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Nothos for beginners
cgraseck at ludl_com wrote>
>
>Subject: More questions about Nothos
>
>With all of this talk about Nothobranchius I've
>been browsing through the gallery to see what
>all the various types look like and I see that
>N. rachovii is listed as being" not a beginners
>fish." Well I've never kept any Nothobranchius
>species, so I guess that makes me a beginner.
>( to Nothos anyway) What is so problematic
>about rachoviis and which of the Nothos is
>better suited for beginners.
>
I would agree with Andrew in that I regard N. foerschi as the ideal
beginners Notho. It is attractive, easy to maintain, is prolific, the
eggs have a relatively short incubation time (about 2-4 months) and
the fry are large enough to be able to consume newly-hatched brine
shrimp or microworms immediately on hatching. The adults are also not
very aggressive, which is an important factor for a beginner.
As already pointed out, N. guentheri and N. melanospilus are are also
possibles but, in my opinion, not ideal. The former produces rather
small fry which may present feeding problems and the adults can be
very aggressive. N. melanospilus fry are large and easy to raise but
the adult fish can also be very aggressive.
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