RE: Suitable Killies for a pond

["Hladky, John" <John_Hladky at tdytsi.com>]

Thanks!
It does
John

-----Original Message-----
From: YoHoHo at aol_com [mailto:YoHoHo at aol_com]
Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2003 7:20 PM
To: KillieTalk at AKA_Org
Subject: Re: Suitable Killies for a pond


Hi John,
I have some killies in my pond and I'll share the following with you.
R. cryptocallus - surprisingly, I never see them.  I added them because I 
thought they might lie around on the lilly pads, but nope.  Find them in the

filter once in a while, so I know they are still alive.  Put 'em back in the
pond 
and that's it.
Blue gularis -  see them only rarely.
P. longipinnis - I added them because they never ate dry food, so I figured 
they would be effective in keeping the "critters" down, such as dragonfly 
larvae, tadpoles, etc., but they are the big surprise.  They swim around a
lot in 
the open areas, mingle with the koi and goldfish, and are about large enough
to 
be seen.
A australe - they swim around in the open, but are just too small to be seen

easily.

Hope this helps a little

Frank Carriglitto
AKA, ChiKA, WAKO

In a message dated 7/22/2003 3:43:38 AM Central Standard Time, 
Owner-KillieTalk at AKA_Org writes:

> Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2003 14:29:00 -0500
> From: "Hladky, John" <John_Hladky at tdytsi.com>
> Subject: Glass Shrimp and Pond
> 
> Sorry for the off topic post, but does anyone know the reproductive habits
> of the "Glass Shrimp" I have seen at Wal-mart?  They sell for $.26 and
would
> make great live food for bigger fish.  I figured with all the live food
> gurus here that someone would have looked into them.  
> 
> Also, so this post isn't totally off subject - are there any killies you
> would recommend for a 125 gallon pond.  It's one of those black plastic
ones
> they sell at the home improvement stores.  Nice little waterfall,
> fountain...  I live in north Alabama where the temps hit 95 in mid summer.
> I know none would survive our winters (except native species) so I will
> over-winter them inside.  I thought about putting mollies and/or some
> anabantids (possibly paradise or blue gouramis) out there too.  Will they
> all do OK together?  Any suggestions?  
> 
> K. John Hladky
> Teledyne Solutions, Inc.
> 5000 Bradford Drive, Suite 200
> Huntsville, AL 35805-1953
> (256) 726-1792
> fax (256) 726-2695
> john_hladky at tdytsi.com 
> 



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