Well Max, your female is certainly showing different fry brooding behavior than mine did, and I only got 8 fry. By the way, I also got mine from Mike, but I think he put something in the water to make my female a bad mother!!!...just kidding Mike.. Keep us informed. Sal ----- Original Message ----- From: "Max Gallade" <mgallade@hotmail.com> To: <apisto@listbox.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2002 10:11 AM Subject: Re: A. sp."Maulbrueter". > Hi Sal ,Rich all , > Here's the latest on my A. sp."Maulbrueter": > The female kept her wigglers in one certain pit for the last two days. > It looks like that they will be free swimming either by today or tomorrow.I > estimated about 15-20 fry.Not much compared to other Apisto forms.I left the > male in the tank for now.He always get's chased away when he gets to close > to the pit.The female only leaves the pit to get some food or to chase the > male away. > I'm hoping to get some nice photos of the female with fry this time for the > new website:).I'll keep my fingers crossed.Oh ,did I mentioned that my pair > came from Mike Jacobs,Thanks again Mike. > This species is really a great addition to any Apisto fishroom. > Max > > >From: "Max Gallade" <mgallade@hotmail.com> > >Reply-To: apisto@listbox.com > >To: apisto@listbox.com > >Subject: A. sp."Maulbrueter". > >Date: Tue, 09 Jul 2002 14:09:18 +0000 > > > >Hi all, > >Here's an update on my pair of A. sp."Maulbrueter". > >Ok, I found about 20 new wigglers in the tank this morning.The female dug > >up the whole tank,probably to create hiding spots for her fry.She really > >likes to dig near plant roots until they are exposed.This will give the fry > >probably more spots to hide in.I really think that a fine sand substrate is > >important to have in the breeding tank for this species. > >I will post pictures of the tank and of the female carrying her wigglers > >later today in the Maulbruetr section on my old website. > >My pair will be moved to bigger , but similar decorated quarters (20g long) > >after this spawn. > >I'm really enjoying watching their interesting behavior,very different from > >other Apisto species forms. > >Max > > > > > > > > > > > >Visit "The Digital Aquarium" and L&M Tropicals at: http://clix.to/Apisto > >E-mail: lmtropicals@apisto.bravepages.com > > mgallade@apisto.bravepages.com > > mgallade@hotmail.com > > > > > >_________________________________________________________________ > >Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com > > > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >This is the apistogramma mailing list, apisto@listbox.com. > >For instructions on how to subscribe or unsubscribe or get help, > >email apisto-request@listbox.com. apisto-digest@listbox.com also available. > >Web archives at http://lists.thekrib.com/apisto > >Trading at http://blox.dropship.org/mailman/listinfo/apisto_trader > > > > > Visit "The Digital Aquarium" and L&M Tropicals at: http://clix.to/Apisto > E-mail: lmtropicals@apisto.bravepages.com > mgallade@apisto.bravepages.com > mgallade@hotmail.com > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Join the world’s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. > http://www.hotmail.com > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This is the apistogramma mailing list, apisto@listbox.com. > For instructions on how to subscribe or unsubscribe or get help, > email apisto-request@listbox.com. apisto-digest@listbox.com also available. > Web archives at http://lists.thekrib.com/apisto > Trading at http://blox.dropship.org/mailman/listinfo/apisto_trader > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is the apistogramma mailing list, apisto@listbox.com. For instructions on how to subscribe or unsubscribe or get help, email apisto-request@listbox.com. apisto-digest@listbox.com also available. Web archives at http://lists.thekrib.com/apisto Trading at http://blox.dropship.org/mailman/listinfo/apisto_trader