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RE: Scr. cauvetti Question

The cauvetti I have had over the last two years have also been very shy.
They
do not seem to produce eggs in the winter, either due to cooler temps in the
fish room, or perhaps a shorter photoperiod.
Most breeders seem to do best by keeping them in a permanent setup with good
plant cover and letting them produce naturally. Although I have had
excellent
success this way with others, such as A. occellatum, my cauvetti simply
won't comform.

In the Spring through early Fall I can pick eggs off of mops, in small
numbers.
Better than half of these spawnings produce non-viable eggs. I am only able
to
hatch a very few fry per year because of this. Once they hatch, they are not
difficult to raise, using microworms and BBS. I place the newly hatched fry
in plastic shoe boxes with aged water and Java Moss.

Kent Carpenter



-----Original Message-----
From: owner-killietalk at aka_org [mailto:owner-killietalk at aka_org]On
Behalf Of Frauley Elson
Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2002 5:18 AM
To: killietalk at aka_org
Subject: Re: Scr. cauvetti Question


When I had cauvetti they were shy and unproductive when kept too cool.
In the summer, once they were in mid seventies F conditions, they were
still timid, but quite productive spawners.
-Gary

George & Melanie wrote:
>
> I have had a pair of Scr.cauvetti set up in a 2 1/2 gal tank for about 3
months
> now. I have found them to be very shy. I don't get many eggs from them and
most
> of the ones I get fungus on me. I use much rain water to get my well water
to a
> ph of around 7.2 and a hardness of around 6gh. Its pretty much what I use
for
> all my killies. It seems to be fine for most, but I have not had a lot of
> success with the cauvetti for some reason. Possibly it may be a better
idea to
> set them up in a five gal. tank with a lot of plants, etc. and let them
spawn
> and hatch out naturally. Something I may try if I can find a open five
gal.
> tank. Good luck,
> George
>
> "Stoecker,Michael,FRANKLIN PARK,NC&C" wrote:
>
> > Thanks Tony,
> > What is the incubation treatment and length?
> > Thanks,
> > mike
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Tony Terceira [SMTP:terceira at ride_ri.net]
> > > Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2002 2:10 PM
> > > To:   killietalk at aka_org
> > > Subject:      Re: Scr. cauvetti Question
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > I have had S. cauveti set up in a  permanent set up for three years, I
> > > always have different age fry in with the parents. A wonderfull fish
for a
> > >
> > > permanent set up.  i.e. heavily planted with floating plants and
either
> > > Java Moss or a mop.
> > >
> > >          Normal weekly water change and varied diet......... Live and
> > > frozen food.  My water is reactively soft and slightly acid. 190 TDS.
fish
> > >
> > > do quite well.
> > >
> > >                  Sorry Bobby,
> > >
> > >                          Tony
> > >
> > >
> > >                  At 09:05 AM 2/13/02 -0800, you wrote:
> > > >Robert E.,
> > > >I saw your post on Cal. occidentalis.
> > > >Have you had Scr. cauvetti?  How would you recommend treating them?
> > > >Thanks for any info.
> > > >mike
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