Re: Tank mate / Artificial hatching questions...

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

Tony,

A 10 gallon tank should be fine for your aggies. They would be better off with a pH
around 6.0 - 6.5, but should produce a few fry at around neutral. My only suggestions
would be to have at least 2 hiding places for each fish (reduces the chance of damage
to one fish by the other) & move the male back to your 60 after the female has eggs.
Sometimes females get real nasty & a 10 isn't very large.

BTW which web site has the red-gold aggie? I don't have a personal web site.

Mike Wise

Anthony Baker wrote:

> Thanks Mike.  I actually looked at the wonderful pics
> on your site, and my male is nearly identical to the
> A. agassizii 'red-gold' you have pictured on Page 1.
>
> Another simple newbie-type question -- The only free
> tank that I could house this pair in is a standard
> 10G with a well cycled sponge filter, a few plant
> cuttings and a thin layer of flourite (I have been
> planing to rear fry in this tank, but the eggs never
> make it!).  I could add some flower pots and PVC to
> increase the hiding spots.  Would this be of
> sufficent size for this pair?
>
> Also, the water in the 60G tank and the 10G is tap
> water with a KH of 3-4 and GH of 5-6.  Compressed CO2
> in the 60G brings down the pH to ~6.8.  The pH in the
> 10G is probably 7.1 or so, but haven't checked
> lately.  Should I add some acid buffer or DIY CO2 to
> lower the pH, or will the pair be able to breed under
> the existing conditions in the 10G?  And, if they do
> breed, should I pull the male out after the eggs are
> laid?
>
> TIA
> -Tony
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike & Diane Wise <apistowise@fgn.net>
> Date: Mon, 04 Mar 2002 10:26:49 -0700
> To: apisto@listbox.com
> Subject: Re: Tank mate / Artificial hatching questions...
>
> > Tony,
> >
> > Any of these fish, including the parents, are likely candidates for egg eating.
> > Apparently there aren't any acceptable caves for spawning or the aggies wouldn't
> > be spawning on an open leaf. In such a busy tank the female may feel it better
> > to eat the eggs and 'recycle' the nutrients for future breeding than to keep up
> > the effort to protect them from so many fish. You could cut the leaf and
> > artificially raise the fry like angelfish, but most hobbyists who have done this
> > have found that they get fewer, and slower growing, fry than when kept with
> > their mother. My suggestion is putting the parents in their own tank for
> > breeding purposes. Otherwise just accept that any fry coming from this tank will
> > be a lucky bonus.
> >
> > Mike Wise
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