Re: [Killietalk] "no eggs"

["J. C." <hillbillynursery at yahoo_com>]

 I got some of the Simp. const from Ken(12 or so first
hatch and another dozen or so from the second and none
the third wettings). I had great results from them. He
sent me some Notho eggs which had a very low hatch
rate and they did not last long after hatching(3 from
the first wetting and one fry the second). As
mentioned several times my son killed off all but 3 of
the Simp. const. The good news is at 4 months old they
are still small but it looks like one male and 2
females. He really helped me get started with my
limited budget. If I knew what to look for to make
sure the eggs were ready to be wet and such as I was
totally new to these fish I may have had better
results but then again one bag did great the other did
not. On trades with a few other people the results
have been like 30% hatch so far with a few being
totally duds. But most of these species my son
finished off for me.

            Later, John

--- Ken <ken_combs at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> I thought about that myself, but annuals are kinda a
> special case I think: 
> 
> I got S.Const & bokermanni. Despite frequent feeding
> & the utmost care &
> water changes, the lil rascals grow excruciatingly
> slow or rather seem to
> hit a "wall" at 3-4 weeks... (same w/leptolebias).
> If the S.Const don't end
> up as feeders, I usually give em away as "extras" or
> trade/sell the eggs
> rather than getting a rep for peddling runts...(I
> got other simps under the
> EXACT same care grow 3X faster it seems)
> 
> Nothos ship poorly, or at least I'm not so sure
> fasting 48-72hrs per
> "conventional wisdom" is a good idea prior to
> shipping...not many I get in
> make it (from very reliable people no less)...The
> few I did get, someone
> here had to bail me out on meds not too long
> ago...besides, by the time many
> are respectably sized, there goes 25% of their
> lifespan...BTW, I've been
> taking my chances w/ammonia and shipping nothos w/a
> 12-24hr fast, all have
> seemed to make it OK
> 
> Then there are the horrific sex ratios many annuals
> are notorious for...I'm
> thinking many folks would rather just sell/trade
> eggs of GUE & KOR, etc and
> let the buyer deal w/the extra males or females.
> ...what to do what to
> do....
> 
> Just some thoughts...Ken



		
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