Re: Apistogramma sp. "Lyretail Panduro" Spawning

["Mike Jacobs" <mjacobs2@tampabay.rr.com>]

Nice job Zack.......it seems that apisto is going to be a tough
one.....thanks for the info on them!

Any one out there know where to get some of the ........Apistogramma sp.
"Lyretail Panduro"

Mike

----- Original Message -----
From: "Zack Wilson" <aquamaniac@earthlink.net>
To: <apisto@listbox.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2001 1:39 PM
Subject: Apistogramma sp. "Lyretail Panduro" Spawning


> I am happy to anounce that as of today I have found free-swimming fry from
> my pair of Lyretail Panduro. I went away for the week and came home to
find
> fry. I did a 50% water change and threw in a bunch of mosquito larvae
before
> I left. It's weird how they always seem to decide to spawn when they get
> ignored.
>
> I can't tell how many fry there are, as the female is very secretive and
> refuses to bring the fry out. She has them hidden in the very back of the
> aquarium behind a piece of driftwood and a cave. The only reason I know
> there are fry is that I got curious that the female wasn't out, so I
looked
> down the row of tanks into theirs from the side and saw a couple of fry
peek
> out. I'm very happy to finally get a spawning, as I've been trying for a
> while.
>
> They were spawned in the following conditions:
>
> Tank size: 20 long, heavily planted(Hygro, Sunset Hygro, Java Moss,
Foxtail,
> Water Spritge, Rotala), flourite substrate, Clay caves, driftwood.
> Temperature: 79F
> pH: 4.97
> dKH: <3
>
> They were conditioned on frozen brine shrimp, mysis shrimp, and live
> mosquito larvae and blackworms.
>
>
>
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