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Field trial
Hi all,
So far about half a dozen people have subbed to killietalk. My hope is that
we can discuss some things on it, even if they are not earth shattering in
importance. I want this to be a field trial for the full list, so you
needn't feel restricted by having to keep to strictly killie topics. Fire
away.
I would be interested to hear whether you all received the introductory
information that should go out to a new subscriber, and whether you thought
it was reasonable.
As you all know, Brian, Ruud and myself collected in the southern part of
Tanzania this year. The fish I brought back are doing well, and I'm coming
to the time when some of the eggs I've collected will be hatchable. In
fact, I've already hatched some N. ocellatus from location 36. I'm raising
about 10, which is about all I can manage. I hope to distribute a couple of
pairs some time soon. They grow incredibly fast. I was away for a couple of
days this weekend, and I swear they doubled in size on the worms I left in
the tank when I left. They also have a surprisingly short incubation
period. In this case, I hatched the first eggs after only 5 weeks, as they
were eyed up. In the case of eggs I got from Brian Watters from some of the
95 collections, I got the best hatches after only 6 weeks. I wonder whether
this account for the relatively low numbers one finds in most locations? In
my experience, if you incubate them for a long time, you lose a lot of the
eggs.
Well, welcome to killietalk. May it live long and prosper (to quote Spock).
Barry
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Barry Cooper email: bjc3 at cornell_edu
Department of Pathology Voice: (607)253-3350
College of Veterinary Medicine FAX: (607)253-3317
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
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