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Re: H. formosa
On Wed, 17 Jun 1998, Josh Wiegert wrote:
> A rule of thumb for all fishes, regardless of species, habitat, or
> dietary prefferences: Big Fish Eat Littel Fish.
While generally I wholehartly agree with that statement I have to disagree
with it too for a few specific exceptions. There appear to be a few poecilid
and goodeid fish that by and large do not consume their young under reasonable
conditions (ie adequate food resources). How often have you seen a tank full
of mollies (with no other fish) and seen a bunch of babies in with them with
little cover? I certainly have over the years. I suspect the H. formosa were
somewhat hungry having been in a bag for three or so days. I'll bet if you
give them a good feed and keep them fed you will get many young in with the
adults.
Tootles
Peter J Unmack peter.unmack at asu_edu
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