Re: NANFA-- spotted gar spawning

Bob Bock (bockhouse_at_earthlink.net)
Thu, 11 Jul 2002 18:54:15 -0400

Who wrote it?
----- Original Message -----
From: Christopher Scharpf <ichthos_at_charm.net>
To: "NANFA e-mail list" <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2002 8:19 AM
Subject: NANFA-- spotted gar spawning

> In case you haven't seen it, the Aug. 2002 Tropical Fish Hobbyist has a
> short article on the aquarium spawning of spotted gar (Lepisosteus
> oculatus). Contains some very nice photos of eggs and fry. Spawning
occurred
> in a 118 gallon tank. Male was 17.7 in long and female 19.3 in. Both were
5
> years old. Nothing special was done to induce spawning other than a high
> protein diet of fish, crayfish, krill and pellets. They just did it, in
May,
> as water temperature began to increase.
>
> Chris Scharpf
> Baltimore

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