Re: some problems

[Lilia Stepanova <ls691035@bcm.tmc.edu>]

Hey, I believe it should have gone to the list...
As for food, I feed mine primarily beef heart... cheap and they love it. BS 
(brine shrimp or artemia salina) also.. Some times they get flakes, and I 
had several disasters feeding them frozen commercial blood worms and BS... 
never again.

Merry Christmas

Lilia

On Thu, 24 Dec 1998, Andrew Ivanyuk wrote:

> Ok, I'm persuaded by numerous recommendations that water changes should be
> made. Already put some water to be settled... What is about food - there
> are no great variety of it here - usually Tubiflex, mosquito grubs, frozen
> Daphnia
> and Cyclop ("small shrimps" - is it correct name in English?) and lots of
> artificial kinds of food.
> The first 2 are too big for most my fish and I mistrust the last ones. So
> there are remain only frozen shrimps to be fed. Is common food suitable for
> fish? Of course, in books common food is advised to be given to fish, but I
> have not found any indications concerning its share in the whole food. 
> 
> I'm from Donetsk, Ukraine :(
> 
> Merry Christmas to everybody!
> 
> - Andrey
> 
> ----------
> > От: Lilia Stepanova <ls691035@bcm.tmc.edu>
> > Кому: Andrew Ivanyuk <frodo@skif.net>
> > Тема: Re: some problems
> > Дата: 23 декабря 1998 г. 20:06
> > 
> > 
> > Hi Andrew,
> > 
> > I am breeding rams in large quantities. In my experience yours are pretty
> 
> > much grown up and will not grow much more. They need higher temperature 
> > (+30 C), regular water changes (in order not to upset balance, water 
> > should be de-chlorinated, and for rams it is better to use very soft 
> > water), and good food such as beef heart. The pair will not establish a 
> > territory unless they spawn, and even then it will be only for some time 
> > to defend eggs. They will spawn even in hard water, but eggs will not 
> > develop. In order to observe interesting behavior, you need another male 
> > or a pair. Males chase and show off to each other, but never harm, so it 
> > is safe. I have 3 pairs in 20g tanks (100 l) with other fish, their 
> > behavior is very interesting, but not territorial.
> > 
> > Where are you? 
> > 
> > Lilia Stepanova
> > 
> > On Wed, 23 Dec 1998, Andrew Ivanyuk wrote:
> > 
> > > They live in a common tank with ~15 other fish. Most of them,
> especially
> > > scavengers, grow rather well. By the way, what is the maximum size of
> Rams?
> > > Some say it is about 4 inches, others - only 2. The size of my male is
> > > approximately equal to 1,5 inches, of female 1 inch.
> > > - Andrey
> > > 
> > > ----------
> > > > От: Mr. Fish <tvigmny@worldnet.att.net>
> > > > Кому: apisto@majordomo.pobox.com
> > > > Тема: Re: some problems
> > > 
> > > > 
> > > > I would add in some dither fish, possibly a tetra or two.
> > > > 
> > > > Mr. Fish
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > >
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