Re: [Killietalk] Korthausae Hockey Sticks

[Wright Huntley <whuntley at verizon_net>]

Paul,

No one seems to want to answer your question. I hesitated to do so, 
because I have not kept them in recent years.

 From the best of my recollection, the "hockey-stick" shape is not 
normal for these or any other Nothos. The main difference I found with 
KOR red was that they water incubated, readily. As I vaguely recall, 
they did not develop properly in peat as dry as some other Nothos like. 
This might cause the problem, or it could be a nutrient issue with the 
parents.

Wright

Paul Murphy wrote:
> Hi Folks,
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>       I just recently hatched some N. Korthausae "Red" .  They are about 4
> days old now and I've been looking at them with a magnifier to see if they
> were eating ok.  They seem to be as most of them have a little pimple for a
> belly.  But they all seemed to be shaped like a hockey stick.  At the point
> behind the head just about over their belly the tail end bends down at about
> a 30-40 degree angle.  I've only hatched these once before about two months
> ago but lost them all after about two weeks.  Not sure why.  But I recall
> they were similarly bent.   
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> So I was wondering if this hockey stick pose was normal for this species,
> and if not, what's up wid dat? Is this characteristic of Notho's of such
> tiny size? 
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> Paul Murphy
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