today i felt the egg experiment was a failure and I dumped it all out into
the garden. the water seemed very poluted. i think most of the eggs were
mashed open by me. I like your idea. I had been thinking of using a
cooking baster to suck up some eggs but i did not think of them being stuck
on the stone. this is great. i will be looking out for a nest. i think so
far they have not spawned in my town pond.
george arndt
>From: "Bruce Stallsmith" <fundulus_at_hotmail.com>
>Reply-To: nanfa_at_aquaria.net
>To: nanfa_at_aquaria.net
>Subject: Re: NANFA-- Fertilization of Eggs
>Date: Mon, 04 Jun 2001 09:52:39 -0400
>
>>i think i will try a large soda bottle with a hole in the cap. and invert
>>the bottle. and stick an air line into the hole and seal the airline to
>>the
>>cap with some aquarium caulking. then i need a valve to partially shut
>>down
>>the air so as to regulate the air flow into the bottle. maybe i will try
>>this tomorrow.
here is the comment from bruce starts
>It shouldn't be a big problem to artificially fertilize bluegill eggs. The
>fertilized eggs are heavier than water and adhesive, so you want to provide
>for an even settling out of the eggs. If you check out a male's nest you
>can
>pick up small rocks from the nest and find the rocks covered with eggs.
>They
>take 2-3 days to hatch, and the larvae take 2-3 days to grow from
>"wigglers"
>to true gill-breathing fish that become free-swimming. At this stage, ~7 mm
>long, they should be able to take fairly large food like brine shrimp (or
>whatever...). And then you have many, many bluegills.
>
>--Bruce Stallsmith
>Huntsville, AL
>
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