[Killietalk] Golden killies

["Lloyd Colvin" <lhcolvin at earthlink_net>]

Hi Mark/Peta,

The Lineatus are mop breeders.  They do not seem to be territorial. I have
several in a large community tank with a similar high bio load, but have not
seen any fry in the larger tank, possibly due to predation.  When they
appear to be ready to breed (the males in pursuit of the females), I put
them in a five gallon tank with nothing but one or two floating mops.  (The
standard dark green yarn mop attached to a wine cork, long enough to lay
about 1/4 of its length along the bottom.)

I leave them in the breeding tank for about 2 weeks, the estimated gestation
period for the eggs, then take out the mops, placing them in a smaller
nursery tank.  For the next two weeks the fry hatch out an can be fed bbs
immediately.  My experience is that the Goldens produce a smaller quantity
of span over a longer time, rather that a large quantity of eggs at one
mating.

Larry Colvin
Hollywood, Florida
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 Message: 2
> Date: Mon, 3 May 2004 19:18:11 -0700
> From: "Mark & Peta" <mbethke at socal_rr.com>
> Subject: [Killietalk] Golden killies
> To: "killifish discussion list" <killietalk at aka_org>
>
> 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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