Re: lurking and hibernation

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In a message dated 19/09/01 05:25:00 GMT Daylight Time, BigJohnW@webtv.net 
writes:

> has anyone ever used
>  a 55 gallon tank for a breeder setup?? 

I use a 48x18x18, which I guess is about the same size as a 55 gallon for 
many polygamous dwarfs (and those like Apistogramma atahualpa & Nanacara 
anomla which tend to be hard on their partners too). 

I've used it with cacutoides and they are great to watch - the females steal 
the fry from each other and you end up with the dominant female looking after 
a huge cloud of fry and the subdominants having things fairly easy with 15 or 
20 fry remaining.

The fry don't grow as fast as when concentrated in a 10 gallon, but survival 
is fairly high (watch the male closely) and I think the fry turn out nicer.

The only problem is the water changes :-)

Alan W


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