Re: Slow growers (was: Aggie "Alenquer")

[Frauley/Elson <fraulels@minet.ca>]

Just to add an element to this interesting thread. I find different
growth rates for different groups within the apisto universe. Agas,
cacatuoides, regani group fish and some others grow like weeds for me.
However, the mcmasteri group have been different for me. I kept veijita
for a few years, and they took forever to mature. Now, I have a young
pair of hongsloi that have taken months to spawn (yesterday, at last!).
Has anyone else had this experience?
Gary

Ps - oddly, I have had apisto pairs defy logic and slow down their
spawning with too many water changes. I assume it's beyond the test kit
range variablity in the water I give them, or maybe wintertime oxygen
saturation, but it has been there. Stable and clean has done it for me.
I have some killie species which won't lay eggs until a week after water
changes. These are creatures that need the same water as my apistos.
What works works.
Gary


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