P. taeniatus spawn

["Walter McCree" <wmccree@usa.net>]

I am so excited right now I can't stop grinning.  I have a pair of
P.taeniatus Lobe that spawned last night.  It was totally unexpected as I
didn't notice very much color change in either of the pair.  The male is not
camped over the cave as I thought he would be.  In fact he has totally no
interest in the female or the cave area at all.  The female doesn't chase
him off and he just seems to mind his own business. She is very aggressive
to the other fish in the tank.  This is a complete change form the day
before.
I have been told that these fish are known to eating their eggs and fry.
My question is...Should I leave the male in the tank and see what happens,
or should I try to remove him with the least amount of effort as possible.
The pair are in a well planted tank 48.5"L X 12.5"W X 13.5"H with 2 leopard
danios. I don't know the gallons.  I'd guess about 30.
Any advise would be most appreciated.

Thanks,
Walt
----- Original Message -----
From: Sean Murphy <seancmurphy@hotmail.com>
To: <apisto@majordomo.pobox.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 1999 1:39 PM
Subject: Re: Fish and education


> Hi Tarah,
>
> As a fisheries professional I have some advise about pursuing studies
> of tropical fish.  Funding for these kinds of pursuits is few and far
> between.  You really have to be ready to pay your dues to study the
> kind of fish we love on this list.  The PhD offers I had for tropical
> fish group studies that required collecting were fairly pitiful
> funding wise.  You might be in luck as a molecular geneticist in that
> you can borrow specimens from collections for some of your work.
> However, you run the risk of not being taken seriously by the
> organismal side of biology if you only work with museum stock.
>
> You noted that many people on the list have mentioned that some
> question sounded like a possible grad student project.  I would bet
> these people are either Professors that know how to work grad students
> to death or people that have never done a grad project.  Many of the
> suggestions I have seen are too broad for a single student to
> complete.  Pick your projects carefully, and try to find more than one
> experiment to try, running three at the same time is what saved my
> Masters thesis.
>
> If you are going to do a study of a tropical topic I recommend turning
> a deaf ear to the neysayers, putting your goals firmly infront of you
> and dedicating 3 to 5 years of solid effort to finish them.
>
> Good luck
>
> Sean Murphy
> Fisheries Biologist
> There is a fine line between fishing and standing on the bank looking
> like an idiot.
>
>
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