Re: [Killietalk] Gardneri Basua

[George & Melanie <caraway at erienet_net>]

Ron,
The colorful Basua I have (only have one that is colored this way) has 
very red striations thru-out its body. Has no yellow in the caudal or 
other fins. The caudal fin is rounded but the anal and dorsal fin are 
somewhat pointed. If this is a sleeper male it is definitely different 
than the other males as it is of good size now and of breeding size. I 
am considering setting it up with a normal male for a week or so. If I 
get no eggs I will set it up with a normal female to see if I get any 
eggs that way. I have been spawning my Basua using a bottom mop and have 
had good results with the eggs hatching in a couple of weeks.
George

Ron @ CCK wrote:

> > From: George & Melanie <caraway at erienet_net>
> >
> > I have been spawning a couple pairs of Gardneri Basua and now the 
> > first fry that I had reared are adult size. I have noticed that some 
> > of the females are very colorful with much red coloration on the body 
> > and fins while other females are not very colorful at all with very 
> > little red coloration on them. I am assuming the colorful ones are 
> > actually females as they do not have any of the yelow coloring in 
> > their fins as the males do. Has anyone else who is keeping Basua 
> > noticed this in their fish?
>
>
> Hi George,
> I received 6 'Basua' eggs which fortunately, matured as 3 pairs. The 
> youngest of the males looked like a female during grow-out albeit for 
> the yellow bands at the caudal.
>
> My 3 females exhibit the red pigmentations and they do have faint 
> yellow coloration at the anal fin.  Could your 'colorful females' be 
> sleeper males?
>
> I'm setting up 2 of the larger 4cm pairs into 3gal tanks with mops and 
> was wondering if they'd prefer peat.  How are you spawning yours?
>
> Warm regards,
> Ronnie Lee
> Singapore
>
>
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