Re: A.elizabethae

[David Sanchez <barbax2@yahoo.com>]

Wow thanks for the info Mike. I would love to get my
paws on such a fish!!! It would truley be interesting
to study that fish in particuler. Please let me know
what made that fish such a possable close relative to
T.candidi so I can know what to look for.






--- Mike & Diane Wise <apistowise@bewellnet.com>
wrote:
> David,
> 
> There ware a few specimens of a fish exported to
> Japan a few years ago that were
> intermediate between A. elizabethae and A. (T.)
> candidi. Well, actually they were
> closer in appearance to A. elizabethae. The species,
> for all we know, is now lost
> to the hobby. No one did any studies on the sensory
> pores of this species so we
> can't say for certain that it truly is related to
> one or the other.
> 
> Mike Wise
> 
> David Sanchez wrote:
> 
> > I would like to hear from the folks out there that
> are
> > keeping A.elizabethae. I have a number of
> succesfull
> > spawns under my belt and have been observing their
> > parental behavior with keen intent. I have heard
> it
> > said that they may be an evolutionary link to
> > Taeniacara candidi. So I was curious to note any
> > similarities I might find in their brooding
> behavior.
> > It seems T.candidi females "seemingly" use their
> eyes
> > as an axis and see saw up and down to "herd" their
> > young. I did not observe anything like this "see
> saw"
> > action with any of my A.elizabethae females. I did
> see
> > a keen twiching of the ventral and pectoral fins
> which
> > served as their "herding" signal. Anyway just
> thought
> > it would be something interesting for us to
> discuss.
> > After the scorcher of a summer we had down in
> Florida
> > I am finally back breeding some fish again and I
> > remember why I am so enamored with these little
> guys!
> >
> > =====
> > David Sanchez
> > Orlando, FL
> > http://www.mindspring.com/~barbax
> > barbax@mindspring.com
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