Re: New to list...lotsa Q's...

["William M. Groth" <groth@rice.edu>]

At 12:53 AM 1/14/98 EST, you wrote:
>Okay- my turn
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>In a message dated 98-01-13 04:21:22 EST, Jesse writes:
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	I agree, it is much more fun with working to
	spawn the fishes, in most cases parental behavior
	is absolutely amazing!
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>Sure, but if you plan to breed them, which, IMHO, is the best part of cichlid
>keeping, you will need at least one more tank, once you have fry.
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	OK, I'll bite, What is a Tricrossus??  MiamiBob do
	you mean Dicrossus (which use to be Crenicara) of
	which there are 3 species including maculatus, 
	filamentossa, and punctulata.
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>Tricrossus, as they are really demanding in terms of water condition
>requirements.  

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	The rift lake shell dwellers are some of my absolute
	favorite fish.  I have kept Neolamprologus multifaciatus
	in a 10 gal. tank with only fine gravel, some rocks and
	10 to 20 shells and the colony expanded to as many as 50
	to 60 fish.  I sold a lot to my LFS!
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>But some East African dwarfs are rift lake fish and want hard water with pH
>ranges of 7.8 to about 8.4.  These include but are not restricted to the
genus
>julidichromis, and the shell spawners.

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	I agree, but I tend to be a little leery of getting
	peat for my aquarium from a garden center because
	of potential contaminants which might not bother the
	plants but would be very detrimental to fish health.
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>Maybe you did, maybe you didn't.  Peat plates work.  I now prefer Sphagnum
>peat moss, which is what the plates are made from.  You can obtain it at most
>garden shops.  Be sure to get SPHAGNUM, and nothing else, as nothing else is
>as reliable. 

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    William M. Groth
    3110 Natalias Court
    Houston, TX 77082-3476

  Call me Bill or Willinator
  Aquaria:  Life Member American Cichlid Assoc. I keep other types
  also, such as Tetras and Killiefish and Corydoras.
  Gardening: Herbs, Perennials, Edible flowers, etc. USDA Zone 9a -
  Texas Upper Gulf Coast  - Sunset Zone 28
  Genealogy -- families:  O'Bannon, Lewis, Sehorn, Patterson, Mouser,
  Sebastian, Walker, Wiggins, Moore, Crabtree, and many others.
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