Subject: Re: [RML] spawning blue eyes and rainbows
finsen at optusnet.com.au
Date: Thu Nov 04 2004 - 05:11:53 CST
Adrian Dawson has good success with outdoor tubs with water lilies and other aquatic plants. Mellis are well suited to Brisbane climes (after all they are local).
Prehaps Dr. Bruce could share some of the secrets?
I myself have kept P.gertrudae from Kennedy Crk in bare tubs (with some hornwort) for a couple of years, occassionally harvesting off some fry to put into indoor tanks. Haven't really given them much care and attention other than the occassional top up of water and some flake once a week (if that).
cya
Graeme
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From: Ken McDougall
To: r_m_l at yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, November 04, 2004 8:49 PM
Subject: Re: [RML] spawning blue eyes and rainbows
Hi Danny,
I have had success with Pseudomugil mellis in a bath tub out side in full sun. I put about 50mm of potting mix in the bottom then 20mm of dirt then a layer of sand and then fine gravel. Fillwith water then plant plenty of fine leaf plants and let them get established. I gave my tub 3 months to get going then added the fish. that was towards the end of last year. Now there is heaps of fry. I saw the first of them around the end of August. There were a few fry last summer also but not as many as lhis summer. I give them baby brine shrimp two or three times a week. I hope this helps. I am setting up another tub for Iratherina werneri I don't know how they will go.I live up the road from your work so I will drop in one day and you can pick my brain for more detail if you like.
Ken McDougall
Aaron Moles <admvet at primus.com.au> wrote:
Hi all, I am reasonably successful most of the time at getting my rainbows to spawn but the following species I am finding frustrating. Are there any particular tricks to consider for these species that might just push things along (flowers, a quite cuddle beforehand, preferences of mops vs fontinalis, mop lengths, anything else).
G. wanamensis (I have no dramas with multisquamatus/maculosus/incisus/ramuensis under the same conditions)
Iratherina werneri
Pseudomugil mellis and furcatus
Any help would be appreciated
Dr Danny Brown
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