>I recieved eight fish from a friend in Europe and had no luck raising the
>eggs until I brought the pH and hardness up a little. The fish were kept in
>soft water at first and I got no fertile eggs so I called my friend. He kept
>the fish in a 200 ppm. hardness and a 7.5 pH and after changing the water to
>match I got fertile eggs and after about 20 days viable fry.
I have always found Honey Blue-eyes do better in water conditions similiar
to that described above! They might be found in soft, acidic water but I
believe it is not their preferred conditions. I have regularly bred them at
pH 7.8 hardness 210 ppm.(one for the purists to argue about)
Adrian T.
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Adrian R. Tappin
Home of the Rainbowfish
http://www.ecn.net.au/~atappin/home.htm
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