Re: [Killietalk] Egg Incubation... Peat vs Water

[Pablo Robles <roblepl at gmail_com>]

Going back to one of my original questions... can I switch to water 
incubation once they've been sitting in peat for some time? My plan 
would be to let them sit in peat for a few days until I remove all 
fungused eggs... then let them finish the process in water.

Pablo

rfeilzer at aol_com wrote:
> Back in my pre-pupfish days, I incubated all Aphyosemion and Fundulopanchax eggs on top of saturated peat in a sealed container, specifically a specimen container.? The peat was soaked to the point that if you held it upside down no water would run off unless you pressed on it.? I would place the eggs on the surface and cover.? The incubation time was not specifcally longer, usually two weeks as in water?but the main advantage was you could generally get all the eggs to hatch at the same time.? They were placed in a container of water and usually hatched without any additional forcing.? The beauty was that if an eggs was infertile or died it could be easily removed before the fungus could affect any of the other eggs.
>
> Russ on the?sunny Central Coast of Cali
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Pablo Robles <roblepl at gmail_com>
> To: killifish discussion list <killietalk at aka_org>
> Sent: Wed, 28 Nov 2007 1:20 pm
> Subject: [Killietalk] Egg Incubation... Peat vs Water
>
>
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> Hello My Killie-Friends:
>
> I recently have tried to water incubate some gardneri eggs in water and 
> even though all eggs showed development... only one hatched out of 20+ 
> eggs... the fry hatched with what seemed like a big yolk sack. It seemed 
> like the fry never developed completely. it died a couple of days later 
> and microworms didn't stimulated the other eggs to hatch. I am trying 
> now to peat incubate them this time around. I read some time ago that I 
> should wait one month for the eggs to develop in the case of australes. 
> Does the same time frame applies to gardneri? I also received some 
> scheeli eggs from Spain in peat. How much should I wait? Can I water 
> incubate eggs once they've been in peat for a week or so?
>
> thanks,
>
> Pablo
> Ponce, Puerto Rico
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