Re: Panduro

["Daryl Hudson" <daryldh@erols.com>]

Thanks for the information!  I just want to get the conditions I was
wondering if you use dithers in your tanks?  Do you heavily plant your tanks
as well?  I had a pair of A. cacatuoides in a 10 gallon that contained some
plant cover and a small cave, but not as heavily planted as I would have
liked.  It seemed that the male chased the female somewhat, and when I came
back from a one day trip out of town, my female was dead.

Recently, I finally found some Java Moss at a LFS and have used it in the
panduro tank along with some Java fern.  I hope to avoid my previous folly
by providing more hiding places.

Thanks again.
Daryl Hudson
----- Original Message -----
From: John Wubbolt <BigJohnW@webtv.net>
To: <apisto@admin.listbox.com>
Sent: Saturday, October 09, 1999 8:27 PM
Subject: Re: Panduro


> Hello Daryl
> Well how to start.   I've kept and spawned Panduro's for about the past
> 3 years now, back when they were sp Pandurini ( still like that name
> better).   I also keep Nijsenni.   As you have mentioned they are
> similar looking and I have found them to be similar in spawning
> requirements.   I've read where you had to keep Nijsenni in very acid
> water (pH of 5.5) to get them to spawn.  I guess I was lucky because
> both species have spawned and raised fry in water with a pH of 6.8 or
> closer to 7.0.    My tap water varies ever so slightly depending on
> season and weather activities of the recent past.    It also has a
> hardness of 60ppm.   On the soft but not extremely soft range.    I
> mainly used bare bottom 10 gallon tanks with 2 flower pots in the tank
> as a spawning tank.   I also use Hydro Sponge filters in my tanks.   For
> some reason with out the current of the power filters I used to use, the
> fish seem more comfortable.
> Anyways, I condition my fish with baby brine shrimp everyday, tetra bits
> ( now called color bits, sorry but old habits are hard to change) I also
> use frozen blood worms and mosquito larvae (frozen, don't like having
> the live things start flying around in the house, but live ones are
> better foods) used to feed live black worms but don't use them anymore.
> Either way a good varied diet with live once a day and prepared foods
> once a day kept my fish in great spawning condition.   I have found that
> both species do better in pairs then trios or groups.  Have had a few
> non dominant females end up dead or darn near to it.   Not much else I
> could think of, oh temperature in my tanks for these guys were right
> around 78 - 80F.   Other then that, can't think of anything else.   Hope
> this helps.   Both species were/are good parents.
>
> John Wubbolt
>
>
>
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