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Re: KillieTalk Digest V2 #276



"Jim Langan" <langans-all7 at mailbag_com> wrote:
 
<< I haven't had minimus in years.  What I recall is that the fry are very
 small at hatch, require infusoria for the first 3 -5 days.  Then they grow
 at a tremendous rate.>>

I kept them with live plants (java moss) and some snails to provide some
infusoria and fed with vinegar eels for the first week.

<<The males need to be separated from the females as
 soon as they can be identified.  Even though they are peat spawners use many
 mops for females to hide in or they will be killed and devoured by the
 males.>>

Looks like I'll have to set up some bowls for individual males this weekend.

Thanks for the info.