Re: N Taenia egg eating!

[David Sanchez <barbax2@yahoo.com>]

Hi Colin nice little fish. I bred them years ago and I
didnt even know what they heck they were at the time.
They are small little guys but very attractive. In
order to help you I have to ask what are your water
parameters? pH? KH? DH? Counductivity? etc give as
much information as you can. I know many folks
attribute egg eating to new parenthood and most people
seem to feel that after a while this behavior will go
away. I am not sure about that. I have a well that I
use to breed my Apistos and the water comes out at pH
5.5 and a counductivity of 30 or less. To tell you
when I have bred any wild Apisto I realy cant remeber
a time they ate the eggs even the first time. it has
happned very few times. I think as long as we provide
a secure environment ( remember our little fish are
heavily preyed upon) floating plants, java moss, lots
of cover and the correct chemical environment we
should be successfull. We also have to watch the DOC's
if we have polluted water the eggs will not hatch and
even if they do the parents very often eat them
because of the DOC's. If we use our counductivity
meter of coursew e can test for this pollution as it
acclimates over time. So Colin look at what I have
said and hopefully youll find the answer there. Feel
free to ask any further questions. Good luck it's a
very nice fish.

Dave


--- Colin Gorton <mr_apisto@graffiti.net> wrote:
> I managed to get hold of some Nannacara Taenia over
> Christmas and one of the females keeps laying eggs
> all over (both in and on a coconut shell as well as
> a suction cup left in the quarantine tank!),
> unfortunately she keeps eating them. What do you
> guys suggest, do I separate her from her offspring?
> She's now the only one in the tank, the last time
> she spawned I removed the male but she still ate
> them.
> She's really pretty in spawning mood.
> Enough of the mud slinging, we can all have our
> differences, just don't let it effect the list,
> PLEASE.
> -- 
> 
> 
> C:-)lin
> 
> They said "Smile, things could be worse." So I
> smiled, and sure enough...
> 
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