Re: Lamprichthys tanganacanus

["Hank Marzina" <prasco at icubed_com>]

David,
I have had success with spawns in Tufa rock. It's a bit tricky getting the
eggs out,sometimes impossible.Since natural sponges resemble the surface of
Tufa,I am going to give that a try as a media since the sponge can be
manipulated to remove the rather large eggs with less chance of damage. Just
a thought.
Regards,
Hank Marzina

----- Original Message -----
From: "David Lains" <david at zfin_org>
To: <killietalk at aka_org>
Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2002 5:07 PM
Subject: RE: Lamprichthys tanganacanus


> Hello All
>
> Thanks for the info!  The tricks for the mops were most helpful.  I've got
> them in a 20 gallon long in fairly soft water (thats what they were raised
> in ~80 ppm TDS).  I'm working on bringing them up to hard conditions with
> aragonite, crushed coral and some salts.  They are over an under gravel
> filter and a box filter right now.  May add a back filter if they like the
> flow.
>
> Hopefully I can get these guys to spawn...
>
> Best fishes
> David
>
> ><{{{>-----Original Message-----
> ><{{{>From: owner-killietalk at aka_org [mailto:owner-killietalk at aka_org]On
> ><{{{>Behalf Of Morris, George
> ><{{{>Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2002 12:48 PM
> ><{{{>To: 'killietalk at aka_org'
> ><{{{>Subject: RE: Lamprichthys tanganacanus
> ><{{{>
> ><{{{>
> ><{{{>Hello David, you lucky devil.  I've been trying to lay my
> ><{{{>hands on these
> ><{{{>fish for almost a year now. I don't have any experience, just
> ><{{{>the results of
> ><{{{>a lot of research.  As you probably know, they come from Lake
> ><{{{>Tanganyika and
> ><{{{>therefore need very hard ( almost brackish) water.  I
> ><{{{>understand that they
> ><{{{>get pretty big for a killie so they  need a lot of room, they like
to
> ><{{{>cruise.  They are crevice spawners so most people use a long
> ><{{{>bottom mop with
> ><{{{>rubber bands every couple of inches.  They reportedly need
> ><{{{>very good water
> ><{{{>quality and lots of airation.  Temperature of about 80F and
> ><{{{>of course with
> ><{{{>all that hardness a high pH.
> ><{{{>Maybe someone with actual experience can enlarge on or
> ><{{{>correct some of this.
> ><{{{>Good luck
> ><{{{>George
> ><{{{>
> ><{{{>
> ><{{{>-----Original Message-----
> ><{{{>From: David Lains [mailto:david at zfin_org]
> ><{{{>Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2002 2:32 PM
> ><{{{>To: Northwestkillies@Yahoogroups. Com; killietalk at aka_org
> ><{{{>Subject: Lamprichthys tanganacanus
> ><{{{>
> ><{{{>
> ><{{{>Hello All
> ><{{{>
> ><{{{>I was just given 4, F1 Lamprichthys tanganacanus.  What is the
favored
> ><{{{>method of spawning and egg collection?  Favorite foods, water
> ><{{{>parameters,
> ><{{{>tips or tricks for working with this fish?
> ><{{{>
> ><{{{>Any good sites out there?  They seem to be some what lacking
> ><{{{>on the web.
> ><{{{>
> ><{{{>Best Fishes
> ><{{{>David
> ><{{{>
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