[Killietalk] 3 banes of fish breeders and nostalgia

["R. Brice" <Tarmack at clarityconnect_com>]

I have seen some fish rooms that the peat covers all of the bottom of the 
tank .... I don't like that idea because the fish get used to looking for 
food in the peat and then I think start eating eggs in the peat.

If your peat covers the bottom of the tank, then try putting the peat in a 
pickle jar (or a 2 gallon tank if your breeding tanks are 20 longs)

my 2cents

Richard Brice

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From: <apistomaster at excite_com>
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Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2007 8:06 PM
Subject: Re: [Killietalk] 3 banes of fish breeders and nostalgia


> Hi All,Three things are real PINTA when breeding killies and other fish 
> for me. Snails, egg eaters and hydra.1.Snails are a mixed bag of blessing 
> and curse. They have their uses doing scavenger duty but they always show 
> up where they aren't wanted sooner or later.2. Hydra can appear out out 
> nowhere once their is a regular supply of bbs. If this was the 18TH 
> Century they would surely be proof of spontaneous generation.3. Egg eating 
> breeders. I did not think this was much of an issue when I first began 
> breeding killies in the late 60's. I even seemed to get a fair production 
> using natural methods.The more experienced I became the more egg eating 
> became a problem. Much of this is because I had worked my way through the 
> different species and each one behaves differently. I guess most 
> surprising to me was when I actually realized I was seeing some annual 
> killies, N. eggersi and some Simpsonichthys with too much time on their 
> fins patiently sift through the peat moss to find and
> eat their eggs. I am one of those killie keepers who has never been any 
> good finding eggs in peat but some of these breeders sure know what they 
> are doing. Even well fed breeders of some species seem to love their own 
> eggs. There are ways to cope with all three of these things but looking 
> back on my earlier days in killies I can't help but think sometimes 
> ignorance was bliss. I did pretty well as a kid and there are some species 
> that were my favorites back then like the bright red, green and blue 
> strain of Scriptoaphyosemion gery that has been replaced by a different 
> form that isn't nearly as colorful as what I remember keeping. On the 
> other hand, we have far more species to choose from than we did over 30 
> years ago.I started off the new year with the discovery and rescue of the 
> first 4 eggs I have seen spawned by my Corydoras duplicareous. I have to 
> get them set up in a snail free tank to see if I can find and save some 
> more. This was my first sign of spawning these pretty
> Corydoras and I hope a harbinger of a good year in the fish room.Larry 
> Waybright
>
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