> From: Wright Huntley <huntley1 at home.com>
> Organization: HOLOGRAF
> Reply-To: rainbowfish at pcug.org.au
> Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2000 21:19:46 -0700
> To: rainbowfish at pcug.org.au
> Subject: Re: [RML] Breeding tanks
>
>
>
> PETER.UNMACK at ASU.Edu wrote:
>>
>> On Mon, 12 Jun 2000, Dennis Holmes wrote:
>>
>>> I've only got them in claer tanks, just them an a mop and the filter.
>>> It's funny in the display tanks I have the fish are all wanting to spawn, I
>>> put them in the tanks I have setup for breeding and it stops.
>>
>> Unless your fish are accustomed to being in a bare tank they are likely too
>> stressed or uncomfortable to be able to spawn. In your display tank they all
>> feel right at home and are happy as Larry, but when you dump them in a bare
>> tank they may get a bit freaked out, and hence why they won't spawn. Try
>> adding something to the tank to make the feel more at home. ie plants,
>> rocks,
>> substrate.
>
> Peter's correct. [Amazing! :^)]
>
> Pay particular attention to the bottom. Place tank on dark construction
> paper or paint the outside a dark color. I like a layer of boiled peat in
> the tank. Fish over a light or transparent bottom are unusually spooky. The
> back and ends can be painted or papered over, too.
>
> I like an overturned pot or inverted potpourri candle holder as structure
> and hiding space, plus a big wad of Java moss. For more reclusive species,
> like gudgeons or some Betta species, a lot of oak leaf litter on the bottom
> is appreciated. Mops are great for most rainbows as both structure and
> breeding traps for eggs. 200 strands of heavy acrylic rug yarn works best
> for me. Forget skimpy mops. They just hold the eggs around in plain sight to
> be eaten.
>
> Wright
>
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