Re: light and fry

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

Tim,

This is what happens when your original ISP gets bought up by another. My mail
server has changed, but not my old email address. It's still:
apistowise@bewellnet.com. It's nice in one way. Think of all the spammers who
keep sending to the wrong address!

Mike Wise

Tim Ellis wrote:

> Mike,
>
> I keep getting mail bounced back from your new addy. Whats up?
>
> Tim
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mike & Diane Wise" <apistowise@fgn.net>
> To: <apisto@listbox.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2002 11:53 AM
> Subject: Re: light and fry
>
> > 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
> > > 712 N.W Kings Blvd
> > > Corvallis, OR 97330
> > > College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences
> > > Oregon State University
> > > office (Burt 222) # 737-3649, to be used wisely!
> > >
> > > PLEASE NOTE NEW E-MAIL ADDRESS:
> > > yalleau@coas.oregonstate.edu
> > >
> > > "When you're far from everything, you're getting closer to the
> essential"
> > >
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