Funge

["True Chameleon" <dotkolo at hotmail_com>]

Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2003 22:00:22 -0700
From: Kate Breimayer <kate at munat_com>
Subject: Funge CI 91 or C 91, that is the ?

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I've got about 8 pair of mature Aphyosemion bivittatum Funge available 
myself,
the location code was listed as C91 but that seems a tad brief... Also have 
a
few fish that I believe you bred and put in the box exchange with NW 
Killies, so
I can give you back your line of spoorenbergi :) which I very much 
appreciate
thank you very much. Great fish, much more colorful than in pictures. I am 
not a
huge breeder myself but would rather do a few fish well than have a whole 
bunch
of fish and just babysit them because I don't have time to really take good 
care
of them.
Dot, sometimes it's tempting to go hog wild and get every last species, and 
I
have done it, but that seems too much like something I would have to attend 
a 12
step meeting over :) So I say good for you if you just do one or two 
species. I
am trying to get back to just keeping a few species so I can have more spare
time. Don't really remember what that is anymore:)
My funge did nothing about reproduction or produced infertile eggs for 
months
and then went on a breeding spree. I moved to a different city, maybe the 
liked
the water here better (Olympia: It's the water). Anyways, all of a sudden 
they
bred like crazy and I had too many. So if you really want a lot of them they 
may
reciprocate in spades sometime soon... I think they may have fragile eggs 
that
don't do well with handling. I was pulling the mops with the eggs and 
incubating
the mops in plastic boxes in distilled water when I started getting the eggs 
to
hatch. Don't know if the parents' fertility was the issue or my handling of 
the
eggs, but most of the eggs I had picked with my fingers rotted.
Good luck settling in Wright, moving stinks! Congrats on the job.

Kate B
Oly WA
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Kate,

Thanks for the encouraging words and information.

I am not sure myself about the CI 91 and C 91, perhaps someone on the list 
can explain.

I am keeping the Funge fed and keeping up with water changes, other than 
that, I am overwhelmed with renovating an old house.  The one baby was from 
an egg stuck to a java fern that I put in the baby tank, I presume.  I knew 
I had six babies from aquabid and then suddenly a new one showed up.

These fish are so beautiful, I wish I had more time to devote to them.

Thanks again,
Dot

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