I was speaking to a reliable breeder who said that he always had trouble
(like what I have described) if he handled the eggs.
Cheers.
Scott Hunt
At 12:44 9/12/96 -0500, Philter4 wrote:
>I recieved eight fish from a friend in Europe and had no luck raising the
>eggs until I brought the pH and hardness up a little. The fish were kept
in >soft water at first and I got no fertile eggs so I called my friend.
He kept >the fish in a 200 ppm. hardness and a 7.5 >pH and after changing
the water to >match I got fertile eggs and after >about 20 days viable fry.
I have always found Honey Blue-eyes do better in water conditions similiar
to that described above! They might be found in soft, acidic water but I
believe it is not their preferred conditions. I have regularly bred them at
pH 7.8 hardness 210 ppm.(one for the purists to argue about)
Adrian T.
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