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Re: shy aphyosemion
Hi Doug,
I've been maintaining natural setups of exigoideum for about 6 years...
Currently there are about 12 fish (all ages and fry too small to consider)
in the15 gallon tank.
The tank is brightly lit with a thick growth of java fern.
The tank is enclosed in a custom cabinet sandwiched between two other 15
gal tanks.
The tank on the left has Poecilia chica and the tank on the right has
X. milleri... both wild dwarf livebearers.
Neighboring fish are very active and out in the open... so are the
exigoideum.
With the cabinet enclosed... room shadows don't spook the fish.
Like all well kept prisoners, they're quite active and come running to
the gruel when served.
Your conditions may vary, but this setup solves some shyness issues.
John Hoernig
AKA Member
Hebron, IN
----- Original Message -----
From: "Doug Karpa-Wilson" <dkarpawi at indiana_edu>
To: <killietalk at aka_org>
Sent: Monday, August 20, 2001 10:05 AM
Subject: shy aphyosemion
> Hey,
>
> I've got two pairs of very shy aphyosemion exigoideum that I wouldn't mind
> seeing now and again. They are in a three gallon tank with a bunch of
java
> moss where they seem to live all the time. Occasionally, I stir the tank
a
> bit to try to see if they've all died, but so far so good. I put in food,
> it disappears a few minutes later. Any thoughts for getting them to
perhaps
> wander out more? Dithers? The light's already fairly dim.
>
> Also, has anyone bred this using this kind of natural method?
>
> Doug
>
> Doug Karpa-Wilson
>
>
>
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