For the record, yes, they are Botia lohachata -- at least that is what we
bought them as, and that is what they appear to be from the literature we
have read. Good luck, eh? :) A large H2O change w/ radically difft chem
water might not be a good idea. Better to change the tank parameters
first, then procede as planned. Otherwise, just try good old Mesa tap and
see what comes of it. ;) If it doesn't work, you can always fatten them
up, while altering the water chem, and then try again. :)
:-)
Julie <><
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On Thu, 12 Jun 1997 rhondawi at sprynet.com wrote:
> Thanks Bruce! This will give me a little more to play with. The one fish is
> just hugely round, I can't imagine it being anything other than being full
> of eggs. Boy I sure hope I can get them to spawn.
>
> These are Yo-Yo's I think B. lohachata, though I read somewhere that there
> are 2 similar loaches going under this name. I have a terrible mind for
> remembering names, it's an embarassment for me, but I'm sure when Peter hits
> the computer again he can verify the type. The others are striatas.
>
> On Thu, 12 Jun 1997, "Bruce Hansen" <bhansen at ozemail.com.au> wrote:
> >Thank goodness someone has a topic, any topic (even "foreign" fish is
> >better than dearth :))
>
> Since our 2 biggest SPAMers are on vacation with you all down under the list
> has gotten pretty quit. :) I will send another less pleasant question in a
> bit just to keep the mail flow coming in.
>
> >Baensch ( 1) p370 they spawn in fast flowing spring-fed streams in the
> >rainy season and the fry grow up in the lower slower reaches. I guess a
> >decent power head or two could approximate this. It often gets fish
> >schooling and .swimmimg into the current flow. If you get them to spawn
> >then probably the parents should be removed and the flow turned off.
>
> Let's see now who do I know that just got loads of fish equipment? Say Julie
> got a spare power head or 2 I could borrow for a while?
>
> >I heard of one guy who did get Clown Loaches to spawn but the eggs were
> >infertile, he thinks because his males were much younger than the females
> >and also the females were heavy with eggs for a long time (? more than a
> >year)
>
> Maybe I'll be luckier as clowns are so much larger than these. And the two I
> think are full of eggs, I only noticed as being so heavy a few days ago.
>
> >He used a small group, 5 or 6 I think, in a 6 foot tank and tried to copy
> >nature by reducing the water level, adding leaves and silt, feeding
> >heavily on worms and keeping the temperature up.
>
> No problems keeping the temp up, it's lowering it that will be the problem.
> If I bring the tank in the house I can lower it but where can I put it to
> keep the kids out of it? I'm not sure how many there are they zip around so
> much I think there are 10 or so, guess Peter can fill us in on that one too.
>
> >Then he did a lot of water changes with softer-slightly cooler water and
> >raised the water level and away they went. From memory there were thousands
> >of eggs scattered that all went white. He plans to try again when summer
> >is here again.
> >
> >Please keep us posted. ---------
>
> It's hard to decide exactly what to try. I'd hate to screw it up. I guess
> considering it seems the only one that anyone has had any luck at all with
> were clowns that anything I do will be at least some added information. I
> just think it would be so exciting if they do. Of course if they do lay
> eggs, I'll be too tense to ever sleep again until they hatch and then until
> the fry get some size.
>
> You hear people talking about how stress relieving fish keeping is. I'm
> constantly stressed with them. I mean I love my fish, anyone that spends
> this much time with them has to. But I'm constantly stressing that fish
> someone sends me will die, or the fish I've been watching for Peter will die
> (several sadly have), or something will happen to my fry or breeders, or any
> number of other maladies may affect them, or I'm stressing because I haven't
> done enough water changes (just did a bunch so I'm happily caught up). Then
> there is the stupid new 10 gallon I bought a couple weeks ago, set up, added
> fish, then found today that it has a tiny leak, that sent little drops of
> water, in my living room, down the wrought iron stand that rusted on my
> light grey carpeting, urrgh. The joys of fish keeping. :)
>
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