Re: [RML] Corys
MICHAEL SERPA (mserpa at bayweb.net)
Fri, 27 Feb 1998 10:45:48 -0800
Rhonda Wilson wrote:
>
> Ok this isn't anything to do with Rainbows or fish from Oz but...
>
> I know some of you, Harro especially has experience with Corys. I have
> had them before but never tried to breed them. I just got 13 Cory
> pygmaeus today I would like to breed. The water they came in as at pH
> 6.5. My tanks run close to 8.0 pH. Right now the fish are in the water
> they came in, in a bucket in the fish room.
>
> First, if I drip them will they live in my water or will I need to buy
> water for them? Also even if they will live in this water, will they
> spawn in it? And finally I read they can be triggered with a cold
> water change after conditioning. Any other tips to get them spawning?
>
> Thanks,
> Rhonda
>
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Good goin' Rhonda, thanks for the fish thread!!
Tell you what, you send me twelve of them and
I'll spawn them and then tell you how it's done. :-):-)
Kidding aside, I've been trying to locate C. pygmaeus
and C. hastatus without any luck. Lucky you.
Michael Serpa
Another sunny hour in Alameda, Ca