A.cruzi, et. al.

[Paul Evans <pm_evans@yahoo.com>]

Hi all,

I was lucky enough to pick up some A. cruzi a 
few days ago.  I picked up two pairs and I 
now have a trio ;-(  1 male, 2 females.  I am
going back to the LFS tonight to see if I can
get another male.  A few quick questions for 
those who have kept A. cruzi.  

1.  Do they breed in pair, trios, or both?
2.  According to Mayland and Bork their natural
water is not all that soft and around neutral
ph.  What water conditions have you bred them
in?  Mayland and Bork also state the A. cruzi
is amoung the easier to breed, do you agree?

While I was picking these up there was a tank of
fish called 'Broken Line Tetra'.  They were very
striking and seemed to inhabit the upper 2/3 of
the tank.  I searched altavista and found one hit
with 'broken line tetra'.  I clicked to that 
page (http://www.geocities.com/WestHollywood/Castro/2147/fish.html)
and it has the right (poor quality) picture
but the wrong specific name (Hemigrammus caudovittatus).  Since the
picture is not too good
the fish has a black stripe along the lateral line.
On top of the black stripe is an irridesent yellow/green stripe.  The
dorsal fine is yellow and
the adapose (sp?) fin is red.  Does anyone have 
information about these fish?

Lastly, I bought a flouresent light fixture at Home
Depot to try to grow some plants in my 20gallon tank.
I also picked up a cord that has a 3 prong wall 
connector on one end and bare wires on the other.  I
was looking at the wiring diagrams on the fixture and
on thekrib, I guess I dont have to wire the ground? 
There are only two wires coming out of the ballast 
anyway.  I just moved into a new place, I don't want
to burn it down yet!

Thanks in advance.

Paul  




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