Re: [Killietalk] Couple of questions

["Ken" <ken_combs at sbcglobal.net>]

That's true, yeah, I should've quantified my statement....as with many of
the "lories"...temp changes, barometric changes, influx of rainwater
<whatever> can trigger spawning...still I would not go swapping them into a
new tank as you would a convict cichlid...

Yep, they eat wood, sorta like a pleco does...I'd almost say wood is close
to "mandatory"...

KC 

-----Original Message-----
From: killietalk-bounces at aka_org [mailto:killietalk-bounces at aka_org] On
Behalf Of David sanchez
Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2006 11:02 AM
To: killifish discussion list
Subject: Re: [Killietalk] Couple of questions

"Now I know why I couldn't keep them going. I changed 40-50% of the water
weekly in my tanks."

I think we can have a case of over generalized information here. ken stated
his died from abrupt water changes. Perhaps TDS shock? Breeding will only
occur with frequent partial water changes from my experience. In fact after
water changes eggs were laid frequently.

This is a riverine species so I would caution those that want success with
them to read this and think they will benefit from a lack of water changes.
I did not find that to be true. Also I never saw any such reaction to water
changes so I think we need to precede with caution here. ken may have had a
ton of other variables that caused the demise of his fish. Anyway I just
wanted to further elaborate on my breeding report with that species.

Dave


----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Payne" <paynedds at earthlink_net>
To: "killifish discussion list" <killietalk at aka_org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2006 9:42 AM
Subject: Re: [Killietalk] Couple of questions


> Bev Doyle, who passed away a year or so ago, produced farrowellas on a 
> regular basis in her angel/discus operation near Newark, Ohio. She had 
> a spring water source and all her tanks were flow-through, so water 
> parameters were constant and fresh. She always had blanched vegetable 
> matter for them to munch on, mostly zucchini and cukes. They were 
> produced from groups of adults, 5-6/ tank. The male seemed to protect 
> the egg mass that looked like caraway seeds on the glass, and he would 
> "crack" the eggs when they matured to release the fry. Great 
> glass-cleaners, but, as Bev told me, that's not enough to support them.
> I had them in several plant spawning killie tanks and they did not 
> seem to affect the egg production in mops, so I doubt they ate eggs. 
> Mostly vegetarian diet.
>
> Now I know why I couldn't keep them going. I changed 40-50% of the 
> water weekly in my tanks.
>
> Tom Payne,
> gloomy Galena, Ohio
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