RE: [Killietalk] Fp. gardneri 'Lafia' egg production

[Barry Cooper <bjc3 at centurytel_net>]

At 09:23 AM 2/13/2004 -0700, you wrote:
> The aspect of this post I find most interesting is Andrew's observation
> that the more often he picks his mops, the more eggs he gets. I have
> also seen this happen. If I pick once a week I often find a dozen or so
> eggs. If I pick daily, I find a dozen a day. It seems the more often I
> pick eggs the more the fish seem to produce. Any ideas why?

I agree. They are eating them.

For Andrew, if embryonated eggs are fungusing try incubating the eggs on 
damp peat. We when you can see the color of their eyes, so to speak. That 
is, when they are fully eyed up.

Barry
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