Re: [Killietalk] Re: Lampeye Eggs WITH nimbaensis update

[Gary Elson and Mary Frauley <fraulels at videotron_ca>]

While we are discussing lampeyes, I'd like to follow up on the 
Rhexipanchax nimbaensis thread of a few weeks back. I tried trios in 
three tanks - one heated to 76f with a good flow, plants and gravel, 
another small unheated (70f) tank with an undergravel and one mop, and 
one unheated bare bottomed tank with 2 mops. Results as of this week 
with the trios moved back together to their own planted 15 gallon are 
fry in both tanks with gravel, but none in the bare glass tank with mops 
(and no eggs to be found in the mops).
Yes, this contradicts one poster finding eggs high in the mops, so it is 
not the recipe. But it is a recipe that works, if mops don't work for you.
It's worth trying what we can with a fish like this - the recent imports 
are deep-keeled lampeye with blue on the head and orange tinged fins - 
very nice and active. I hope that between us all, we can keep it around 
the hobby.
Gary

Jeff Ludwig wrote:

> > I now carefully move the mop from the adults’ tank and put it around 
> > an airlift in a 2.5 gal.
> > fry tank.  This keeps me from losing missed eggs and puts the 
> > collected eggs in an oxygenated stream of water while they hatch.  I 
> > leave the mop in the fry tank for 2 weeks.  Most of the fry seem to 
> > hatch in about ten 
>
>
> Thanks for the writeup... We have had problems with *Aplocheilichthys 
> normani* eating eggs (we think so at least),  so we actually remove 
> the our eggs.  As you note we have also found the level of oxygen to 
> be of extreme importance in reducing the number of eggs that fungus.  
> We have had success moving the eggs to small, open tupperware 
> containiers with a _little_ water (1/4" or less) to increase oxygen 
> levels - deeper water levels result in fungus problems for us at least.
>
> Jeff and Mary Ludwig
> Elkton, MD
>
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