Re: AW: The truth about what I'm in for

["Michiko Kita"<michikokita at earthlink_net>]

What are the other fishes that would get along with Australe in community
tank?

Michiko 

On Sun, 15 Sep 2002 21:13:38 +0200 Erik Pfingstner <erikpfingstner at freenet_de>
wrote:

> Hi Charlie,
> 
> I raised Epiplati Dageti during 1 1/2 years in
> a permanent set up in my 112
> gallons comunity tank which is full of other
> fish of many non agressive
> species. I have lots of plants in this tank
> including plants reaching to
> near the surface. This being important for
> dageti is a surface fish. I gave
> this fish away because in order to feed the
> slower eating fish, I was
> overfeeding the dageti. Even after giving them
> away, new fry came hatched in
> 2 tanks (one was imported by some plants
> transfer).
> 
> If you have much plants and litle fish it sould
> also work for some annuals
> like S. Constanciae which is a beautifull fish
> (by a lot nicer than on the
> pictures you will find on the web). Perhaps I
> will try this one time.
> 
> Erik
> 
> 
> 
> > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> > Von: owner-killietalk at aka_org
> [mailto:owner-killietalk at aka_org]Im
> > Auftrag von Charlie Langton
> > Gesendet: Sonntag, 15. September 2002 20:57
> > An: KillieTalk at aka_org
> > Betreff: Re: The truth about what I'm in for
> >
> >
> >
> > Okay, so I dreamed about keeping killifish,
> just a small, continuous
> > population of four or five species.  That's
> why I was very
> > attracted to the
> > paragraph in the AKA Beginners material that
> talked about
> > permanent setups,
> > raising fry in with their parents, not as
> many fry, but good
> > hardy ones, no
> > pulling mops or plastic tubs...
> >
> > Then I began asking questions.  It seems no
> one does it like
> > this, at least
> > not exactly -- even if they don't pull mops,
> they either remove
> > the parents
> > or the fry to another tank, and unless I'm
> getting it wrong, the parents
> > could breed again, etc. etc. and there's
> bound to be an
> > ever-growing number
> > of tanks...
> >
> > Maybe I'm getting it all wrong.  I've only
> heard from one person who
> > actually uses the permanent setup, and he
> removes parents after fry are
> > hatched.  I really need to get a better idea
> how this is going to play out
> > before I jump into it.
> >
> > My first question is -- Is there anyone out
> there who uses
> > permanent setups
> > in the way the AKA Beginners material
> indicates?  Or a website with more
> > info?  ( I know there aren't any books on it,
> sadly).
> >
> > Then, lets say I set up four tanks, one each
> for a pair of different Fp.
> > Species for example:
> >
> > How many more tanks will I need to purchase
> in the next year --
> > four more to
> > move the parents to, so I can use the
> original tanks as fry tanks?
> >
> > If so, will the parents be likely to breed
> again in the new tanks?  And
> > selected fry a little later? (I'm hearing
> tanks, tanks, tanks.)
> >
> > Or maybe I'd have to get five more tanks --
> one to house all the original
> > parents as a community, and one each for the
> best looking pair of fry from
> > each species to start the cycle over?
> >
> > Or more?
> >
> > Is there a way I can raise killies in a
> maximum of 8-10 tanks and
> > not a lot
> > of small plastic tubs to boot?
> >
> > Will continually mating progeny eventually
> ruin the gene pool?  How do
> > people avoid this?
> >
> > I just think these fish are beautiful and
> fascinating.  I wanted
> > some badly
> > for my 55-gallon community tank when I first
> set it up, but was advised
> > against it.  Now I'm ready to tackle them on
> their own, but I
> > don't want to
> > go from none to hoards, or build a wing onto
> my apartment for them.  Is
> > there really a way to breed killies in a
> small way?
> >
> > I'm sorry.  I know some of you have tried to
> answer at least some of these
> > questions before, but I'm just not getting a
> clear game plan.
> >
> > Charlie Langton in Iowa
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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