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Re: [Killietalk] FW: Re: Still no respose from the Killie site.. now fishmay be in the wrong tank
Marge,
please email me privately and I'll see what I can do to help.
Barry Cooper
Barry J. Cooper
Sweet Home, OR 97386
margaret collins wrote:
> Hi! I registered but still can not get info from the website. Please help
> with the stocking question. Thanks, Marge
>
>
>
>> From: "margaret collins" <margecollins618 at hotmail_com>
>> Reply-To: killifish discussion list <killietalk at aka_org>
>> To: killietalk at aka_org
>> Subject: Re: [Killietalk] Still no respose from the Killie site.. now
>> fishmay be in the wrong tank
>> Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2007 11:52:53 -0400
>>
>>
> Is this a good plan for tankmates? Please comment.
>
> 20 Gallon tank
>
> THE FISH AND INVERTEBRATES
> trio of A amieti killifish
> 1 pair apistogramma cacatoides GoLo/Orange
> 1 pair Apistogramma Kra ... (The rest of name washed off the bag. These
> fish are almost twice as big as the GoLo/Orange pair.)
> 1 pair Apistogramma Borelli
> 5 corydoras sterbai
> 6 cherry red shrimp
> 1 male betta
>
> THE PLANTS
> java moss
> java fern
> anubias (noname)
> anubias barten
> hygro corymbosa angustifolio
>
>
>> Thanks for your help! Marge
>>
>
>
>>> From: Scott Davis <unclescott at prodigy_net>
>>> Reply-To: killifish discussion list <killietalk at aka_org>
>>> To: killifish discussion list <killietalk at aka_org>
>>> Subject: Re: [Killietalk] FW: SOS to killietalk can not find your
>>> Killifishdiscussion boards
>>> Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2007 07:52:00 -0700 (PDT)
>>>
>>> Hey Margaret!
>>>
>>> A number of us have been confused and a bit threatened when first
>>>
>> venturing
>>
>>> into the AKA web site. In a little time it can be of great use to you.
>>>
>>> If you are an AKA member, you should already have a user name. Check with
>>> the site master - Barry Cooper. If you aren't an AKA member, that's ok,
>>>
>> but
>>
>>> you will have to register on the site.
>>>
>>> Once that is done and you have checked in, click on forums and lists. AKA
>>> forums will come up. Click on that, browse a bit and ask away. :)
>>>
>>> Fundulopanchax amieti get pretty big and robust. Others will add detail,
>>> but you might want to give them space, lots of food, frequent partial
>>>
>> water
>>
>>> changes, a close fitting cover and several hiding places, usually for the
>>> female.
>>>
>>> They are semi-annuals and can be spawned several ways. You can spawn them
>>> in a "natural set-up" (which has been talked about quite a bit here
>>>
>> lately)
>>
>>> and skim fry from the surface weeds. Or you can put them in separate
>>> 5-gallon tanks and using them briefly over spawning mops or even peat
>>>
>> moss.
>>
>>> Their eggs can be water incubated or dried until the peat is tacky and
>>> stored in peat for a month or so (temperature, humidity and sunspots
>>> pending). You can also try putting them on a 10-gallon with mops and some
>>> large inert rocks for her to hide in and pick the eggs every day or three
>>> after work. Other accommodations are possible too.
>>>
>>> If you like graveled tanks, they will spawn there. Either opt for the
>>> "natural" set-up or yank them after a week or two. I found that is the
>>>
>> one
>>
>>> time I will use an under gravel filter and gravel about the size of your
>>> little fingernail. Many of the eggs will get pulled down into the gravel
>>> and the oxygenated water will help with their development. Usually only
>>> live food is fed in that circumstance. If you want to collect large
>>>
>> numbers
>>
>>> of eggs, don't use gravel.
>>>
>>> In a number of my tanks I leave a black worm jar (with a day's portion)
>>>
>> so
>>
>>> that the residents can browse on them rather than on eggs or fry. In the
>>> case of the bigger killies (which the amieti will become) if you have one
>>> of those 1/2 gallon bowls (maybe 5"/ 12.5 cm high by 10"/25 cm wide) that
>>> will work for the worms.
>>>
>>> It is useful keeping the worms in the feeding container as opposed to the
>>> spawning media. ;) Also if you add salt to the tank, leave only as many
>>> worms as can be eater quickly so that the worms don't die and foul the
>>> tank.
>>>
>>> As with many killies, they can be acclimated to just taking dry foods.
>>> Growth and egg production will increase if they are also or exclusively
>>>
>> fed
>>
>>> frozen foods (defrosted in Luke-warm tap water, rinsed through a fine
>>> meshed net) or live foods.
>>>
>>> You might also give Tony Orso a call or e-mail if he left info on the
>>>
>> bag.
>>
>>> It is hard to beat a conversation with the person who raised a specific
>>> killie. Do get those fish out pretty soon. (Do as I say, not....)
>>>
>>> You are in the Maryland area. There are a couple of terrific AKA
>>>
>> affiliate
>>
>>> groups "nearby". You have a bunch of very skilled killie people there. On
>>> the AKA site, click on affiliate clubs. Call or e-mail their contact
>>> persons and mention that you would like to know the best ways to keep
>>> amieti. They can recommend people who have kept them and they will invite
>>> you to their affiliate's meeting. I have yet to attend a killie group's
>>> event where lots of killie talk doesn't take place. There will be lots of
>>> brains just waiting to be picked. :)
>>>
>>> Good luck and all the best!
>>> Scott
>>>
>>> margaret collins <margecollins618 at hotmail_com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> From: "margaret collins"
>>>> To: webmaster at aka_org
>>>> Subject: SOS can not find your Killifish discussion boards
>>>> Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2007 09:51:11 -0400
>>>>
>>>> Just joined this group. Can't access the discussion boards. Where do I
>>>> find the discussion boards?
>>>>
>>>> I have a trio of A amieti killifish from Tony Orso that I purchased
>>>>
>> the
>>
>>>> AquaFest 2007 auction in Laurel Maryland. The killies are still in
>>>>
>> the
>>
>>>> bag as I don't yet know which tank to house them in. I would appreciate
>>>>
>>> any
>>>
>>>> help you can give me in keeping these fish.
>>>> Thanks, Marge
>>>>
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