Re: [Killietalk] Golden killies

["Mark & Peta" <mbethke at socal_rr.com>]

>>>>What I'm wondering is if loaches, tetras,  and Cory's eat
eggs....:-/<<<<
Yeap, that was my exact thought, I think they would leave them alone (Cory's
ETC) parents?
I have many plants at all levels, Top level is water lettuce, i keep it in
the corner and out to about 4 inches.

Some old habits an old-timer taught me, twice as much filtration then called
for, loads of plants as they help to back up the filter and also give the
fish a more cmfortable exsitence and gives the aquarium a natural look you
can't get with fakes.
And lastly find fish that can tolerate the ph in your tap water, or you will
be chasing your tail trying to keep up with ph levels, most fish sold in
your locl fish stores are suited to the local water conditions, case in
point, my fish are mostly tetras, they do best in 6.8-6.6 ph, we have 7.2
steady, they love it and have mated.
Oh and for killies, i once had a snail problem , i had a two yr old golden,
he was large, whenever i got my hand in the tank he would follow me, as i
found snails i would crush them and offer them to him who would eat them
with great realish, funny thing was is after feeding him the ssnails he
would let me pet his side, then would turn so i could pet the other side,
don't know if it was some sort of strange bonding or if it just felt good. i
lost him to a disease that makes their back hump-up. too bad he was a good
fish. as fo them eating the young i really don't know,,,, they don't eat the
baby glass shrimp tht kame up part of the cleaning crew. they don't eat the
adult shrimp either. sometimes i wonder how much of the books i should
beleive3?? mark
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "william ruyle" <inquartata at comcast_net>
To: "killifish discussion list" <killietalk at aka_org>
Sent: Monday, May 03, 2004 7:56 PM
Subject: Re: [Killietalk] Golden killies


> Mark, your tank is certainly large enough for these fish. Do you have
plenty
> of floating plants? If you get babies,
> they can hide in these until you net them up and place them
> in their own quarters. Look for babies in the corners of the tank, is
where
> I would find mine.The adults are quite predacious on their youngsters, so
> you will want to separate them from the parents ASAP. Great fish, kinda
wish
> I had some again:  very enthusiastic eaters at din-din time.  >
> Bill
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Mark & Peta" <mbethke at socal_rr.com>
> To: "killifish discussion list" <killietalk at aka_org>
> Sent: Monday, May 03, 2004 9:18 PM
> Subject: [Killietalk] Golden killies
>
>
> > We have two males, three female Aplocheilus Lineatus.
> >     We had some terrible algae blooms that I associated to very high
> > bioload.
> >     Dropping more than half of the fish load of the aquarium plus an
> > addition of
> >     many new plants seems to have sparked the interest of my killies in
> > mating.
> >     I'm not an expert in the breeding habits of this species, I could
only
> > guess
> >     that the coupling and resulting behavior is typical mating for this
> > species,
> >     (they swim along the bottom very slowly then start undulating
> together),
> > I
> >     have yet to see any egg deposits. but they keep trying. So if anyone
> has
> >     advice I would like to hear it.
> >     My tank is a 50gl, with only a few species of tetras and some Cory
> cats
> > and
> >     clown loaches, but no aggressive fish of any kind. There is much
room,
> > many
> >     plants and caves and hiding places if any fish should need to be
> > reclusive
> >     or stake a territory.; thank you for your advice and time with this
> > matter ,
> >     Mark & Peta, Max & Sam Bethke
> >
> >
> >
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