Re: small fish

[Fi205sh@aol.com]

Hi, I just joined the list and have some thoughts on fry raising with the
parents and without. I normally pull the eggs from the parents as soon as I
notice a spawn and hatch in a drum bowl, moving swimming fry to bare 10's. I
feed once a day bbs enough so there is a lot of shrimp left after an hour. I
do change 30-50% of the water 1-3 to times a week depending on the numbers of
fry. I have had many Apisto's spawning by 3-4 months but T. candidi spawned at
8 weeks post freeswiming. 
When I didn't need fry and left them with the parents, the fry did grow a
little faster which I attribute to having lots of things to browse on all day
long in the planted and gravelled spawning tanks versus bare 10's. With west
Africans, I can usuallay get as good or better growth away from the parents.
Another note, when I pull eggs from the parents, I usually get little
fighting, but when I pull fry I will get many more fights. Case in point, I
just pulled fry from A. pertensis and the female killed both males and three
other females, but I do have 20 fry coming up.


-------------------------------------------------------------------------
This is the apistogramma mailing list, apisto@majordomo.pobox.com.
For instructions on how to subscribe or unsubscribe or get help,
email apisto-request@majordomo.pobox.com.
Search http://altavista.digital.com for "Apistogramma Mailing List Archives"!