Re: [GSAS-Member] Peacocks and Darios?

["Betty Goetz" <haika@drizzle.com>]

I didn't see either of them yesterday. It's a pretty densely planted tank
but when they are out I usually can spot them.

Betty

> Be sure to check the cave to make sure the fry have hatched first before
> netting Daddy Gudgeon out. They won't make it without him.
>
> Susan
>
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> Subject: Re: [GSAS-Member] Peacocks and Darios?
>
> I think Susan W. may still have some peacock gudgeons to offer. Susan??
> They are gorgeous! They spawned in one of those little pottery caves that
> Dave Sanford's kids do. I swear I didn't see either of them from Sunday to
> Wednesday when I saw the female swimming around again and the male popping
> his head out of the cave occasionally. If they are both out of the cave
> today, I'll try to net them out and pop them into the planted 10 gallon on
> the bottom of my 2-tier 10 gallon rack which theoretically leaves the fry
> to grow up in their own tank. We'll see. Both these tanks have been
> planted and fish free for months, so I'm hoping there's lots of teeny
> critters in there for the fry to get started on until they can take larger
> live food.
>
> Dario dario is supposed to be super simple to spawn. The advice I see most
> often is to take a small bare tank and fill it with java moss, pop in a
> pair, and remove them in a week or two to another tank...leaving fry to
> grow up in the first tank. I've heard of folks doing a sequential thing
> until they have more fry than they know what to do with. Again, we'll see.
>
> Betty Goetz
>
>>Since Susan W.'s peacock gudgeons spawned within days of receipt and I
>> 'might' actually have both sexes of Dario dario sometime in the
>> foreseeable future...
>>
>> Well hey, if this means you've extras to part with, keep me in mind!
>> I'd
>> love to start playing with these two! :-)
>>
>> Phil
>
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