Re: here's what I have; what can I do with it.

[IDMiamiBob@aol.com]

Andrew writes:

<snip>>     Given this small supply of equipment and livestock, and the goals 
of
>  maintaining the 25gal as a display community tank and using the 10gal as a
>  possible breeding/growout tank, what would be a logical way of setting
>  things up? Should I plan to keep 3-4 Apistos in the 25gal, pulling any eggs
>  as they occur and hatching them in the 10gal? Or let nature take its course
>  in the 25gal, using the 10gal for something else?
>  
>      Would it be possible to use the 10gal as a breeding and growout tank,
>  pulling the parents out after they've done their part? That sounds like it
>  might be a reasonable way to go, rather than pulling the eggs from the
>  bigger tank.
>  
>  Any suggestions? (No I'm not allowed to buy any more tanks. Besides I have
>  enough trouble as it is, minding the ones I've got.) What 'dithers' would
>  work well in upper water levels?
>  
>  -Andrew
>  
>  PS  My mama Apisto (sp. Mamore or something else - I've never figured out
>  what it actually is) just laid a bunch of eggs on the side of a driftwood,
>  about 60-70 little white eggs. I don't know if they have been fertilized, 
if
>  so it would've been by one of her sons (cue the banjos again).

I think you can grow the fry for only so long in a 10 gallon tank.  I use 10s 
for breeding, and pull the males when the females start keeping them cowered. 
 a group of 25-30 fry will start dying after about a month unless you do 
water changes daily.  And that will only solve it for a short while.

Of you're totally in love with your apistos, you may have to dedicate the 
larger tank to breeding and grow-out, with the 10 for putting the parents in 
after the fry are a couple weeks old.

Bob Dixon


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