You know Mike you might be right on this one.....I left my bass catching days long before I began to care about spawning things. I just remember a big fish looking after a bunch of fry, and "schools" of thousands of little 3/4" catfish swimming by............ On the other hand maybe the natural selection in that single pond and the world has been changed forever because some farmer let his cows "tinkle" in the pond...........................;-);-) Mike Mike Jacobs Math Instructor, Center for Advanced Technologies Lakewood H.S., St Pete, Fl. mfjacobs@geocities.com mikejacobs@ij.net -----Original Message----- From: Mike & Diane Wise <apistowise@bewellnet.com> To: apisto@majordomo.pobox.com <apisto@majordomo.pobox.com> Date: Thursday, November 05, 1998 4:54 PM Subject: Re: Rams de-selection >I know this doesn't have anything to do with this thread, but I was under the >impression that in Centrarcids (including bass & blue gills) the male actually built >the nest, fanned the eggs and brooded the fry for the first few days. The female >only spawned in his nest and left right away. Am I wrong? > >Mike Wise > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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"!