Re: Surrogate mother update

["Helen Burns" <hlnburns@thefree.net>]

Mike,
My friend breeds Tucurui in RO water and her tip to me was that the way for
success with this species is to have one male and many females.  I am hoping
in the near future to obtain this breeding group from her.
As for the females being good or bad mothers I cannot remember what she told
me.  She does not stay in my area but when I next speak to her on the phone
I will ask and pass the information onto the list.
Helen

>Mayalauren@aol.com wrote:
>> Anyone bred A. sp tucurui?
>> Jason
>
>I haven't, but every article I've read on the species indicates that the
males
>are very aggressive and territorial to anything that isn't a female that's
ready
>to breed. Koslowski states that water conditions aren't important as long
as they
>aren't way out of line apisto wise, but that females are terrible mothers.
They
>just don't take care of their fry. From this I'd recommend a large (55 gal.
or
>larger) tank with lots of dithers and females. I'd also remove the fry as
soon as
>they're hatched. Now that's saying something from someone who believes in
keeping
>fry with their mother for at least 2-3 weeks!
>Mike Wise




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