Re: elizabethae spawnings

["David Soares" <apistodave@bendcable.com>]

Elizabethae is a tough one to keep you guys easy to spawn but then
what --one suggestion you are on the right track by keeping changes to a
minumum but also when grown up dont move fry move parents---F1's almost
impossible to spawn when i got the furst ones 6 yearts ago from Uwe they
were wild and spawned easy i put fry in grawing tank and just when an inch
long lost about 300 in 3 days
Soft Water Dwarf Cichlids
Uwe Romer & David Soares
14697 S. Bluegrass Ln.
Sisters OR, 97759
Phone/541-549-9350
apistodave@bendcable.com
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Ray" <rbnw34747@blueyonder.co.uk>
To: <apisto@listbox.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2002 4:35 AM
Subject: Re: elizabethae spawnings


> 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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