Re: [Killietalk] HELP- Trouble with Puerzli eggs!!!!!

["Tarmack" <tarmack at clarityconnect_com>]

I incubate mine in a pH of 7.8 and hardness of 50 - 60 ppm.  The temperature
ranges from 72 to 80 degrees.  I have them in a shoebox of 1 inch water.

One thing that I was told is keep them in the dark.  I do and I get nearly
100% hatch.  The eggs I hatch are F3 eggs.  I pick the eggs every two weeks
so I watch for them to hatch and remove the eggs with an eyedropper to a new
container, pour the fry into a grow out tank and put the eggs back with new
water ... nothing in the water to inhibit fungus ... just clean
decholrinated water.

Richard Brice

----- Original Message -----
From: "bgorton1" <bgorton1 at rochester_rr.com>
To: <killietalk at aka_org>
Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2004 7:52 PM
Subject: [Killietalk] HELP- Trouble with Puerzli eggs!!!!!


Hi all- I have a pair of Fp puerzli in a 5.5-gal tank with java moss and
bottom mops.  They're getting fed live blackworms and fozen bs/blood worms.
I got them from Dave Ramsey last September (2003), so I'm assuming they're
around 1-yr old.  here's my dilemma....

I'm getting good egg production (10-15 eggs every day or so), but almost all
the eggs are fungusing!!!!  I've used acriflavine solutions (recipes that
have appeared previously on killietalk) and even made up some of Ed Warner's
hatching solution...still lots of fungusing!!!!

My intent was to make sure I had 20-25 good eggs, then I was going to
incubate them on damp peat....

Any thoughts/advice???

Burt Gorton
Penfield, NY

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