Re: Apistos in community tank

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

Max,

Uwe has done behavioral work in the wild, floating for hours along a stream bank
using a mask and snorkel (wrinkled skin method), but most of his work, naturally,
had to be done in aquaria. Basically much of his large tank observations are also
seen in the wild.

I'm not positive about "bachlingen", either. German writers are as good (no,
better) at making up descriptive words as English writers are. I just went on
context to interpret it. Bach is German for brook, stream, or rivulet,  "-ling"
is a diminutive suffix, and "-en" makes it plural. Therefore, it means tiny
(inhabitants) of rivulets. Pencilfish apparently don't have a set name in German.
I have seen them (collectively) called "Schlanksalmer" (slender characoid) and
more commonly "Ziersalmer" (ornamental characoid). Killies are normally called
"Zahnkarpen" (tooth carps). Uwe had already mentioned characoids (Salmlern) in
the sentence, so I presumed that the only other small surface dwelling fish would
be rivulins.

Mike Wise

Max Gallade wrote:

> Mike,David,everybody
> Thanks  for your reply.I wanted to hear the expert opinion on this and get
> away from the discussion of the 10m Ram with ick. We have Stichlinge in
> Germany that get that big but only near the wastewater exit of nuclear power
> plants :-).
> I never heard the name "Bachlinge" for Killifish before, thanks Mike.
> I keep and breed my fish both ways and must admit that I do like the larger
> community tank setup better than a bunch of 10-15g tanks,but that's only
> personal preference.I have a 75g setup like Uwe's but without the dwarf
> pikes.
> I get a fair number of surviving fry in the community setup,but only from
> the more aggressive species e.g. A.nijsseni or the macmasteri complex ,20-40
> depending on the parents brood care and defensive abilities.
> I watched mom and pop nijsseni the other day side by side, fiercely
> defending their fry against a intruding Cory cat.You could tell that they
> were teaming up on that catfish.
> Just like Uwe described it.
> I try to breed my more delicate species in a smaller tank setup.
> Mike,did Uwe do his research on natural behavior in the wild or in his large
> tanks at home ,or both?
> Have a great weekend
> Max Gallade'
>
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