Re: galaxy sp

["F. Tadeo" <el_boy@hotmail.com>]

hi frauley,
i too have had this problem of having a yellow, spawnless female.  it was my 
female a.cacatoides and she actually did not spawn until she turned gray.  
now that her spawn is gone (probably eaten), she has returned to a yellow 
color.  pretty weird huh?
-frank


>From: Frauley Elson <fraulels@minet.ca>
>Reply-To: apisto@listbox.com
>To: apisto@listbox.com
>Subject: galaxy sp
>Date: Mon, 06 Nov 2000 10:12:15 -0500
>
>Hi,
>I have one of the apparently many fish travelling under the "sp galaxy" 
>banner. I
>have my first fry as of yesterday, which is pleasant. I was lucky enough to 
>watch the
>actual spawning, and made use of the night-light trick Mike Wise mentioned 
>in one of
>his posts this morning to help the female in her guarding.
>What I have found interesting is the female. I've had the fish for a couple 
>of
>months, and the female has been glowing an unrelenting lemon yellow since 
>the first
>week. The spawning 11 days ago was their first, as they are in a 15 gallon 
>designed
>for photos, and there is nowhere they could have put eggs without me seeing 
>them.
>And, no, I didn't get photos...
>I've had nannochromis females torture the breeder in me by appearing set to 
>spawn for
>weeks without doing anything. But I've never had an apisto lock into 
>breeding colour
>for 2 months without spawning. The pair courted constantly, and seemed to 
>get along
>famously. They are also intensely territorial with both their pencil fish 
>dithers and
>the norberti in the next tank.
>Has anyone else seen similar Apisto female behavior/long term colour?
>-Gary
>
>
>
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