Re: [Killietalk] Killie Question

[Gary Elson or Mary Frauley <fraulels at videotron_ca>]

I have a pair of A. australe orange variety.  In a
kritter keeper
aquarium packed with java moss.  I feed live food -
white worms.  I
don't get any eggs to hatch.  Is it unreasonable to
believe that they
would spawn and the eggs hatch in such an environment?


Bob

Bob,
It's not unreasonable, but it has never worked for me. A australe are
presented as easy breeders, but that's often untrue. I have never bred them,
in 15 years of killie keeping. Meanwhile, other killies that are supposed to
be difficult breed easily here in 4 gallon planted tanks. And there are
bound to be people on the list who succeed with set-ups like yours.

It's not a great answer, but sometimes in a reasonable set-up, you have a
pair of fish that just don't respond. I have some species in several tanks.
One pair will eat their eggs while another will allow fry to grow to
adulthood in with them. I have this with some wild-caught Aphyosemions I've
been keeping multiple pairs of. If the pair that eats its young was the only
one I had, I'd be very frustrated with them.

Gary

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