[Killietalk] Re: Cynopoecilus melanotaenia

["Doug Ebeling" <ebeling at charter_net>]

Hi Dave,

I have been treating them like my usual South American annual and have been
getting okay success with them.  Like most annuals I have kept, they don't
play well with humans.  If you want wonderful SA puppies try Austrofundulus
limnaeus or Nematolebias papilliferus.

I feed a mix of brine shrimp, black worms, and frozen blood worms, with
occasional daphnia, white worms, and mozzies (It's from England, to answer
another thread).

Most my annual tanks are heavily peat stained so I really can't tell what's
going on in there until I do a water change and count fish.  My biggest
problem with melanotaenia is telling the genders.  I still can't reliable do
it.

Remember these fish are from Uruguay and prefer cooler water.  Indeed, Lee
Harper was just down here for the TAKO show and gave a wonderful talk about
collecting in Uruguay.  He reported collecting these fish from 40F water.
Recently I have a batch of fry that just are not growing.  It's summer here
in TX and my fish room is warm.  The previous batches I have raised have
been in the Fall and Winter and I did not note a growth problem, so I have
moved this tank of fry downstairs where it is a little bit cooler.
Hopefully this will get them growing.

Best Regards,
Doug Ebeling
Spring, Texas
AKA # 07861
Fp. gardneri Misaje KCC Coordinator

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Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2005 13:15:10 -0500
From: "wusong" <wusong at drunkenbastards_com>
Subject: [Killietalk] Cynopoecilus melanotaenia
To: killifish discussion list <killietalk at aka_org>

I can find plenty of pictures, I can find its natural range, I can find
incubation time, I know they used to call it the "fighting gaucho," but I
find precious little about it as an aquarium fish.

Anybody have anything to share?  Is it easy to feed?  Finicky?  Is it a
skittish fish, or is it going to be swimming up and down the glass trying to
get to anyone walking past?  Hardy?  Drops dead if you look at it wrong?
Anything you can tell, please.  ;-)  Thanks.

-Dave
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