Goyders , apart form being the most superb colour form of M. trifasciata in
my opinion, seem to have always been more difficult to keep, breed and
maintain in good quality. They are different even in the wild - of all the
trifasciatas that I have collected and surveyed in the wild, they are the
only ones that come from alkaline conditions and moderately hard water.
Admittedly it was mid-winter and the dry season so the 20 C temp could also
have been misleading but there were hundreds of tiny fry there at that time
also so they couldn't have been too stressed and unhappy.
Perhaps , just as a starting hypothesis, if we should consider the Goyders
as being a separate species from the other Trifasciatas when it comes to
maintaining them and use those " cursed Cichlid salts for rift Lake
species" to reduce the stress on them and improve their resistance, as well
as keep them cooler, as well as increase the vegetable content in their
diet, as well as a more favourable approximation of their natural insect
diet etc etc
BTW freshly-caught Goyder "manure" is the darkest green and seems to be
almost all algae in origin. It seems to send "off" collecting water
extremely qiuckly.
Bruce Hansen, ANGFA
Check out our web site a http://www.angfa.org
Remember, "When in doubt, leave it out!"
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> From: Adrian R. Tappin <atappin at ecn.net.au>
> To: rainbowfish at pcug.org.au
> Subject: [RML] Re: feeding (was M Lakamora)
> Date: Wednesday, 23 April 1997 6:44
>
Also of interest was of the 3 specimens examined 1
> showed gross signs of fish TB while the other 2 were completely clear.
Also
> the TB infected fish didn't show any external signs of the disease. These
> fish have also shared the same aquarium together for all their life. I
think
> we still have a long way to go before we fully understand our fishes and
> their keeping.
>