Re: Adoptions (was New Subscriber...)

[huntley@ix.netcom.com]

I tried this as personal e-mail, and it got bounced. Since it may be of 
interest to others, I'll post it here, and hope Ruvan can get it.



  Ruvan Nanayakkara <ruvan@marshill.com> -- didn't work
Ruvan wrote: 
>
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>... Have kept several Apisto 
>species and two Nanochromis species. Was successful in breeding and 
>raising A. borellii.
>
>The A. borellii breeding experience was an intersting one. I had two 
>pairs in a 20H. The dominant male first spawned with the dominant female 
>and a few days later spawned with the second female. When the fry from 
>the second female were about 2 days old(free swimming) the dominant 
>female "aquired" about half of the second females fry and raised them. 
>Anyone know wether this is common in Appistogramma
>
Don't know how common, but I recently had a similar experience with A. 
agassizii, and then got totally confused as to who was raising whose babies, 
for they seemed to swap back and forth. :^)

Wright


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