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Re: [Killietalk] Fish ID
'Might consider Cory pygmeaus habrosus or hastatus. These will scavenge without eating eggs.' I a big fan of Corys. Have a mixed group of natteri, melanistus and trilineatus . These not safe to put in with killies.
Rob
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From: littleleeper23 at hotmail_com
To: killietalk at aka_org
Sent: Sun, 23 Jul 2006 11:38 AM
Subject: Re: [Killietalk] Fish ID
Howdy Yall,
SB on Aquabid is Toyin Ojo. Good source for wild lampeyes. Been dealing
with him for years. I must warn you though. Wild Lampyes take a little
TLC. SO get out the Salt and Melafix!! Lampeyes are notoriously bad
shippers. Express mail is almost a must. That is the only way I will deal
with Lampeyes anyway.
If you are interested in Lampeyes YOU MUST watch for Manuran on Aquabid. He
probably has the largest lampeye collection anywhere. Incredible quality
too. Every egg I have boughten from him has hatched EVERY EGG!!!!!! I get
better results from his eggs than I do collecting my own. HA HA!!
On breeding procatopus lampeyes.
-UG filter
-15 gall with a power filter. For up to 10 large adults or so.
-Eat almost anything. Love even flakes. Feed frozen feeds slowly so
nothing gets to the bottom and gets forgotten.
-Might consider some Cory pygmeaus habrosus or hastatus. These will scavenge
without eating the eggs.
-Ramshorn snails are a must. Especially for fry grow out. Eat all the
dead BBS! When you over feed. ramshorn are not prone to eating eggs either.
POND SNAILS are another story.
-water quality especially in fry is of utmost importance. Just say no to
nitrates. Fry are extremely sensative to nitrates adults less so.
-On to the breeding reciever! Here is the real trick!! Take a loooong
mop. 12" plus. Dark Green is my personal preference. Take the Mop. and a
bunch of rubber bands. Place the rubberbands tight around the mop about
every 1-1.5 inches. In the end it looks like a sausage. BUT leave one
string loose. This string will need to be tied to a lead wieght. I prefer
the big old river sinkers 1/2 oz.with the brass ring at the top. Available
at walmart for $1 look like a tear drop. The weight will prevent the mop
from blowing all over the tank and allows the Dominant male a bit of a
territory.
- Ok you have a sunken mop that looks like a suasage. As someone said the
Procatopus are crevice spawners. So that sausage has TONS of crevices. The
eggs will be launched up to 3/8 inch deep into the strands so dig deep.
Eggs are most often laid close to the bands.
- Egg collection. I like to wipe them off on to a large clump of java moss
placed in a large dish of aged water. (change the egg water every 3
days!!!!!!!!). That keeps the eggs in clean water and suspends them off the
bottom where bacteria tend to collect.
-fry are quite large but have small mouths. I would suggest newly hatched
BBS(< 6 hours old) for most of them.
While you have a tank of Procatopus set up consider adding a pair or 2 of
Plataplocheilus. Normally I do not mix species. But these guys are
different enough it works great. Eggs are smaller in Plataplocheilus. I
have never had an accidental hybrid either. The plats will work right into
the Procatopus school and feel comfortable enough to breed. WARNING!! You
must provide a loose mop for Plats as they ARE NOT a crevice spawner!!!
More a semi-typical mop spawner.
God Bless, Lee Van Hyfte "the Rivnut" <><
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