[Killietalk] Re: odd things in my spawning tank

[Diane Brown <debunix at well_com>]

Thanks to the helpful microfauna experts out there!
I believe they are cyclops and ostracods (and I hope they're tasty to 
my fish!).  There were excellent photos at  the following site:

http://members.aol.com/moresciencestuff/microlife.html

I'm not sure why Wright had trouble accessing my albums on the aka.org 
members area site; checking it myself today, the first screen says 
"contains 1 item" but clicking on that leads to 2 pages of pictures, 
including the three of the cool ostracods and cyclops.

And I'll try to make the tank homier next time I put the flagfish in 
it.  The spawning tank may have been a bit too spartan to make them 
comfortable--it just had a bit of peat in a pot, and lots and lots of 
java moss.  Right now I've got several pairs on algae patrol in my 
community tanks, and although the pairs tend to stick together, I 
haven't seen any specific spawning activity nor gotten any 
spontaneously appearing fry, unlike my gardneri and a. loehnbergii.   
But the gardneri get next crack at the spawning tank, so the flagfish 
will have to wait for a bit.


Diane Brown in St. Louis


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