Re: borelli behavior (sponge filter)

[Mike & Diane Wise <apistowise@bewellnet.com>]

Daniel,

There's little I can add to Helen's message. Your tank location should
be fine for most apistos, but I wouldn't expect Orinoco Rams and some
dwarf acaras spawning in such a busy location. I wouldn't worry about
shutting down the filter at feeding time unless you are put out a lot of
air. My system is similar to Helen's. Fish are bred in tanks w/coarse
sand bottoms & sponge filters. Most have only Java Moss & Duckweed
(Lemna sp.) for plants. The fry are kept in the breeding tank for at
least a month. After that they are placed in larger grow-out tanks that
are set up like the spawning tanks only with bare bottoms. This works
for me. So far this week I've gotten spawns from my A. sp. Red-fin Rio
Xingu & A. maciliensis.

Mike Wise

dharnden@mindspring.com wrote:

> Helen,
>
> I want to give my babies the best I can. I have some water sprite I can put
> in the tank to give some cover. I have fine gravel and sand I could put on
> the bottom of the tank. I had it bare to make it easier to siphon debris
> from the bottom when I do water changes. I turn the filter off make when I
> feed baby brine shrimp so that it doesn't circulate all over.  It might be a
> scary tank, it sits at one end of the kitchen counter (which is busy).
>
> Describe a generic apisto raising out tank for me. How are yours set up?
>
> > Daniel,
> > I cannot see any reason for you to turn off the filtration.  Apart from
> > loosing the bacteria the flow from the filter circulates the heat in your
> > tank.  Can you perhaps obtain some plants for the fry tank, Java Moss or
> > Fern this will make the fry feel more secure.  Remember that these fry
> have
> > not experienced water flow or the noise this makes.  Also you have placed
> > them in a bare bottom tank which in my opinion scares fish.
> > Helen
> >
> >
> > >My borelli fry are about 10 days free swimming. I siphoned them out and
> > >placed them in a ten gallon tank. I put a sponge filter in with the fry
> > (the
> > >adult tank still has leaves in it and no filter but all appears well).
> The
> > >fry will swim around if the filter is turned off and there is no current.
> > >But if the filter is turned on they stay at the bottom (the tank is bare
> > >except for the filter and heater).
> > >
> > >My question is : How long can sponge filter stay turned off without
> hurting
> > >the bacterial colony that lives in it?
> > >Is three hours too long?
> > >Daniel Hamden
>
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