At 05:39 PM 12/2/98 +1100, you wrote:
>Larry asked:
> Can the H. Compressa be bred? I have a really nice pair and the
>male is
> always sparking his color... but I am not sure if they have spawned
>in the
> big tank they are in. Do they eat there eggs?
>
>Yes but the only time I have ever succeeded was in an attempt at mosquito
>control. I had an old bath tub full of water for our horses to drink from
>and was getting heaps of mosquito wrigglers. I tossed a couple of empires in
>and forgot about them. About six months later I had over 100 small H.
>compressa in the tub. The water was usually green except when it was brown.
>There were no fixed plants but a bit of horse shit would have been flicked
>in every now and then. Probably not an ideal way to run an aquarium.
>
>Matthew