Re: Tank Tops--also A. australe and lighting

[Birgit McKinnon <birgit.mckinnon at shaw_ca>]

Hi Bill,

Your plight with A. australe has prompted me to advance from killitalk
lurker to participant.  I have a 15 gallon tank full of these fish and I'm
doing nothing special.  I just took a TDS reading of 450 mS and a finger dip
tells me the temperature is 73 or 74F.  I'm thinking about doing a water
change because its been almost three months now.  I used to have a single 40
watt fluorescent light over the tank but the ballast went a few weeks ago
and I haven't yet replaced it.  Fortunately, the tank is directly under a
small window and the light is sufficient to keep the dense java fern and
java moss going nicely.  I feed them bbs and brine shrimp flake twice a day
and white worms once every week or two.  Fry appear regularly.  The water
change I'm about to do will be with tap water of about 200 ppm hardness.
Just food for thought...

If it's any consolation, I'm having your problem with A. hera.  I've managed
to raise one fry, a female, and I found that one in the tank with the
adults.  I've tried everything and, quite frankly, I look ridiculous in the
feathered headdress.

Birgit McKinnon
----- Original Message -----
From: "William Ruyle" <forest at copper_net>
To: <killietalk at aka_org>
Sent: Tuesday, May 07, 2002 7:56 PM
Subject: Re: Tank Tops--also A. australe and lighting


> Alas, but no, Scott. I had an "over 50 moment" as Patrick Coleman would
say
> and hit the "send" button rather than the "reply" one. Subject change:
>
> As others have used compact fluorescent lighting for their
> killie tanks, I'm wondering if the light is too strong for A.
> australe eggs--even with fairly dense covering of duckweek and water
> lettuce. I've managed to raise one
> female to maturity, and that's all. I've tried just about everything, all
> manner of tweaking water chemistry, filtering with peat, wearing feathered
> headdresses, smearing face and body with goose fat, incantations, flash
> powder, but I digress: in sum, I love the species but it's an
> unrequited love when it comes to breeding. And I'm thinking, "maybe it's
the
> lighting," something macro instead of micro.
> Bill
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Scott Lewis" <ScottWmLewis at attbi_com>
> To: <killietalk at aka_org>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 07, 2002 9:18 PM
> Subject: Re: Tank Tops
>
>
> > William Ruyle wrote:
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Bob Woth" <bwoth at bellsouth_net>
> > > To: <killietalk at aka_org>
> > > Sent: Tuesday, May 07, 2002 11:02 AM
> > > Subject: Re: Tank Tops
> > >
> > > > When the acrylic bows turn it over. It's never ending but works. I
> tend to
> > > use
> > > > heavy duck
> > > > weed cover and egg crate grid. For jumpers wrap the egg crate with
> window
> > > > screen. I use
> > > > that on my Rivulus.
> > > > Bob
> >
> > <snip>
> >
> > Did you add anything new to this thread???
> >
> > I am not sure if it is me and my mail reader or what.  All I can
> > find is quoted material in your post.  I'm using a rather old
> > reader that -tries- to separate the quoted material and the new
> > material.
> >
> >
> > --
> > Scott
> >
> > -- Microsoft Outlook, the hacker's path to your hard disk.
> > ---------------
> > See http://www.aka.org/AKA/subkillietalk.html to unsubscribe
> > Join the AKA at http://www.aka.org/AKA/Applic.htm
>
> ---------------
> See http://www.aka.org/AKA/subkillietalk.html to unsubscribe
> Join the AKA at http://www.aka.org/AKA/Applic.htm
>


---------------
See http://www.aka.org/AKA/subkillietalk.html to unsubscribe
Join the AKA at http://www.aka.org/AKA/Applic.htm