Re: N Taenia egg eating! P.S.

[David Sanchez <barbax2@yahoo.com>]

To emphasize the importance of DOC's keep in mind that
water from the natural biotope of our little riverine
Dwarf Cichlids is at about 30 us/cm or less and stays
constant! If we check our home aquariums we will be
alarmed to see how that value shifts from day to day.
If we really think about it our fish breed in spite of
what we do not because of what we do. Good luck. And
the way to combat this fluctuation on water quality is
only through water changes! So if an Apisto is giving
you a hard time just do more water changes. No
secrets. Just common sense. With that information we
can breed any Apisto that comes our way.

Dave Sanchez






--- David Sanchez <barbax2@yahoo.com> wrote:
> 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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