Re: A. striatum

[Kate Breimayer <kate@munat.com>]

Striatum eggs are pretty easy, I don't think they need to be on peat but 
it couldn't hurt. I usually just put them in a dish of water and try to 
spread them out so any that are infertile don't rot and contaminate the 
other eggs, the ones that are solid white or fuzzy need to be removed as 
they are infertile. They take about 2 weeks to hatch, and eat pretty 
small food when they are first out so if you have some java moss put 
that in there for them to pick infusoria off, do you have other small 
foods like microworms or vinegar eels? They like those, greenwater, and 
the tiny critters that live on plants. One of my friends raises them in 
a 5 gallon tank with lots of java moss and other plant trimmings and 
they do fine with no microworms or V.E, I think they eat what lives in 
the plants for a few days and then go on to BBS (baby brine shrimp) BBS 
are the main staple of baby fish these days, they seem pretty easy. 
Grindal worms are great later because they seem to be the easiest fish 
food I have ever had. Basically, I would put the eggs in a dish with 
distilled water or aged tap water, with 1 tsp natural non iodized salt 
per gallon of the aged water. I also have good luck with putting the 
parents in a small tank with mops and java moss and then after 2 weeks I 
remove the parents and put them in a nice planted tank, and the babies 
start showing up right away. My friend's striatum are in with the babies 
and don't eat them, so he doesn't do any work at all-no picking eggs, no 
special baby food, and no removing babies. It doesn't get much easier 
than that. But when I get a new fish I like to do what you did, get some 
eggs right away so that if anything goes wrong at least you have 
offspring. Do you have livefood for small fry?
Is the thin discus in with the other one or is he separate? What size 
tank? My angels did that til I added a filter as they didn't have enough 
oxygen... if he is near the surface and gasping that is usually low 
oxygen. If he is not near the surface, I don't know much about it. Could 
it be a gill problem? Damage by nitrate or ammonia would harm the gills, 
as would gill parasites. Haven't had too much of this so it's hard to 
say. I would try a lot of water changes and good food and keep him in a 
nice quiet place to recover. Meds seem to cost a lot and do nothing from 
my experience. Maybe he is stressed... Hard to say. I would definitely 
keep his water really clean though, if he has been through any stress, 
because he could have sensitivities or parasites that spend part of 
their life cycle in the water, and if you change the water they 
theoretically don't have a chance to get back to the fish...
Is Madrona good? I haven't used it before. I like wood in the tanks, 
should get more next spring. I think it's cold enough for me to wait at 
this point :)
Kate

Susan Welenofsky wrote:

> My Aphyosemion striatum killifish laid eggs on the mop! What do I do now? I put 
> them in a container of peat and put it under the sink. Will that be too cold of 
> a place for them? How long does it take for them to hatch? I'm not finding much 
> info anywhere.
>
> The thin discus is eating. Is there something that causes rapid breathing? I 
> had a fish that had that problem once, and nothing would cure it. I tried baths 
> and all kinds of medication. (Actually the bath killed it, because it jumped 
> out and I couldn't save it after it had been on the floor for awhile.) Maybe 
> I'm just overreacting. I just wish it would fatten up.
>
> Also, I have some interesting news for people that like wood in there 
> aquariums. I went to the beach today and found a nicely knotted Madrona branch 
> that was not water soaked, but was dense enough to sink as well as any exotic 
> $7 a pound stuff. I also got another piece that does float, but looks very good 
> that way.
>
> Susan W.
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