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Ap. Lineatus Gold Fry Problem
- To: <KillieTalk at aka_org>
- Subject: Ap. Lineatus Gold Fry Problem
- From: "L. Bunk" <bunk at staff_uiuc.edu>
- Date: Thu, 25 Jun 1998 09:27:15 -0500
- Importance: Normal
- In-Reply-To: <199806250928.FAA01801 at acme_actwin.com>
I'd appreciate any help with a problem I'm encountering with my first killie
species. I have two Ap. Lineatus Gold breeding setups. One, a heavily
planted 30 gallon colony of young adults, which hasn't started hatching out
noticeably yet. The other is a beautiful breeding pair in a 10 gallon,
gravel substrate, with floating plastic plant cover, a sponge filter, and
two breeding mops. I absolutely love this pair. They've produced numerous
eggs, and after improving my hatching methods (from petry dishes to baby
food jars, using water changes at hatch time and Acriflavine), they're
hatching out at about 95%.
The problem is rearing. I rear in bare, 2 gallon tanks, with a bubble stone
or wand and frequent water changes (primarily RO, with some StartRight- and
Amquel-treated tap water occasionally if the water's getting too soft or
hard). I use Acriflavine at about half-concentration, if I notice a fungus
problem. The fry begin to grow, live about a month to a month-and-a-half,
and then just begin to die. They don't all die at once in a tank...just a
couple a day, sometimes skipping a day, until they're gone. I have yet to
have one make it more than 2 months. Any ideas what I'm doing wrong, or is
there just an unusually high mortality rate in killie fry like this? I'd
hate to think the mating pair were genetically unsuited
The only one I've been able to trace 'cause of death' on was the one I found
half-swallowed by his older brother. Taught me to seperate them by age!
I'm just about frustrated enough to move to only colony breeding and give up
on pulling eggs. Thanks for any words of wisdom!
-Laurie