Re: maintaining Ph for fry?

["Mike Jacobs" <mjacobs2@tampabay.rr.com>]

Mike.................that is TERRIBLY interesting.....the fin thing.  Can
you elaborate and possibly extrapolate to other species than A.
trifasciata???????

We learn something every day folks...............you know the discus folks
say the change to hard water affects nothing and in fact is GOOD for the
young fish.........not trying to argue.........this sounds very
interesting!!

Mike

           Mike Jacobs
Inca 50's & A. sp Fresa...in stock
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike & Diane Wise" <apistowise@bewellnet.com>
To: <apisto@v2.listbox.com>
Sent: Monday, March 17, 2003 3:13 PM
Subject: Re: maintaining Ph for fry?


> Matt,
>
> By now these juveniles should be able to handle
> "more normal" water
> conditions. Don't do massive water changes with
> radically different water
> values, however, but you can slowly change it to
> slightly acid, moderately
> hard, water over a period of a week or so. I don't
> know what this will do
> to the development of the fins, however. In A.
> trifasciata, for example,
> specimens raised in soft water develop higher
> dorsal fin spines than do
> specimens in harder water. Who knows, maybe the
> same happens with Inca.
>
> Mike Wise
>
> Matt & Linda Crocker wrote:
>
> > My Inca's spawned in Ph 5.9, so far I have been maintaining the Ph 5.9
> > for the fry.  The first batch that was swimmers on January 28 is still
> > at 5.9.  Do I need to keep them at 5.9?  Or can I just start weaning
> > them off this water and have no sex ratio problems.  What are the most
> > important parameters to maintain to get an even split on the sex ratio?
> > I am mixing RO, a little tap water and peat treated water to get the
> > 5.9.
> >
> > Matt
> >
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