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NFC: Fw: please help
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Mr. Rice
My name is Dale Jordan of Winnipeg , Canada
and have been in fish for many years .You may recognize the name from my
articles and collecting trips to the Amazon for Discus . I have
recently ventured into the "native" fish area , with most of my
interest being with the Sunfish . I have collected , through
various people , many color forms of longears and almost every other Sunfish
species . At present I have spawned Dollars , Black banded and the Ohio
color form of the longear , but one is giving me problems ! I managed to get a
full size adult pair Kansas longears from Luke McClurge in early December
. Water temp. is 75 , hardness is 800 ppm , day cycle is 16hrs and the
female is gravid .I have five black spot Sunfish ( same size as
female , 3.5'' ) as dither fish in the tank .My male does make his
spawning pit , but does not seem attentive to the female . Once and a
while he will back her into the corner but it does not last long . I seem
to be missing some "trigger" to bring him into spawning . Would you recommend
maybe putting one of the Ohio males in the tank ? ( as to get him more
protective of his territ. ) Cold water changes ? Anything you can think of to
bring him to getting more interested , would be appreciated ????
Thank you Kindly
Dale Jordan
P.S
Should you know anyone or have any Longear
from Arkansas , Tennessee or Kentucky , that would be willing to sell ,
trade or whatever , PLEASE let me know !!
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