Re: was belly sliders now: dying males

[Steph & Dave <caligula@tig.com.au>]

Hi folks

Has anyone used a product Melafix in tanks with eggs and or fry.  Does
anyone know the likely effects of this product.

The reason I ask is myself and several other people here in Australia
have had problems with males dying (usually they stop eating and go into
hiding) after spawning, in my last two cases I have used melafix and the
males have recovered in a couple of days.  It has not been a case of
female harassment that has caused the symptoms, the females in these
cases have eaten their eggs before treatment was supplied.

Regards 

Steph

BTW anyone from Australia reading this with some A iniridae males to
spare please contact me off list


John Wubbolt wrote:
> 
> Hello All
> I've been kind of quiet lately but fear not, here's Johnny!!!   I
> figured this was a good topic for me to pipe up on.   As many of you
> know ( we won't mention any names Gabriella, lol) that i have had a
> tendency to "steal" a clutch of eggs and artificially hatch them away
> from the parents.   I do admit to doing this very little lately, but i
> did it tonight on a group of Steindachneri that are notorious egg / fry
> eaters.
> 
> My point being here, sorry for rambling, is that i believe that if
> you're having belly sliders showing up it's more likely due to poor
> water quality in your hatching / rearing tanks.   I can't ever remember
> having a belly slider in an apisto.   And remember i "steal" alot of
> clutches of eggs.   When i go to steal a flower pot with eggs on it, I
> use fresh dechlorinated / semi aged tap water.   I dont use water from
> the spawning tank.   Maybe this is the reason I dont have problems with
> belly sliders.   The only belly sliders i have seen in my place are with
> the occasional killie that didnt develope properly.    Also i don't use
> any type of anti fungal agent in my water, i've really decided not to
> ever use Methylene blue anymore, first off i cant stand blue tanks/
> containers/ fingers!! and secondly i've read too many things about
> sterility problems with offspring if too high a concentration of Methy
> blue was used.   I used acriflavine for a number of years with my
> killies but never on my apistos, then i graduated to Maroxy, which didnt
> discolor my containers or fingers.  I also had better luck using this on
> my killie eggs.   I have found that if i leave the apisto eggs on the
> flower pot for 24 hours then steal them and put them into a
> container/tank with fresh/ semi aged tap water, i have little problems
> with fungus anyways.   I also break all the rules and use no air in
> these tanks until the fry are up and bopping around and ready to start
> eating after absorbing their yolk sacs.
> 
> Of course I dont want anyone to think this is the correct way to
> artificially raise eggs away from parents, only that this in MY method
> and it works for ME.
> 
> Sorry for such a long posting, guess i was in a rambling mood,
> 
> John
> 
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