Re: Blehri fry

Andrew Boyd (andrew at pcug.org.au)
Thu, 22 Aug 1996 00:38:00 +1000

At 08:57 PM 8/21/96 +0800, David wrote:
>I have been having some problems with my C. blehri lately. My fishroom
>usually stays pretty warm because of the heat from my reeftank lights and my
>heated recirculating system. My fry hatching and growout tanks are not
>however heated. The problem is that I have had a problem with some mould
>growing on the walls of the room so have had to partially leave the window
>open. My fry hatching tanks are now running in the low 20's, between 21 and
>23. All my fry are fine except the C. blehri. They are taking longer to
>hatch and when they do its if they have exhausted their yolk sac or
>something and are really weak.
(snip)

My guess is, David, and I'm sure that someone will slam me for this, that
the Chillers are dying out in captivity in Australia as a genus, slowly but
surely, owing to lack of genetic diversity... C. axelrodi is well nigh
stuffed, acording to some previous postings by other people to the list...
What's the captive status of C. bleheri in Oz? It's been a while since I've
seen them in a shop. C. fasciata we still have 'round here - in small
numbers, but maybe that's just a local anomaly.

Could it be a whole Genus being allowed to "die with dignity" in captivity
in Australia?

Regards, Andrew Boyd
___________________________________________________________________________
Andrew Boyd - andrew at pcug.org.au - http://www.pcug.org.au/~andrew
"A running man may cut 4000 throats in a single night" - Klingon Proverb
___________________________________________________________________________