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RE: What's in a name - Celiae
Hi Mike,
Subdued light is a question of degree here. The light was a fluorescent
Triton which is relatively bright. But there was plenty of floating water
sprite, which diffused it. The fish all bunched together in a clump of java
moss with only an occasional female getting displaced and coming out for
food when I was watching. One day I removed the clump of Java Moss and found
the fish badly fungused with a very slow acting and very lethal infection.
That took care of most of them. I decided that I needed to see the remaining
fish after that. So I removed the Java moss but left the floating plants.
The remaining celiae males dove behind the box filter and hid there the
females hung out in the floating plants. Months later, when they colored up,
I sold them at auction, I figured that someone else would want to do these
fish more than I did.
Don't get me wrong they were beautiful fish. They were prolific and easy to
reproduce. The eggs did not fungus. These guys have everything going for
them except an outgoing personality. That and, of course, they take forever
to mature.
In reference to Scotts comments, in another message, I agree that this is
true of other Aphy's too. I had not thought about it, but this might be why
I am moving away from them. Every year I seem to have less Aphy's and more
other species. I don't expect killies to be truly outgoing, most are not.
Just about all of them will duck for cover when frightened, but they will
come out and play when things are quiet, especially once they get to know
me. Half of the fun of keeping killies is watching their interesting
behaviors. Hiding is no doubt a natural behavior, but not one of the more
interesting ones as far as I am concerned.
Now many of the members of this list have a different tolerance to fish they
can not see, maybe an affinity for them. I have a banjo catfish I keep in a
planted tank. Despite the fact that it is over 3 inches long I have only
seen it about half a dozen times in the 5 years I have owned it. I have
still never seen it swim or eat. It makes for a real novelty. But a tank
full of recluses is not my idea of fun. When friends came over I find
myself saying that "you should see the beautiful fish I have in here" then I
begin to describe them, then I look at my friends blank or confused
expressions and I begin to feel really stupid. Especially when I am
describing fish I can just barely recall.
I do not want to dissuade anyone from doing this fish. I just wanted to give
people who see them in a bag and fall in love, a heads up as to what to
expect when they get them home.
Peace,
~RJ~
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-killietalk at AKA_Org [mailto:owner-killietalk at AKA_Org]On
Behalf Of Stoecker,Michael,FRANKLIN PARK,NC&C
Sent: Friday, September 28, 2001 10:06 AM
To: 'killietalk at AKA_Org'
Subject: RE: What's in a name - Celiae
RJ,
You wrote, " But in a planted tank they are just about never visible. When I
removed the plants they all clustered behind the box filter."
Perhaps they were intimidated by the light necessary to sustain a planted
tank.
Did you ever have them in subdued lighting situation?
Some killies seem to tolerate brighter light better than others.
mike
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