A. celia celia

[Allan <Ed_Dantes at linkline_com>]

>I agree in part with you guys, but I solved the problem.  My original A. 
>celia celia, I never saw again after the first day I threw them into a 
>planted tank.


Now, I have several hundred of them in a 40 gallon and they are 
everywhere.  The tank is heavily planted and is also home to about 100 baby 
cory's.  The cory's keep the A. celia moving, so much so that they can't 
hide.  It's great!!!!!

I had the same problem with a bunch of my Epiplatys that like to hide, 
throw in a bunch of cory's and they are out in front all the time.

It only works in grow out tanks, otherwise the corys will eat all the eggs 
in the tank.

Give it a try, it works great.



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>
>Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2003 14:00:46 -0500
>From: "Tranquility Base" <TranquilityBase at NetZero_Net>
>Subject: RE: Aphyosemion celiae
>
>HI Folks,
>
>I need to second Wright's comments here. A. celiae celiae is a knock out in
>the bag. When I saw it I had to have it. It lays lots of eggs and produces
>lots of hardy fry, as I recall it prefers bottom mops.
>
>But this is one of the most reclusive fish I have ever had. I tried almost
>everything to get them to come out. In an empty tank, they formed a log pile
>behind the corner filter. Given a fistful of java moss, you could keep
>dozens of specimens and never enjoy seeing even one.  To make matters worse,
>mine took about a year for the males to color up. They were sexable at six
>to eight months, but their wonderful colors did not really show themselves
>until I was pretty tired of the fish or rather, the empty tank.
>
>After over a year I decided to get rid of the fish. They looked so beautiful
>in the bag that it almost broke my heart to see them go. But when I realized
>that the empty tank they were in looked the same as when they were in there
>it got easier.
>
>
>Peace,
>
>~RJ~
>
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