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- 27 Oct 2004, 01:42
- Forum: African Catfishes
- Topic: Spawning petricola?
- Replies: 5
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Spawning Petricola
I remove all the marbles and leave the eggs in the same container, add a drop of M.blue.The eggs hatch in about 36 to 48 hours. That is the easy part. Raising the fry without mortalities is another matter.
- 10 Aug 2004, 02:04
- Forum: African Catfishes
- Topic: s. petricola fry coloration
- Replies: 26
- Views: 5934
- 17 Jul 2004, 15:03
- Forum: African Catfishes
- Topic: s. petricola fry coloration
- Replies: 26
- Views: 5934
- 15 Jul 2004, 21:38
- Forum: African Catfishes
- Topic: s. petricola fry coloration
- Replies: 26
- Views: 5934
Thanks for the link Barbra. Some very usefull info. I just add one drop of M. Blue to my hatching tub. Seems to minimize the fungussing of eggs. I tried two and three drops and managed to kill all of thr eggs. I still have lots fo fungussed eggs (about 60%). I attribute this to not being fertile. I ...
- 15 Jul 2004, 00:51
- Forum: African Catfishes
- Topic: s. petricola fry coloration
- Replies: 26
- Views: 5934
I leave the eggs in the margerine tub with an air stone till they hatch. The container is floated in the 2.5 g tank with the larger fry. When the fry are about a week old they are transferred to the 2.5g tank. I had collected some eggs yesterday and today I have a hatch of about 15 fry. So you are ...
- 14 Jul 2004, 02:41
- Forum: African Catfishes
- Topic: s. petricola fry coloration
- Replies: 26
- Views: 5934
Breeding S. Petricola
My Petricolas have been spawing for a while now. I use a margerine tab with marbles and a small flower pot on top with holes drilled. Every three or four days I remove the tub and replace it with a fresh clean tub. The marbles are removed carefully, one by one and a drop of M. Blue added with a ...