at yahoo_com>
To: <killietalk at aka_org>
Sent: Monday, July 23, 2001 3:30 AM
Subject: BIG TIME KILLY HELP
> Here's my problem.
> I am a beginner in killifish
> (which I hope would end soon) and I only get hatches
> from my lousy aplocheilus dayi pair. I can't get the
> eggs to hatch from my fp. akure pair. I get hatches
> from my ap. dayi pair by getting the eggs from the
> mops in their tank and put them in a 4 oz. container
> with the same tank water and just let them water
> incubate. The reason for this is to simply get the fry
> before the parents eat them. I check the small
> containers everyday and if I see any fry I would put
> them in their respective rearing tanks. I do this same
> procedure with the fp. akure and striatum eggs without
> no success. Is there something wrong I'm doing? My
> water has no trace of ammonia and nitrates, and has a
> pH of about 7.6
> Lately what I do with the eggs of the akure and
> striatum is do same the same procedure but I add a
> drop of acriflavin on the small container. Then I just
> wait for the eggs to hatch but its been about a week
> now without any changes from the eggs but instead
> getting some fungus all over them.
> Now I have this peat moss thing which looks like
> soil(used for potting soil for orchids) and green moss
> thing which is the one that my mom uses for her
> hanging pot plants. I boiled both the peat and green
> moss to sink. I then put the peat moss in my tank but
> made a big mess of it and made the tank water yellow.
> The green moss is a different thing, it doesnt make a
> big mess except in the bottom of the tank which is
> full of dirt. What is the real thing I'm supposed to
> use which I red gets more eggs hatch balance and keeps
> the eggs from fungusing? Sorry about all the
> questions, but I really want to make this work.
>
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