Re: [Killietalk] Killietalk Digest, Vol 55, Water conditioners

["Allen Newkirk" <awnewkirk at comcast_net>]

To Apistomaster:

How do you get L134s to breed? I have had a colony of 6 for over a year
and so far, no eggs. I really like them and would like to raise young
ones. Any input would be appreciated. You can email me privately if you
want (awnewkirk at comcast_net).

Thank you.

Allen


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From: killietalk-bounces at aka_org [mailto:killietalk-bounces at aka_org] On
Behalf Of apistomaster at excite_com
Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2008 11:55 AM
To: killietalk at aka_org
Subject: Re: [Killietalk] Killietalk Digest, Vol 55, Water conditioners



In the official water supply analysis required by the EPA, my water is
free of industrial solvents, herbicides, insecticides and fertilizers.

The City draws from deep wells and the water is quite possibly nearly 1
million years old.

It is not my intention to promote any given brand of water conditioner
but as primarily a breeder of wild and domestic Discus, I have found
Prime to work the best for me. I use about 25% higher dose than
recommended 1ml/gal per manufacturer. I find Prime to be the preferred
water treatment among many fellow discus breeders.

I also like to raise red cherry shrimp, Ghost Glass shrimp and dwarf
Crayfish and they have all had no negative effects from my use of Prime
in their water.

I also breed L134 leopard frog Peckoltia Plecos and Sturisoma aureum.





(  3. having to do with de-chlorinators (Sue & Charles
Harrison)---------------------------------------------------------------
-------Message: 1Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2008 10:48:02 -0500From: "Ken"
<ken_combs at sbcglobal.net>Subject: Re: [Killietalk] Killietalk Digest,
Vol 55, Black wormsTo: <apistomaster at excite_com>,	"'killifish
discussion list'"	<killietalk at aka_org>Larry offers "My water
supply seems to vary the dose of chlorine compoundsconsiderably"Is it
the chlorine? After loosing our third set of breeder angels plusuntold
(and almost irreplaceable) killifish this past week; I called thecity
water supply and a "dr" actually came out and tested it...The line I got
was the water chemistry is very different in the winter, espwith
reaction to Thio-dechlors (the city claims to know of de-chlors andfish,
et well)Moreover, this guy suspected the precipitate in my tanks was
caused by somereaction with "ortho-phosphate", erh whatever that is
(sounds like either afertilizer or bug killer
  
or both), they say it is added at 1ppm forcorrosion proofingIn any
event, he speculates the fish die off was "bacterial" and related tothem
feeding on this ortho stuff... :Yeah right: it kills fish/melts plants&
bacterial love it...and I'm not buying it, but then again you can sell
mychemically ignorant arse anything, wadda I know?...bout the only thing
he recommended was to not use formaldehyde basedde-chlors...too many
unexpected chemical reactions I guess?KC-----Original Message-----From:
killietalk-bounces at aka_org [mailto:killietalk-bounces at aka_org] OnBehalf
Of apistomaster at excite_comSent: Tuesday, February 26, 2008 10:10 AMTo:
killietalk at aka_orgSubject: Re: [Killietalk] Killietalk Digest, Vol 55,
Black wormsI mentioned using dechlorinated water with my black worms
eliminatedunexpected losses for those who may have had similar
problems.My water supply seems to vary the dose of chlorine compounds
considerably.It has cost me many fish. I had become used to not using a 
dechlorinecompound remover when I lived in Seattle for routine 50% water
changes butnow I live in a small city in E. Washington State and they
don't seem todose as
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