Re: [Killietalk] blue gularis question

["David Ramsey" <djramsey at earthlink_net>]

This is the long version. http://www.djramsey.com/tropfish/blue_gularis.htm
This is the short version.
Right now I only put about a pint of spaghnum moss in a plastic file box
with about half the bottom covered in sinking mops. Gravel bottom. Take out
the peat with a regular net, pull out the mops. Figure eight above the
gravel with a brine shrimp net will collect the eggs. I nearly always have
at least 200-300 eggs over a 3 week period per pair. I put the eggs on one
of the mops. Yep, great blobs of eggs rubbed off on the mop. When finished
doing the figure eights, I let the mop drip dry for about 15 minutes,
squeeze the bottom to get the water collected there. Into a bag, into a box
on the top shelf of a bookcase. Right now temperature where the box is
running 75 or a little better. Eggs are ready to hatch in 2-3 weeks.

And for the other question, mine stay very blue for about a year. They all
seem to fade out the blue when older. Mine stay more blue, but do not get as
big.

I quite often raise up gardneri, walkeri, amieti in a 10 or 29 gallon tank
with baby cories on the bottom. Someone asked about the aggressiveness of
Blue Gularis. I tried Blue Gularis fry (under 1") in a tank with a bunch of
cories growing up. The Blues feasted on cory eyes. They just picked at the
eyes. I now have about a dozen cories that are a great breeding group except
they all only have 1 eye. So Blues can be quite nasty even at a young age.
David Ramsey  Lawrenceville, GA
djramsey at earthlink_net
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "yohoho" <yohoho at insightbb_com>
To: "killifish discussion list" <killietalk at aka_org>
Sent: Sunday, August 01, 2004 1:31 PM
Subject: Re: [Killietalk] blue gularis question


> Hey Dave,
> What method of collecting, incubating, hatching do you use for the Blue
> Gularis?



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