Re: [Killietalk] Fp toddi

["Karl Doering" <kilikarl at bignet_net>]

<Callos don't seem to be very productive. When the Michigan group listed
them the spawn we had was over 200+ toddi alittle less.sold over 50 pairs
should have lots in the near future from all the good breeders that bought
them????Big fish need to have lots of food at least 2-3 times a day.   Feed
heavy Change water twice a week.2003.Karl
----- Original Message -----
From: <RuevenM at aol_com>
To: <killietalk at aka_org>
Sent: Saturday, November 08, 2003 11:43 AM
Subject: [Killietalk] Fp toddi


> Hi RJ,
>
>    The Callopanchax do age quickly, almost like some Nothos. I don't know
if
> they become less fertile or if they just loose interest in breeding. They
tend
> to get fat and that tends to slow them down. I believe feeding has alot to
do
> with it. The chopped black/tubifex worms are a mixed blessing with these.
> Overfed they make the Callos fat and even seem to cause dropsey but
without them
> the Callos don't seem to be very productive. I have always done better
with
> peat storage than water storage on almost all  fish where there is a
choice. The
> old german reports from the 30's usually detail water incubation. They
> caution about light sensitivity in the eggs. They also use soft acid water
to
> incubate, change it often and use brown tinted jars. Charlie Glut did a
good article
> on occidentalis in the old Tropicals magazine in the early 1960's and
there
> is a superior article by a Frenchman (Girard?) in a 1951 (I think) issue
of the
> Aquarium Magazine. Tony Terceira has 2 good articles on these fish in JAKA
> around 1974-1976. Roloff did an article on the Barmoi toddi population in
JAKA
> around 1975-1976.
>      For me the trick with these guys is a very rich diet to condition but
> not as an every day feast as they will get fat and die. Separating the
sexes
> also works but is better in a tank with a glass divider so the adults can
see one
> another and avoid becoming sluggish in behavior.
>      I like peat the best.
>
> Bobby
>
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