Re: NANFA-- Pygmy killifish spawning (!)

B.G. Granier (bgkajun_at_worldnet.att.net)
Sun, 2 Mar 2003 15:42:58 -0600

Shhhh!

Don't tell the Pygmies..........and I hope they don't have internet access,
or it'll be all over! : )

Otherwise, good work!

BG
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bruce Stallsmith" <fundulus_at_hotmail.com>
To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2003 3:35 PM
Subject: NANFA-- Pygmy killifish spawning (!)

> Today, while moving around aquaria in my greenhouse and looking more
closely
> at some of my partially obscured tanks, I realized that I've been
successful
> in one small way -- a 2.5 gal. tank heavily planted with _Elodea_ and a
> Pygmy killifish (Leptolucania ommatta) colony contains juveniles. I've had
> this colony for almost two years, thanks to Doug Dame's generosity. And
now
> I guess it'll keep going. It's one of those weird success stories based on
> minimal attention.
>
> These are tiny (barely over an inch), shy fish best kept in a heavily
> planted tank by themselves. And then you let nature take its course. I
> suppose I should file a NANFA Breeders Award Program (BAP) report... as
> should everyone else when their fish spawn!
>
> --Bruce Stallsmith
> Huntsville, AL, US of A

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