At 12:59 PM 6/11/97 -0700, you wrote:
>I hope no one will be offended this is not about rainbows, Australian fish
>or SPAM.
>
>As most of you know Peter doled his fish out to several of us out here to
>watch during his vacation. Well some of the fish I'm watching are 2 groups
>of Botias. I figured it might be fun to try and spawn them while they were
>here and I had the opportunity.
>
>Well I've been reading up on them and it's amazing the kind of information
>I'm finding on breeding them. Everything from egg scatterers to livebearers.
>It looks as though no one has actually done it, or at least if they did they
>sure didn't write about it. I have heard rumors that perhaps they have been
>hormone induced to spawn in some Asian farms, but I havn't been able to find
>any really good information.
>
>Right now they are 20 gallon tanks with just Peter's UGF in a bucket, and
>some rocks. I wanted to buy glass covers for the tanks, stick a shop light
>over it and add plants in planters. I also wanted to cover a piece of wood
>with ferns and add that too. I was thinking of using peat and a bit of soil
>in the planters. Lot's of floating plants, probably just throw some najas in
>that is overtaking some of the other tanks and let it float on top. I was
>thinking of cramming all the bottom space in between the filter and planters
>with rocks, I figured I'd add a lot of small ones too that the adults
>couldn't get between. Then start doing water changes with some RO water,
>maybe I should use a watering can so it simulates rain fall, and use
>slightly cooler water too. I've been feeding them on snails, flake, mosquito
>larva and frozen blood worms.
>
>I want to do something soon now though, because 2 of them, 1 in particular,
>looks for all the world like I'd figure a loach full of eggs would look.
>Truly for all I know this could just be a fat male but I don't think so.
>
>Anyway if anyone knows anything about their breeding at all please tell me.
>
>Thanks,
>Rhonda
>
>
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