Re: Perverse fish!

[Mike & Diane Wise <apistowise@bewellnet.com>]

Colin,

All I do now is put a few pebbles between the slate & the glass bottom; something too big for the fish to move.

Mike Wise

Colin Gorton wrote:

> The situation at present is thus; They've dug a hole gig enough for both to comfortably fit inside. There is still about 1 inch or so left of support at either side and lots of support left at the back, I had read of your experiences in the archives which is why I posted. I am very loathe to move anything or disturb them and will wait to see if they continue to dig. I don't have to work either for the rest of today or tomorrow and I'll be keeping a very close eye on them, if it looks like the  slate is a bit precarious, I'll put some supports in.
> C:-)lin
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Mike & Diane Wise <apistowise@bewellnet.com>
> Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2003 08:34:22 -0700
> To: apisto@listbox.com
> Subject: Re: Perverse fish!
>
> > Colin,
> >
> > My experience has been very different from others. Back in 1979, when any Krib other than Pv. pulcher was extremely rare, I had 7 Pv. 'taeniatus' Moliwe fry grow out to be 6 females & 1 male. The male paired off with a female & they started digging a cave under a piece of slate-like rock (fissile basalt). This digging seems to stimulate the breeding urge somehow. One day I went to check their tank & found the piece of rock had settled deeper in the sand. It didn't have any supports under it, other than the sand it was laying on. I couldn't find my male anywhere ... until I lifted the slab. There he was - crushed & dying. He had undermined the slab. I had the females for 3 more years & never
> > could find a male for them. I strongly suggest that you put supports under any slabs so this doesn't happen to you!
> >
> > Mike Wise
> >
> > Colin Gorton wrote:
> >
> > > When I was in the UK over the New Year I managed to pick up some Pelvicachromis Taeniata "Keinke" for the first time (thanks Ray) and recently one of the females started to come into colour. There was, by this stage only one male as the other one had been killed, so I moved these two into a breeding tank next to my computer in my office, which has given me plenty of opportunities to study their behaviour in more depth than I might normally do.
> > > Anyway, they had all the usual breeding tank stuff like a few plants, some pots, a piece of drift wood and  coconut shells, but I'd also left a piece of slate in there from my previous Ram breeding. Well, instead of using the pots or cococnuts or whatever else, she's dug a hole under the piece of slate, it's quite wide and I don't think she'll dig too much and cause a cave-in but I don't want this to happen. The slate is about 6 inches wide by 4 inches deep and so far she's excavated about half the width of the slate (I don't know how far back sh'e gone but I suspect about an inch or so. I'm not keen on moving the slate as I don't want to disturb her, what do you guys think I should do?
> > > I'll try and get some shots of them and then post them
> > > C:-)lin
> > >
> > > They said "Smile, things could be worse." So I smiled, and sure enough...
> > >
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> C:-)lin
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> They said "Smile, things could be worse." So I smiled, and sure enough...
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