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Re: [Killietalk] Couple of questions
Hi all,
I have a friend that regularly breeds his farowellas/sturisomas/rhinoloricarias. Seems like every time I go over there, he's got another clutch of eggs and some itty-bitty ones. He does do fairly large water changes, but with mostly RO water. The fish get algae wafers and lots of wood. The wood seems to be an integral part of their diet. His spawn on or next to the heater, and the male guards them well. I think it's a combination of diet and clean water that keeps them going. He does make sure the water temp is similar during a water change. And using mainly RO would not TDS shock a fish, I think.
Hope this helps,
Gary
David sanchez <barbax66 at peoplepc_com> wrote: "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"
To: "killifish discussion list"
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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