Re: tank bred vs. wild (was inbreeding) spawning

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In a message dated 18/12/00 17:37:02 GMT Standard Time, fraulels@minet.ca 
writes:

>  I'll give a couple of examples.
>  With veijita in tapwater of 140ppm, clutches ran at about 10 to 20 fry at 
my
>  place. Once I softened that to 50-60ppm, I got up to about 50 fry. I've 
seen 
> the same general pattern with other species, whatever their origin. Veijita 
is a
>  softwater apisto.

definately agree, I tend to keep all my apistos at default <30 ppm pH 4.5-5.5 
and have had huge spawns from norberti, nijsseni, hongsloi, cacutoides, Rams 
and dicrossus filiamentosa.  The only two species I've struggled with are 
borelli and hippolytae - can anyone tell me the preffered conditions for 
breeding them?

Alan W


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