Re: light and fry

[Mike & Diane Wise <apistowise@fgn.net>]

Yvan,

I doubt that your lighting had anything to do with the loss of the fish. It's
much more likely that something poisoned the water. I've had very few problems
with apistos eating their fry because the lighting suddenly changed (actually
the lights turning on in a totally darkened room). The one exception for me has
been A. bitaeniata. With this species I always was more successful by adding a
4W 'night light' bulb above the tank at night for about the first 4 weeks. If
you feel the need for a light at night, I'd suggest a 15W appliance bulb
centrally located in a fish room if you have one. If you can't do this, but your
tanks are located closely together, you might try laying a string of uncolored
(white/clear) Christmas tree lights along the tops edges of your aquaria - like
moonlight in the tropics :-).

Mike Wise

Yvan Alleau wrote:

> hi all,
> ok here is another subject!
> ususally when i have apistos with fry i leave a small light on during the
> night so that the parent can still take care of the eggs / fry. it has never
> been a problem until now. parents seem to kind of being awake but not
> completely...kind of in a torpor.
> Lately i had some A. borelli with ~ 100-150 young. everything was great
> until on morning everybody (fry) or almost was dead.
> It was their 4 days of free swimmers and they were eating very well and were
> growing darn fast.
> Ok here is the question: do you think that they have been sooo exhausted
> that they died? (lack of sleep)
> What do you guys do when eggs and later fry are present in the tank with the
> parents.
> have a good night all.
> take care
>
>  Yvan Alleau
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