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Epi grahami Re: Water Incubation Question

Do I take it then that you simply use the natural method on these?  I
finaly got around to hanging some javamoss up high for them and poof!
eggs!.  I pulled them to incubate, but if the natural method will work too,
I may well just go with that since my fry rearing space is starting to get
limited.

Doug


>Tom
>
>The only way to really answer this is-
>When the fry can fit in a larger ones mouth thats when
>it becomes an issue. Some are more cannabalistic than
>others.
>For example, I have Ep. grahmi that I got at the
>convention that have fry of all sizes swimming with
>the parents. I haven't noticed any predation. I have
>Ep. chaperi that will eat anything that will fit in
>their mouths. I now have Fp. oeseri swimming with
>their fry and I have A. riggenbachi that I have
>actually seen eat new hatchlings and have had a
>mysterious disappearence of the fry of smaller size
>when I have seperated them. Most other
>chromaphyosemions don't seem to be cannabalistic. I
>have J. floridae with fry of all sizes and Fp. cauveti
>without fry. The cauveti fry will prey on the smaller
>fry. Available hiding places are critical with these
>fish. Most of the GAR that I have kept I have sorted
>by sized. In my experience, larger GAR fry will eat
>smaller fry no matter how well fed they are.
>
>As with most killies there is no standard rule that
>can be applied. Variables such as food supply, tank
>size/population, available light, water cleanliness,
>etc. may also be applicable.
>
>YMMV of course.
>Jim Eller
>>
>> Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2001 00:26:03 -0400
>> From: The Cooks <tcook at eos_net>
>> Subject: Water Incubation Question
>>
>> Hello All,
>>
>> When water incubating Aphyosemion eggs,  how many
>> days hatches can be combined
>> in the same fry container before cannibalism becomes
>> an issue?   I know that
>> this cannot be answered definitively, just looking
>> for some guidelines, as I
>> usually have just left the eggs in the tank and
>> hoped to get some survivors.  I
>> have started collecting eggs and now realize that my
>> production can go way up
>> if the eggs/fry are protected from predation.
>>
>> Tom Cook
>> AKA#6697
>
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