Re: Laetacara thayeri

[Piabinha@aol.com]

In a message dated 12/19/99 3:57:41 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
kutty@earthlink.net writes:

> This is the hardest I've ever
>  tried to spawn a fish and I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong.  
>  So, what were the spawning conditions in your tank...besides clouds of
>  detritus, which I have.

oh geez... you are asking me to explain how i get fish to spawn?  i come from 
the lazy school of fishkeeping.  i don't test the water, play with additives 
or anything high-tech.  i just know my water is fairly soft and acidic.  they 
are in a 55-gallon tank with a bunch of tetras from all over south america, 
some catfish (Dianema longibarbis, midnight catfish), a big piece of 
driftwood, some plants.  i didn't do anything, all i did was assume they were 
both males since their fins are very pointy and elongated.  i'm not sure 
which parent is female or male, one fish is much larger than the other but 
both have very elongated fins.  i now think the female is the bigger fish but 
who knows?  i didn't even know they had spawned,  that's how much attention i 
pay to them.  i feed them mix flake and pellet food like all other fish.  

i don't think you are doing anything wrong, vinny.  these things "just 
happen" for me...  i know my water is very aged in that tank since it's been 
going on for 4 years now.  i make 20% water changes every week or two.

so where in so. america are they from?

now if i could just get my panduro and Rotpunkt to breed...

tsuh yang chen, nyc, USA


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