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RE: Water in Notho habitats
On 15 Nov 2001, at 4:15, Tranquility Base wrote:
> Now if I may, I would like to add a question to my observation. I am
> unfamiliar with N. sp. Mansa, are there any significant physical or
> behavioral differences between this species and those more familiar
> species which inhabit still waters?
They look like minature rachovi crossed with kafuensis
(v. similiar to polli). They are really frustrating.
They don't seem to want to spawn in the peat pots and
want acidic water. The eggs seem very sensitive and are
LARGE for the size of the fish. You end up with few big
eggs that don't like to be messed with. They fry are
tough, grow fast, don't fight much and grow into
brilliant adults---sometimes. Some males lack the bright
orange that makes this fish so lovely. Females stay
small and need losts of TLC. The incubation time is
close on 6 months. Eggs can last almost 1.5 years.
At the end of the day they are well worth the trouble.
So much so that inspite of my poor success with them
previously I went through the trouble of getting eggs
from Bob Morenski (1 of only 3 people I know to keep
this fish and are scattered over 3 continents).
Just to add, I don't market the above as fact but
instead it is my limited opinion drawn from brief
experinace with this fish.
Bye
Tyrone Genade
tyronegenade at yahoo_com
http://www.tyronegenade.0catch.com
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