Re: maintaining Ph for fry?

["Kelly Higgins" <kelly_higgins@cox.net>]

The only reason I move my fry into tap is so my LFS will take them and
hopefully other aquarist will be able to enjoy them without the effort I put
forth to breed them.
Thanks,
KellyHiggins

----- Original Message -----
From: "Apist-O-Rama" <apistorama@fancifulfins.com>
To: <apisto@v2.listbox.com>
Sent: Monday, March 17, 2003 9:08 PM
Subject: Re: maintaining Ph for fry?


> My $0.02:
> I have heard both sides of the story. That moving fry to slightly harder
> water is better because there are more nutrients in the water for the fish
> to use and therefore the fish will do better and grow faster.
> On the flip side I have heard the argument that in the wild these fish
> will spawn and grow to adulthood in the same soft, acid water. Therefore
> these fish's bodies are specialized to take out basically all the of what
> little nutrients are in the water. Now you put these fish in harder water
> and their bodies are still trying to take out all the nutrients and they
> will sort of overload and the fish won't live as long. Sort of like how in
> humans the liver is supposed to take out toxins and in normal
circumstances
> the liver will last a long time. If a person starts drinking all the time
> and the liver "overloads" and you get all types of problems.
> I have seen that when I moved fry over to harder water they do grow
> faster, however I haven't kept any of my fry long enough to know if they
> don't live as long. Which is better? I don't really know, but the reason
to
> keep them in the same soft, acid water seems to make sense to me.
>
> Later,
> Eric
>
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