Subject: RE: NANFA-L-- Elassoma evergladei
From: Michael Wolfe (mwolfe-in-mindspring.com)
Date: Thu Dec 23 2004 - 17:33:10 CST
I have some E. okefenokee that were collected March of 2003, that are still
going strong in a 10 gallon set up with 6 adults Elassoma (4male 2 female)
and 5 adult L. omatta. The males did establish territories, but did not
seem to beat each other up too much. They have bred in this set up (not
that I did anything to "induce" such activity, just gave them lots of cover
and kept them well fed). Only a very few fry survived (1-3) as I did
nothing to sperate adults from fry and did no special feeding (I did not
even realize they had bred until I saw the mid sized fry). I'm sure I
could have had much greater survivability if the tank had been on my desk,
without the omatta, and I had been able to feed the fry properly.
By the way for a few others of you out there... so much for the elassoma
being short lived...
Michael Wolfe
> [Original Message]
> From: Joseph S. <nonamethefish-in-gmail.com>
> To: <nanfa-l-in-nanfa.org>
> Date: 12/22/2004 12:47:27 AM
> Subject: NANFA-L-- Elassoma evergladei
>
> I'm pretty sure many of you have had experience with this or otherwise
> one of the other species. A couple questions for you guys. Obviously
> no right or wrong answer but experience is always insightful.
>
> Would a group of 5(2 males...3 females) be enough to start a colony off
with?
>
> Have you had problems with males being territorial? NANFA article
> mentions them patrolling territories of 13 square cm(135mm) which
> makes one of the small bowls some reccomend into one whole territory
>
> How big of a tank do you reccomend?
>
> How prolific have they been?
>
> How did you induce breeding? Are there any disadvantages with not
> keeping the fish "in sinc" with natural seasons?
>
> Last Q...how hard(y) are the fry?
>
> Hope to hear back from you guys soon-Thanks!
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