RE: [RML] RML:Pseudomugil oviposition behavior

Harro Hieronimus (Harro.Hieronimus at t-online.de)
Wed, 7 May 97 22:19 +0100

Your water is okay! P. gertrudae are living in the coastal area and
even in brackish water. It maybe could be more hardness!

Harro

>Really old thread, but I have been noticing that I got more eggs produce
>after I added a small power filter to my tank of P. gretrudae. One the
>average I was getting 30 eggs a day from three females, but they did not
>hatch. I am suspecting my water may be a bit too hard (I supplement Ca)
>and alkaline (my tap is 8.4 and about 40 ppm total harness wierd huh?)
>(since added more blackwater extract and softened the water (somehow this
>made it possible to adjust the pH easier also, I suspect that the Ca in the
>water was helping to buffer the pH).