Re: small fish

[<kathy@thekrib.com>]

On Fri, 18 Sep 1998, Mike Jacobs wrote:

> Eric Olsen said:
> 
> >We've spawned borellii, but
> >the fry are still tiny even after almost a year.
> 
> Folks.......I've had 5-6 batches of A. borellii in he last 1 1/2 that I
> chose to keep and raise..........I experienced the same thing that Eric
> did with the borellii.....SMALL babies after a year.  Folks these aren't
> in a 10 gallon.  They are in a 125 gallon and get feed 2-3 times a day
> with live bbs and live black works.  Two of the batches grew just fine
> and were quite the studs.....yellow/blue.......and one batch was the
> supposed "opal-red mask".  But I have been "under-ground "with my small
> borellii till I could be sure what is going on......Eric came out so I
> am also.  Any suggestions or comments?
> 
> Mike
> 

Mike,

Ours were in a 60 with other apisto fry I was raising.  They tend to be
shyer and more fragile than the others.  I was wondering if to effectively
raise these guys I would have to dedicate a tank only to them, they don't
seem like a very competative apisto.

Even when they were alone though, before I combined them they were growing
very slow.  We feed bbs, flake, and daphnia.

They also sell relatively cheap at the fish stores, usually $6, versus $15
on all the other apisto's.  So the stores don't give us that much for
them.  I like selling to the stores to for a reasonable price, to get them
out to the hobbyist.  

Kathy


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