Re: [RML] Body Sliders

Bruce Hansen (bhansen at ozemail.com.au)
Tue, 9 Jun 1998 07:32:56 +1000

How successful are your results with them at present Adrian? If you try
more salt I think you will be surprised at the increase in egg numbers,
fertility, hatching rates, fry vigour and growth rates and ultimately sex
ratios in your progeny

Regards,
Bruce.

Bruce Hansen, ANGFA, caring for our aquatic ecosystems.

Please visit us at http://www.ozemail.com.au/~fisher/angfa.htm

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> From: Adrian R. Tappin <atappin at ecn.net.au>
> To: rainbowfish at pcug.org.au
> Subject: RE: [RML] Body Sliders
> Date: Sunday, 7 June 1998 6:39
>
>
> With Cyanodorsalis and Townsville signifer, water hardness shouldn't be a
> factor - or one would think so. Salinity may be a contributing factor.
> However, I'm currently breeding and hatching T'ville signifer in ordinary
> Brisbane tap water which is roughly pH 7.4-7.5, GH 100-120 ppm and KH
about
> 30-40 ppm with a conductivity of around 300 uS and NO added salt. This is
> the same water that I use for all my breeding - I never try to alter it?
>