Re: crenacara filamentosa

[Scott <zerelli@yahoo.com>]

I think you would be surprised at what cardinals will
breed in. I saw ghost shrimp eat cardinal fry in my
125. It is tap water only! Tons of plants and lots of
light (for a couple of days till the jungle mutes it
out). I was stuned to see the tiny little fry, but
then again I only saw them very briefly before they
got eaten (I had just noticed it when it got munched).
It had to be a cardinal since it was too small and too
clear to be a platy, which is the only other fish
in the tank of breeding age at the time.


--- Mike & Diane Wise <apistowise@bewellnet.com>
wrote:
> You're right, backwater habitats rarely have good
> stands of aquatic plants, but
> some do occur. Personally, if you want a planted
> tank, you want a show tank more
> than a breeding tank. The fish you list will easily
> live in the slightly acid,
> moderately soft, water used in such plant tanks.
> Cardinals won't breed in it,
> but I wouldn't be surprised if pencils (at least N.
> marginatus & beckfordi) and
> cichlids breed for you. You may not get quantity,
> but this is not what such a
> tank is designed for.
> 
> Mike Wise


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