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Re: Apistogramma Spawning Difficulties
The two biggest things you can do to speed things up, as long as water
parameters are correct , is water changes and lots of live foods i.e.:
mosquito larvae, black worms etc. after that just wait for the inevitable.
water changes and lots of live food are a sure fire way to get any little
dwarf cichlid to spawn. This replicates the rainy season( high influx of
fresh water low microsiemens) and availability of food that comes with it.
Good luck
Dave
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Wubbolt" <BigJohnW@webtv.net>
To: <apisto@listbox.com>
Sent: Friday, November 03, 2000 10:56 PM
Subject: Re: Apistogramma Spawning Difficulties
> Hello Doug
>
> I have had good luck spawning my Bitaeniata. Never Kept Iniridae, so i
> cant give you help there.
>
> What i can tell you is that my Bitaeniata had to be really mature before
> they spawned for me. I never had young pairs spawn for me. Every
> pair of bitaeniata that ever spawned for me were at least a year old or
> older before i got good eggs. Unlike Cacatuoides which have spawned
> for me in half that time. Seems that this species likes maturity.
> Some one else out here might have had better experiences with their
> fish, but this has been the norm for me.
> I did spawn my fish in fairly soft acidic water. I have a pH of less
> then 6.0 and hardness of less then 20ppm. This just happens to be my
> tap water. So no I dont treat it to make it softer.
>
> John
>
>
>
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