Re: experience

[salS <chas33@optonline.net>]

Mike,
That's truly very interesting..thanks for the reply...
sal

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike & Diane Wise" <apistowise@fgn.net>
To: <apisto@listbox.com>
Sent: Friday, March 15, 2002 3:07 PM
Subject: Re: experience


> Sal,
>
> How very interesting. Considering that many apisto females will herd live
food,
> I don't see why they won't herd some other fish's fry. Back in the
prehistory of
> apisto breeding it wasn't uncommon to hear about someone using A. borellii
> females as surrogate mothers for the fry of other cichlids - even non
apisto
> fry.
>
> Mike Wise
>
> salS wrote:
>
> > I would like to share an experience and would like to know if anyone
else
> > experienced the same.
> > In my 20gl high (full of java moss and some Anubias plants) I have 4
> > Dicrossus Maculata, that after I removed all (?) the A. Mamore, they
began
> > to spawn. The first spawn the eggs disappeared, so when she spawned
again I
> > decided that if they hatched I would steal the wigglers.  They hatched,
and
> > I removed all the fry (so I thought!), 5 days later I saw the female,
still
> > in her breeding form, was herding about 6 fry and at the same time a
bright
> > yellow Mamore female came out of the java moss with about the same
amount of
> > fry.  Now, I know that they are not Mamore fry because there hasn't been
a
> > male in there for about a month, so I would assume that she took on the
role
> > of a surrogate mother.  I had this happen before, but only when a
females
> > already had fry. They're both doing fine.
> > sal
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <mjacobs2@tampabay.rr.com>
> > To: <apisto@listbox.com>
> > Sent: Friday, March 15, 2002 4:31 AM
> > Subject: Re: keep it to apistos
> >
> > > Frank......long time no talk......
> > >
> > > Did you "cut" my response to the evolution???  It's Ok if you
did.....just
> > > haven't seen it!...I thought it might help, but whatever!!  I thought
it
> > > was "tame" enough!
> > >
> > > Mike
> > >
> > >
> > > > Keep on topic please.
> > > > -- list owner
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
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