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RE: A. Australe Group Spawn?

This is a good idea. I keep my australes in a planted, show-type tank and
never thought to use mops in it. Although I don't like the idea of
ruining the appearance, it is a great way to introduce diversity from
random chance rather than trying to avoid picking the same pairs over
and over again for separate breeding. I am going to have to try it.

Kent Carpenter
Rochester, NY

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From: tgarof <tgarof at netzero_com>


I am group spawning right now. I have picked an average of 10 eggs a day for
the past 2 weeks. Use 2 mops at the Bottom of the tank (very important). If
you like live plants I only use the top floating kinds like fox tail and
hornwort. Don't use to much as it might entice them to breed in it. Although
I haven't seen it yet.

Feed at least twice a day. This should stop the eating of any eggs and keep
the egg laying production. Pick eggs early in the morning. This prevents the
disturbing of eggs not yet hardened. They love to breed in the first light
of day or when your timers kick on :)  If you take out the mops at any other
time let them sit in some tank water for at east an hour or two.

The size of the tank really doesn't seem to matter. I am using a 2 1/2 with
four fish. I am sure I could fit at least 2 - 3 more fish too. Hope this
helps.

Tom Garofalo

P.S. I received most of this information from a friend at the meeting at
Dave Franco's house in Rochester. He recommended a twenty or so gallon tank,
many pairs of A. Australe, and a bunch (literally) of yarn (boiled of course
to release all that nasty stuff). He said toss in the yarn and once a day
remove the yarn and replace with a new bunch. The collected yarn should be
placed into another setup tank. Myself I let my girl pick the eggs, she
really enjoys that part of the hobby. Good luck. Oh yeah they really like
water changes. I usually get a better collection of eggs after a water
change of about 50%.

Tyrone Genade wrote:

> On 5 Sep 2001, at 16:24, Grant wrote:
>
> > Hey folks I am planning on trying a group spawn (just for kicks) of A.
> > Australe Orange and was wondering If anyone has any comments or
> > suggestions on this topic?
>
> This is NOT impossible! I have seen it done!
>
> > My plan is to put them in a 20 gal. long
> > with TONS of javamoss and a sponge filter. Also if anyone has any
> > excess Australe (im not sure if there is such a thing as excess
> > killies lol) they might me able to spare let me know! Thanks all,
>
> Firstly, obtain pairs from different sources! Ruth's
> strains I would imagine are quite old and of good
> quality and would be a good source. Getting some new
> blood for the group would be great.
>
> I would try for a large tank but I guess space is an
> issue.
> J.moss would work fine but perhaps som Vallis thickets
> too. The Vallis would enable the tank to be broken up
> into smaller territories more easily by the males. ALso,
> some floating plants such as hornwort or Ambulia would
> give extra cover for the fry.
>
> I would start with 3 prs. It will take some time before
> you start seeing things. Feeding a mix of flake and
> cyclops would be a good diet (you can vary it a bit with
> what ever). The fry will probably hatch and hide in the
> moss/ambulia and feed on the infursoria fauna of the
> tank. As they grow they will take to the cyclops and
> flake.
>
> YOu will reach a point were you get no new juveniles
> appearing. You will probably still get fry and these can
> be fished out as the juveniles will make short work of
> them.
>
> Good luck.
>
> Bye
>
> Tyrone Genade
> Southern African Killifish Society Coastal & Offshore Coordinator
> AKA 08248
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