> Well, you have to decide if you are displaying your fish or breeding them.
> When I'm breeding fish they don't have any plants whatsoever, just spawning
> mops. If you provide plants then you wont collect as many eggs. Most colour
> intensity comes about from spawning males so it really doesn't matter if
> they have a nicely decorated tank or not. In my opinion if they are spawning
> then the water conditions must suit them otherwise they wouldn't spawn. As
> for age you must be burning them out as I have had T'ville blue-eyes live at
> least 4 years before.
That observation was based on other blue-eyes such as furcata, tenellus and
gertrudae. For those it seems like 18 months is about the max I see for a good
reproductive life. Were your four year old Ross Rivers still producing viable
eggs after their 3rd year or were they non-producers?
This lot as I said would have to be at least 18- 24
> months old and are doing fine and I expect them to live a few more years
> yet. You should give your rainbowfishes and blue-eyes a 'winter' period
> where the temperature is low if you want them to live longer. Lower
> temperatures will give them a longer life!
>
> Adrian.
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> Adrian R. Tappin
> "Home of the Rainbowfish"
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