--Bruce Stallsmith
along the mild, rainy Tennessee
Huntsville, AL, US of A
>From: matt ashton <ashtonmj2003-in-yahoo.com>
>Reply-To: nanfa-l-in-nanfa.org
>To: nanfa-l-in-nanfa.org
>Subject: NANFA-L-- Some breeding action
>Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2006 11:08:21 -0800 (PST)
>
>I have a 20 L set up underneath my 55 community tank that has a bit of love
>in the air (water). I have a pair of SRBD that started off as a 1:2 M:F a
>few months ago. They haven't had a light source other than sunlight coming
>in from the window now for about 3 months. Not quite sure about the temp
>but I know the air temp in here gets to 65 consistantly and this is
>basically sitting on top of a tile floor next to a cinder block wall so I
>know it has gotten fairly cool. I noticed that the female was getting
>quite plump and the male getting nice and red last week so I removed a
>small crayfish and fantail and orangethroat from the tank. I don't have
>anywhere to put my bloodfin pair and I was hoping they would spawn in it
>too so they are still in. Hopefully they might lead me to eggs since I
>have visually searched for about 30 minutes to no avail. I have some pea
>gravel with about an equal mix of larger chert gravel from the local stream
>which the fish came from giving me som!
> e nice
> spaces for eggs. Well getting back on track, I did about a 20% water
>change haphazardly after seeing these conditions and put some pretty warm
>water into the tank. Within that night the male fired up and they have been
>chasing ever since stopping to whirl around each other and all sorts of
>moving and shaking. This morning I noticed a visible difference in the
>girth of my female. I have hooked up a small desk lamp to give me a small
>bit of light over the tank and I have placed an old webcam in front of the
>tank and am taking short videos to record their behavior. Hopefully I can
>get some good clips and find some eggs. If the video turns out good someone
>a little more web savy can put it up on the site possibly?
>
>Matt
> Cookeville, TN
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