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petro's
Posted: 10 Feb 2005, 02:44
by DanL
do the regular petros breed the same as the dwarfs? (with the flower pot and marbles?)
I have been looking for some WC dwarfs but found someone selling regs. I want to get them for breeding
Posted: 10 Feb 2005, 12:00
by sidguppy
mine aren't budging yet.
they spawn and spawn and spawn
all the time in the showtank; but once in another tank with marbles and all, nada, zip nothing.
btw I've got the petricola from Nyanza Lac.
and I DO have some offspring; luckily some eegs or fry got sucked up in the biofilter; so I had a nice surprise waiting for me when I cleared that out.
and no, those're not dwarfs because that species isn't present in my tanks.....
Posted: 10 Feb 2005, 14:33
by DanL
ok thanx...
has anyone else experienced the reg petro's breeding with the marble setup?
Posted: 10 Feb 2005, 17:03
by DanL
anyone?
I am going to be placing the order to get some WC either the regs or the dwarfs.
But I need to know if the regs will spawn the same...
Posted: 11 Feb 2005, 15:41
by Barbie
Sid's is the only spawning report that I've ever heard of for the regulars. I too have some regular synos that I had for years, fed heavily, and was all disappointed when they just never spawned. The dwarves do constantly. I have 2 female wilds that have looked like weebles the entire time I've owned them. They teeter on their bellies, literally, but no eggs in a marble trap from them ever.
Barbie
Posted: 11 Feb 2005, 16:20
by DanL
thanx Barbie
I am just gonna order the WC dwarfs then...
Posted: 12 Feb 2005, 14:13
by caught1
I would go with the dwarfs ,been working with the giants for a year with no eggs yet but keep hoping.
Posted: 13 Feb 2005, 11:03
by sidguppy
maybe you should try some tricks:
raise the temperature to say, 26'C or so for a few weeks
feed chopped-up shrimp (with the peel!), mysis, gammarus, chopped-up earthworms and black mosquitolarvae (or at least 1 of these) next to their normal diet.
add water with a showerhead attached to the hose; make sure that the water is at least 2'C colder than the tankwater (in other words: make it rain!). I sometimes dump in water of 21-22'C; when it comes in as "rain", there's no problem (you wouldn't want to add this with a bucket! your fish will get sick)
make sure you have some way of collecting the eggs before the other fish get them.
good luck!