Tony
"B.G. Granier" wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> NANFA member David Jones of Wilmington, Delaware has spawned Notropis
> chrosomus in a twenty-gallon long and currently has approximately 50 young.
> He uses a powerhead I think, and built a mound of coarse pebbles to simulate
> a Blue head chubs nest. He feeds the newly hatched fry APR until they've
> grown enough to accept finely crushed flake foods.
>
> After a water change, he noticed the males all aglow with the red that Jay
> described and when he realized that the fish were spawning, he took some
> excellent video that shows the spawning act! I have a copy of his tape if
> anyone wants to borrow it.
>
> I also took about 15 minutes of video tape of the fish spawning over a
> chub's nest in Beaver Creek, Monroe County, Alabama on May 10th of this
> year. The males were so colorful as to be unbeleivable unless you've seen it
> in person!
> I can also loan a tape of the wild school spawn to anyone who's interested.
>
> Regards,
>
> BG
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