Re: Rads

Andrew Boyd (andrew at pcug.org.au)
Mon, 17 Jun 1996 14:27:51 +1000

At 01:52 PM 6/15/96 EDT, Roy wrote:
>What do you all saty to a conversation on the Radinocentrus Ornatus. I have had
>these before and would like to get them again but the first time I had them
they
>gave me a world of problems. I kept them in a tank where I lined the bottom
with
>peat plates over an under gravel filter to filter the water through the peat to
>make it more acid and to soften the water. The water added to the tank was
>around 50 ppm of hardness. Spawning wasnt that big of a problem but keping the
>fry alive was. Most of the fry would die before the size of 2.5 cm, those that
>lived didnt ever do well as adults. Do they require more calcium or less? Do
>they require a very low PH like 6.0? Has anyone ever done well with them in an
>aquarium? Ron Bowman said that he think they havent been bread past the second
>generation in an aquarium.

OK, BNF (Big Name Fan) time... ;) I was at Alan Ford's place this morning
chatting with Gunther Schmida and Rob Pulvirenti this morning, and we
chatted about just this subject. Rob knows of a creek where there is a
particularly robust Rhad that he said travels well (it has been my
experience in the past, which I mentioned to him, that the buggers never
seem to make it home alive). He said that acroflavin and salt added to the
bag water would help, and that they should be kept in alkaline water, even
though they are an acid water fish in the wild. This would greatly enhance
their chances of survival.

I'd personally consider them one of the more delicate Melanotaeniids.

Regards, Andrew Boyd
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