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Re: [Re: [Cyprinodon alvarezi]]
Thanks Joe, I will certainly let you know. A very cool fish! Ron
-----Original Message-----
From: Joseph Ponnath <joepon at usa_net>
To: killietalk at aka_org <killietalk at aka_org>
Date: Tuesday, October 19, 1999 12:59 PM
Subject: Re: [Re: [Cyprinodon alvarezi]]
>"Ron Anderson" wrote:
> I currently have a little group of 6 (unfortunately 4m/2f)
>Cyprinodon alverezi. I've only had them for a few weeks now (maybe a month
>or so). Any tips on them would be appreciated.
>
>Ron,
>Maybe a cup of Dr. Pepper. Coffee is nasty stuff.
>I'm sure everyone has a different way of spawning Cyp. Alvarezi but
>here is what I was doing.
>Place 1 male and 1 - 2 females in a 10 gallon tank. Feed them a lot.
>I have never seen a fish eat like these little puppies.
>I put a Tetra Brilliant sponge filter in the tank, stuck to the front (I
think
>it was for 10 gallon tanks, the sponge should be the one with grooves cut
in
>it). On top of the sponge filter I laid a brown yarn spawning mop. This
became
>the males main hangout. Collect eggs from the mop daily, otherwise the fish
>will gobble up every egg they can find. Also check the sponge daily. I
would
>find many more eggs in the grooves of the sponge than in the mop. It would
not
>be unusual for me to collect 50 eggs a day from this set up when the pair
>matured.
>Water temp. was usually around 78 - 80 degrees.
>Water pH here in St. Louis settles to around 7.5 - 8.0.
>Water is medium hard.
>They will eat anything that doesn't eat them first. Not picky. I fed them
>flake food, a lot of frozen brine shrimp, and live baby brine shrimp.
>The male seems to get more aggressive the older and bigger they get.
>I never got an egg from a floating mop.
>I got very few eggs from a bottom mop.
>The eggs hatched in 5 days and the fry really seemed to like microworms
>better than baby brine shrimp. The fry grew very slowly.
>Hope this helps you Ron.
>If you're successful let me know.
>Joe
>
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