Re: 'Wilhelmi' and Ray Blackburn- himself

["Ray" <rbnw34747@blueyonder.co.uk>]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ray" <rbnw34747@blueyonder.co.uk>
To: <apisto@listbox.com>
Sent: Saturday, April 06, 2002 6:53 AM
Subject: Re: 'Wilhelmi' and Ray Blackburn- himself


> hi -all on line-its scouse RAY come out of lurking thanks to
> pedro[adoketa]pete-i dont no about singing mike j but
> mybe its THE MERSEY BEAT--ok mike j hear goes-  ---i breed all my apistos
in
> 16-8-8 and 18-10-10 tanks-----ref-the apisto WILHELMI-was in 16-8-8 with a
> silica sand bottom  temp-75- ph 5.5 hardness 2/3-food-plenty of live
> bloodworm/whiteworm plus any leftover brime s----the setup is
semi/furnished
> three small plant pots each with a different entrance ie-top middle-bottom
> mine took the top -fe-male-in first-well feed-after about in goes the male
> plenty of chaseing around but soon settledl then the magic happend she
> coloured up but not the usual yellow but alightish grey with ajet
> blacklateral spots but the male was something else with his rusty dark
blood
> red throat-after three days i take the male out he hase done his job
another
> three days aprox out comes the fe-male with the brood of about 60
fry --good
> hey--fisrt food i use is inforsoria then brime hope this helps you mike j
> ill tell you more about what i am doing soon  taking up to mutch air
> space --scouse RAYOriginal Message -----
> From: <mjacobs2@tampabay.rr.com>
> To: <apisto@listbox.com>
> Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2002 12:28 PM
> Subject: Re: 'Wilhelmi' and Ray Blackburn
>
>
> > Ray.....tell us about the "Wilhelmi".......I had it and tried every
trick
> in my
> > book to get it to spawn......even singing........but I ddn't have the
> "Blue
> > Goop"....what did you do?  Water???  Food???  Tankmates???  size of
> tank???
> >
> > by the way congratulations.....tough fish...........
> >
> > Mike
> >
> >
> >
> > > Just while we are discussing this fish, I happen to know that there is
> an
> > > aquarist over here in the UK with at least one large brood of this
fish,
> who
> > > is also on this list.
> > > How do I know? Because we were having a drink together on Tuesday
night.
> > > And why does he never post anything about his repeated successes with
> Dwarf
> > > Cichlids?
> > > Because he's shy (a shy Scouser! Can't be too many of those around).
> > > So, this post is to get him to stick his head over the parapet and let
> > > people know about what he's breeding in his compact but effective fish
> > > house.
> > > Come on Ray, I know you're listening.
> > > It's the same guy who provided Colin Gorton with some lovely fish last
> year,
> > > Colin, you want to join the campaign to get him to stop lurking?
> > > Pete.
> > >
> > >
> >
>
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