Re: N. Anomala

["Phil Eaton" <peaton@hotmail.com>]

I'll second that very vicious female thing!  I had a successful spawning one 
time, and that was all the male could take!  He was very pretty, and at 
least 3 times her size... He hid alot after that, and I eventually traded 
the pair for some more "hospitable" fish.

My water was actually not as ideal as yours either, 6.8, fairly hard, but 
very "black".  There was a fresh bag of peat in the wet/dry filter.  I'm 
sure that's what encouraged the spawn.

Phil Eaton

----Original Message Follows----
From: Mike & Diane Wise <apistowise@bewellnet.com>

Francine,

I know that this won't be of much comfort to you, but I and most people have 
no
problems with breeding N. anomala. I will admit most males are eager to 
court any
female that comes their way. Your tank and water conditions are fine (unless 
you
have them in saltwater). I'd suggest that you remove your "over eager" male 
and
put in another male and an extra female. If this works you may have to 
remove the
male & extra female once you have a spawn. If you think the males are 
aggressive,
you haven't seen anything until you see a brooding female!

Hope this helps.

Mike Wise

Fbethea wrote:

 > I recently bought several Anomala. I put them in a 20 long, ph 6.0, temp 
80
 > degrees.  The tank is heavily planted and has 8 white clouds and 8 c.
 > habrosus.
 > There are slate platforms under the plants, a large concave piece of
 > driftwood, and a whole coconut shell cut to create a cave.  I use an
 > aquaclear canister filter.  The water flow from the filter is very low.  
I
 > feed them daphnia, tubifex, frozen and live brine shrimp.
 >
 > I have had these fish for a month.  They will not spawn.  As a matter of
 > fact the male beats the he** out of the others so much that I removed 
them
 > and left one female in the tank.  He seeks her out and chases her around 
the
 > tank.  Are all Anomalas this cantankerous?
 >
 > Francine in MD
 > Fish - photography - genealogy
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