Re: Mikrogeophagus ramirezi questions/My two cents on advertising

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

Max,

".....take a wild guess where the original cac's came from" .......that's
nice to hear!

I have not had the sexing problem with rams that occur with some of the
other "dwarfs".....but be wise to this Max......there is a claim out there
in Fish world that rams are not a very long lived fish......I'm not too sure
just what the actual life in the wild is of an apisto dwarf
cichlid........I've talked to the likes of David Soares and Uve Roomer and
their opinion is that in the wild most dwarfs probably last only a season or
so.......predation. Certainly they last longer in our aquariums....I have
cacatuoides that are 3 years old.....rather snaggle-toothed but they are
around and occasionally might breed every 5-6 months if a female happens to
swims within range of him because he for sure is not chasing
her..........but I have had 2- 2 1/2 year old rams.......that's about my
limit.........the higher the temp the less that time might be............but
that is a good question....but not having experienced sex problems with rams
at any temp........maybe rams just don't have the sex problems that apisto
do............Roomer says the sex can be determined up to 6-7 weeks after
the laying of the eggs..........that just amazes me!

Mike

Mike Jacobs
Center for Advanced Technologies
High School Math Instructor
St. Pete, Fl.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Max Gallade" <mgallade@hotmail.com>
To: <apisto@listbox.com>
Sent: Monday, September 24, 2001 3:10 PM
Subject: Mikrogeophagus ramirezi questions/My two cents on advertising


>
> Hi all,
> I just got my e-mail back to work and sorted through all the messages.A
few
> comments on the advertising stuff:I agree on the ugliness of previous
"wars"
> here.I don't mind and appreciate it if people help each other here finding
> hobby related products/livestock on the web.I found a lot of great sources
> for fish /supplies with the help of others.Although it should be handled
> privately if somebody asks for a certain product/fish to buy on the
list.The
> dealer should answer peoples request in a private e-mail and not on this
> list.I deal with a lot of people on this list privately or through my
> website.
> Hey Mike J.take a wild guess where the original cac's came from in the Fry
> development album on my website:).They still miss the FL weather:).
>
>
> I hope Frank/anybody doesn't mind that I use the TDA URL as a signature?
> Anyways,more Ram baby pix up in Galleria page 3, M.ramirezi album.Breeding
> tank picture added to the breeding journal in the DC article section.
> I have a few questions about the earlier suggested high Temp of
84~85F.Mike
> J.,Z-man should I still keep the temp that high since the fry are free
> swimming for three days now ?How/does the high temp will influence the sex
> ratio?
> Thanks
> Max
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