>Adrian seems to have tried all the usual variations to no avail in an
>attempt to get his RFB's to be more productive. We don't have any figures
>on hatchability in the wild but I guess it should be near 100% .
Very difficult to verify. The eggs are definetly eaten by other rfbe,
gambusia and probably other crawlies such as crayfish, shrimps, dragon fly
larvae????
>
>Maybe we should try to organise a wish-list of info needed for the next
>trip out there. I would like to hear more about stomach contents, water
>chemistry, temperature variation ( I get the impression that it is not too
>variable despite the location.) and perhaps levels of nitrogneous wastes in
>the water.
>
See my last posting. Also your wish list is ALL in progress. In addition we
will get gut info on one or two gobies, and hundreds of gambusia.
>BTW I was interested to see the Etymology in FOS - I thought the Scat- part
>might have been from dung (from the cattle dung around the springs) as in
>Scatophagus ;-)
>
It was called "red-finned shit-fish" at DPI, and probably still is.
Rob Wager
Freshwater Fish Biologist
Raintree Aquatics Pty Ltd
Aquatic Environment, Fish and Aquaculture Specialists
1002 Caboolture River Road, Rocksberg, Queensland, Australia, 4510
Phone 07 5496 7939, Facsimile 07 5497 0022, International +61 7 5496 7939
Email raintree at closer.brisnet.org.au