Re: [Killietalk] A newbie with questions, and a little about

["yohoho" <yohoho at insightbb_com>]

I would add to Joe's remarks that to wait only 12 hours before rebagging is 
way too quick.  I just had a batch from Argentina that when I started to 
rebag on the third day, I noticed one lonely fry.  I then waited and within 
4 or 5 hours, I got more than a dozen more hatch out.  My advice - don't be 
in such a hurry to rebag.
Frank Carriglitto
AKA#08234, ChiKA, WAKO
If you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop diggin'.
----- Original Message ----- > ------------------------------
>
> Message: 4
> Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2005 06:17:55 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Joe Bulterman <jbulterman at yahoo_com>
> Subject: Re: [Killietalk] A newbie with questions, and a little about
> me
> To: killifish discussion list <killietalk at aka_org>
>
> Yes, at the hatch date, flood the peat with about an inch of water 
> covering
> them and if a hatch is to be had, it will manifest within 12 hours if the 
> time
> is right for them to hatch.  If no hatch after one day, redry the peat and 
> it
> should be easier to see any unhatched eggs as the rinsing process "cleans" 
> the
> eggs of "dust".  Dry for a couple of weeks to one month and wet again.  If 
> no
> hatch, contact seller and explain results.  Many will send again if no 
> hatch is
> acheived.
> P.S. I know of no spouse or significant other who does not think there is 
> a
> screw loose in their loved one who has found killies.  Acceptance instead 
> of
> understanding will be the key - it is possible for killies and loved ones 
> to
> live together in harmony although it helps greatly for the hobby to be
> sequestered in an unused bedroom or basement where the loved one sees the 
> hobby
> only when they want to (my experience).
>
> JoeB, on the other side of the World
>
> --- Lisa Wilson <lmarie1212b at yahoo_com> wrote:
>
>> I was introduced to killifish about 10 years ago in Texas. My ex husand's
>> co-worker kept several species and I was in awe. (for the life of me I 
>> can't
>> remember his name). Fast foreword to the present. I bought a ten gallon 
>> tank
>> and remembering about the man in TX thought "gee a pair of killi's would 
>> be
>> nice"........six months later I have joined the AKA and have 3-10gal, 
>> 4-20
>> gal and 3-30 gallon tanks in my dinning room. My current husband thinks I 
>> am
>> nuts but atleast I am home.
>> I am currently keeping Yellow panchex, Fund. Gard.NSukka I have just 
>> revieved
>> , A straitum eggs,  Fund. Gard. Makurdi, and alph gar "jos plateau" eggs. 
>> I
>> am looking into the Aust "spotless orange" (are they considered a 
>> hybrid?)
>> I am currently living in North Carolina and we don't have a club in our 
>> area
>> so if you living in my area NC & SC give me a "hollar" ......
>>
>> To the biggest question I have ....How do you seperate the eggs from the
>> peat? I mean candian peat. I have recieved a batch of eggs, flood date 
>> isn't
>> until next week but for the life of me it looks like mud/dirt in the bad 
>> and
>> not peat.
>> Should I just flood it all and attempt to find the fry in the muck after 
>> they
>> have hatched?
>>
>> Thanks in advance
>>
>> Lisa
>> North carolina
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