RE: artificial hatching

[Ken Laidlaw <kl@jach.hawaii.edu>]

> I DO think that fry tend to grow much faster in the presence of the female 
> in many cichlid species - apistos included.  I don't know why this would 
> be, but I have certainly experienced it firsthand. 

I have also seen evidence of this.  The first time I successfully raised
an apisto (A.trifasciata) I pulled about half the fry after a couple of
days of freeswimming.  The fry left with their mother grew at a much
faster rate.

Ken.