RE: [Killietalk] Will Amano Shrimp eat Killi eggs?

[Michael Barbarelli <mbarbarelli at macromedia_com>]

Guy, 

Thank you very much for your response.  I really appreciate it. 
In the hopes that the eggs won't be voraciously gobbled up, keeping
everything in the tank well-fed has been my strategy so far.  I haven't seen
any eggs yet, but that could be due to the fact that I'm not exactly sure
how to identify them in the first place.  I imagine that an egg would be
easy to recognize, but I am a complete newbie.  

Further, the killies are still pretty small. (about 3/4 inch)  Might they be
too young to breed?  I've plenty of homework to do in order to get the
answers.  My apologies for hitting the list before doing the necessary
legwork.  I just wanted to know whether or not the eggs stood a chance with
the shrimp in there.  I could get rid of them, but I would like to keep them
if possible.

In any case, I'll verify the killi species name with my LFS owner.
Hopefully it will be of interest to you so that I can send you some eggs
once I get them. 

Best, 
Mike B.

-----Original Message-----
From: Guy Wren [mailto:killies at guyonet_free-online.co.uk] 
Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2003 12:33 AM
To: killifish discussion list
Subject: Re: [Killietalk] Will Amano Shrimp eat Killi eggs?

Hi Mike, firstly I'd confirm with your friend what exactly your fish are. 
It'll be important in the way you treat the eggs. Shrimp are efficient 
scavengers - and from what I've seen will eat anything that will fit in 
their gob. Just watch 'em hoover up tubifex. I would guess that eggs would 
be vulnerable especially before they harden up. I havent noticed much 
digging however, so if you do have nothos, and provide a deep enough 
substrate enough eggs should survive. Keep the fish and shrimp well fed and 
collect eggs regularly - if you dont see eggs after a week or two then try 
without the shrimp. 	atb,
		Guy.

On Tue, 28 Oct 2003 14:38:48 -0800, Michael Barbarelli 
<mbarbarelli at macromedia_com> wrote:

> Hello.
>
> I'm a complete newbie to this list, to keeping freshwater fish, and to 
> killies.  I've been keeping freshwater fish for only five months.  And 
> last week I just discovered killies.  I can't quite explain why, but I'm 
> really fascinated with these delicate and exquisite creatures.
>
> My friend Justin (proprietor of San Francisco's Ocean Aquarium) sold me 
> my first pair of male and female killifish.  I'm certain that the genus 
> is Nothobranchius, but I don't know any other details about how to 
> classify it.
>
> I'd like to take the eggs the female lays and then incubate them when 
> they are ready.  However, I have the killies in a three gallon planted 
> tank along with 2 amano shrimp, 1 ghost shrimp, and 3 "red and blue" 
> shrimp.  The "red and blue" shrimp look like amano shrimp, but are 
> actually red and/or blue in color.
>
> Will these shrimp eat the killi eggs once they are laid?  And what is the 
> best substrate for these eggs to be laid in?  Peat moss?  Something else?
>
> Thanks very much in advance,
> Mike
>
>
>
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