syno petro set up

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redzebra24
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syno petro set up

Post by redzebra24 »

i bought 1m 6f wild petros and i want to breed these. they where laying eggs in the tank of the past 2 people who owned them. what size tank and what kinda setup should i do. thanks
tomr
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My cats species list: 43 (i:0, k:0)
My BLogs: 5 (i:0, p:67)
Location 1: hamburg,NY
Location 2: hamburg, ny
Interests: L333, L66,All synos.L10a, LDA 31

syno petro setup

Post by tomr »

Obviously the bigger the better, but i have mine in a 20 now and they are still laying eggs. They started in a 75 with many other fish, and spawned fine.
redzebra24
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Post by redzebra24 »

thanks for responding, r u using the marbles?
tomr
Posts: 178
Joined: 12 Mar 2006, 12:23
My cats species list: 43 (i:0, k:0)
My BLogs: 5 (i:0, p:67)
Location 1: hamburg,NY
Location 2: hamburg, ny
Interests: L333, L66,All synos.L10a, LDA 31

setup

Post by tomr »

nope. Just vacuuming the gravel into a bucket, then skimming the bucket carefully for eggs. I found about 30 yesterday.
redzebra24
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Joined: 19 Oct 2005, 03:54
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Post by redzebra24 »

wow congrates, but do u think of using egg crate istead or marbles?
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