Re: Light Trap

[Mike & Diane Wise <apistowise@bewellnet.com>]

Römer reports that whenever the sun shines on an apisto habitat, apistos tend
to stay above the leaf litter as long as nothing threatens them. Often the
open water was less than 30 cm / 1 ft above a layer of dead leaves and branch
1 m / 40" thick.

Mike Wise

Yvan Alleau wrote:

> hi,
> it is interesting to see that apistos that are benthic fishs go toward the
> surface to get insects. Doing so in nature they would be an easy prey. Is
> this a behavior known in the wild or is this due to the captive situation
> were there is no real danger ?
>                         FLI USA
>
> Yvan Alleau

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <colingorton@eurosport.com>
> To: <apisto@listbox.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 04, 2001 3:57 AM
> Subject: Light Trap
>
> > Are you saying your apistos will eat these too?
> > Come up to the surface to eat insects?
> >
> > The Nijsenni certainly do, you can see them waiting
> > for me to switch the light on! The Pandurini don't
> > but they're in a deeper tank and a bit "slow" and
> > they're also being pushed around by the Rams. The
> > Rams are the most obvious beggars for the lights, and
> > also they are the most fearless, quartering any
> > insect unfortunate enough to fall in.


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