Re: [Killietalk] peat incubatio

["Nick Ternes" <woodland_gardens at gmail.com>]

You can try any gardneri over peat.  Typical incubation would be 75
degrees for 4-6 weeks.  Check the eggs at 4 weeks, if they aren't
ready check them at 5 and then 6 weeks.

What works for one person won't always work for another.  I got my
best hatches from Misaje when spawned over peat and incubated like an
annual for 4 weeks.  I would usually get between 30 and 100 fry per
hatch.  My biggest hatch when picking eggs was 20, and that was from a
batch of 160 eggs.  Using a 2.5 gal tank or a shoebox with a peat
layer on the bottom would probably work best.  Seperate the sexes into
their own tanks and place in the peat lined tank for breeding.  Don't
feed while in that tank.  Personally I'm too lazy for that and set up
a group in a ten gal and place a peat dish in the tank for 1-2 weeks.
Peat dish needs to be wide and shallow so they use it.

Nick Ternes
Oostburg, WI
WAKO
AKA

On 10/6/07, Ken <ken_combs at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> ...check the "Sub species"...
> There are more competent gardneri breeders than me, but I had poor luck with
> misaje, akure and N'Sukka on, in or near peat (uh that's poor hatch, not
> zero or impossible)...
> On the other hand, P-82, Makurdi and I'm sure a few others probably might
> even do better/be simpler on peat...I know for sure the 2 types just
> mentioned hatch just fine (on top of peat is about 18-24 days I
> thought)...near 30 in peat
>
> ...I thought there was talk a lil while back that the Gardneri gardneri
> types are best in water, whereas the nigeranium types could go both ways
> (xcuse the spelling and check the archives)...makes sense I
> suppose...perhaps someone else could elaborate better?
>
> KC
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Subject: [Killietalk] peat incubatio
>
> Has anyone tried to incubate Fp. Gardneri Mamfensis ossing eggs on peat? IF
> so what is the incubation time and at what temperature. Thanks
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