Re: elizabethae spawnings

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

ok george-thanks for the info a mental note has been made----scouse RAY
----- Original Message -----
From: "Geo" <szucs@videotron.ca>
To: <apisto@listbox.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2002 3:38 AM
Subject: elizabethae


>
>
> Hi Ray
>
> I`m George from Montreal who is spawning the elizabethae.
>
> I been breeding them for  1 & 1/ 2 years now.
>
> I have the pair in a 15 gallon tank,with gravel ,plants, coconut shells
and a
> box filter
>
> I use R.O water 80% and the rest is tap,which isn`t that hard  either (120
ppm,
> PH 7.0)
>
> P.H is under 6.0 and hardness is around 20 ppm
>
> The spawning  part was very easy for me,but keeping the fry`s alive was
very
> hard
>
> At first I had a very high date rate of fry`s,over 90%
>
> The hardest part for me, is that the fry`s are very delicate to water
> changes,the first 2-3 months
>
> Very small water changes
>
> I did breed the off spring once so far,only  8 fry`s
>
> Good Luck
>
> George
>
>
>
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