Re: Simp. Marginatus

["Daniel S. Katz" <dskatz at optonline_net>]

Adam, are you incubating the S. marginatus eggs at 70°F ?  If so, that may
be a part of the problem.  This species prefers warm water.  I try to keep
the breeders at around 75°F and I incubate the eggs at closer to 80°F.  Even
at 80 °F, the eggs can take anywhere from about 2 months to 8 months to
develop.
Dan Katz

----- Original Message -----
From: "Adam Rychlik" <adam at mbinsights_com>
To: <killietalk at aka_org>
Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2003 10:44 PM
Subject: Simp. Marginatus


> Can anyone help me out with this fish?  It seems every time I hatch eggs I
> get 0-6 fry and they are all bellysliders.  Ive only been able to hatch
one
> normal swiming fry.
> It seems that they will hatch randomly from 1-4 months at 70F, whats the
> deal?  The females always look fat and full of eggs and they dont seem to
> ever loose them. I keep 2 males and 3 females in a 5.5 gallon tank with my
> water being at a PH of 7.0 and the hardness at 200ppm.
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> Can anyone enlighten me with information on this fish??
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> Thanks,
> Adam Rychlik
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