Re: [Killietalk] A. Hera are easy

[Sandy1238 at aol_com]

 In a message dated 5/21/2008 2:32:39 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  clifford at clevergeek_com writes:

Hi  Sandy,
The female does have the "tell tale stripe", and I would say the  male is alittle over and inch and a half, but maybe his colors just  haven't come inall the way.  I haven't seen any eggs or fry, so I'm  assuming they have alittle way to go...
Thanks,
Cliff in  Seattle

>> In a message dated 5/20/2008 6:32:23 A.M.  Pacific Daylight Time,> clifford at clevergeek_com  writes:>>> I  picked up a pair of these from Dave @  the big GSAS (Seattle Aquarium> club)  auction a month or so  back...are yours from the same source  as> Dave's?  Just  curious if you've noticed any color variation in  your> spawns, or  if they all look more or less the same?>> My male has  blue  fins, purplish polka-dots, and a white belly-- but none> of the   pictures I've turned up of A. hera online look much like him at>  all...not  sure if that's a locale difference, or if there is just lots  of> natural  varience in their colors and   patterns....>> Thanks,>>  Cliff>>>>> This has been one  of the easiest  killies I've bred in both dilute rock>> hard NJ water,  and  extremely soft tapwater from the PNW. I simply kept>>  the>> parents in  a quite, dark tank (my only complaint about  this fish is>> it's>> extreme  skittishness, you just  never see them). Didn't pick eggs, fed>> lots>> of   newly hatched bbs and waited for the juveniles to show up.  Very>>  prolific, easy fish.>>>> It's a  theory of mine that we 'mess' with  eggs too much - life is  much>> easier, if you let the juveniles grow up.  Of course,  you might not get>> the>> quantities you'd get with  picking  eggs, but with something like A. hera>> I'm not sure  that's true  :-)>>>> Matt in the PNW where the sun is  finally out!>>   _________________________________________________________________>>  Give  to a good cause with every e-mail. Join the iÃââm Initiative  from>>  Microsoft.>>   http://im.live.com/Messenger/IM/Join/Default.aspx?souce=EML_WL_>>  GoodCause>> Join the AKA at   http://www.aka.org/aka/modules/content/index.php?id=9.>> Archives  are at  http://fins.actwin.com/killietalk/>> Modify your  subscription at>>   http://www.actwin.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/killietalk>>>>>  Join  the AKA at  http://www.aka.org/aka/modules/content/index.php?id=9.> Archives   are at http://fins.actwin.com/killietalk/> Modify your subscription  at>  http://www.actwin.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/killietalk>>>  Hi,>> How large are these fish you got? A. hera usually not over  an inch and a> half. Does the female look like the pictures in  books?>> Sincerely,>>  Sandy>>>> **************Wondering what's for  Dinner Tonight? Get new twists on> family> favorites at AOL  Food.>  (http://food.aol.com/dinner-tonight?NCID=aolfod00030000000001)> Join  the AKA at http://www.aka.org/aka/modules/content/index.php?id=9.>  Archives are at http://fins.actwin.com/killietalk/> Modify your  subscription at>  http://www.actwin.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/killietalk

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Colors on the male are subtle, not flashy.


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