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Re: frequent spawning
Grzegorz,
There is no study on apisto breeding & longevity. My personal experience is
that my apistos females live about 50% than those in Uwe Römer's longevity
experiment. His females were constantly breeding. Mine I breed only 3 - 4 times
each year (I separate the males from the females after spawning). My feeling is
that spawning & raising fry causes more stress than simply eating & swimming.
Stress tends to "age" everyone by making us more susceptible to diseases, etc.
Mike Wise
Grzegorz Prusinowski wrote:
> Hello folks,
>
> I'm a starting apisto maniac from Poland. I currently keep
> a. sp "Rio Mamore", n. anomala, m. ramirezi and had short stints
> with a. cacatuoides, and some other species.
> I've been reading the list for some time and now have a tickling
> question of my own.
> if the fish spawn very often - is it healthy for them?
> it usualy means, that they like the conditions, but laying eggs
> every second week could be quite a burden for the female's
> organizm, that may perhaps lead to exhaust and a shorter life.
>
> I keep them all in the community tank, so the fry usually
> disappears after a week or so and they start again - particularly
> the nannacaras. the mamores have yet to mature a bit ;-)
>
> regards
>
> Grzegorz Prusinowski
> (Greg - if you want it simple ;-)
>
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