RE: [Killietalk] i need some urgent information......... !!!

["Mark Pearlscott" <mark at pearlscott_com>]

RJ,

I've heard lots of people indicate that the sand ends up damaging the
eggs.  Do you not find this to be the case?  Is your sand very
'round-edged', versus 'rough-edged'?  I've been playing with the idea of
trying sand as a spawning substrate, but it just feels too coarse.  I
would love to have an easy way of separating eggs from substrate though,
and sand does seem perfect for that.

Mark
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: killietalk-bounces+mark=pearlscott_com at aka.org
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> bounces+mark=pearlscott_com at aka.org] On Behalf Of
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> Sent: Friday, July 02, 2004 11:17 PM
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> Subject: RE: [Killietalk] i need some urgent information......... !!!
> 
> 
> I use black sand as a spawning substrate for nothos. I put it in a
small
> dish and swirl out the eggs. I then move them into peat for storage.
> 
> My water is not suitable for peat. It just is not hard enough. If I
put
> peat into my tank the pH crashes in a week or two and so much for my
fish.
> This is why I started working with sand. And I am more than satisfied
with
> the results sometimes I collect hundreds of eggs depending on the
species
> and time. I just swirl the sand and the eggs float out.
> 
> Peace,
> 
> ~RJ~
> 
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