Re: NANFA-L-- Alabama Cyprinella/spawning apparatus

anutej-in-loxinfo.co.th
Mon, 07 Mar 2005 02:42:59 +0700

Thanks. They don't have the pinkish sheen on their body and fin, do
they?

Tony

Jim Graham wrote:
>
> For some reason my spam blocker had blocked this message.
> I have 4 male white-tails and one female. The males spend much of their time
> flaring for each other and chasing each other around. They get kind of
> pearly looking with bluish white fins when excited and have a impressive set
> of tubercles on their noses. Very nice looking but not as flashy as the
> fiery-blacks.
> Jim Graham
> Hastings MI
> Thornapple River Drainage
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <anutej-in-loxinfo.co.th>
> To: <nanfa-l-in-nanfa.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2005 1:02 PM
> Subject: Re: NANFA-L-- Alabama Cyprinella/spawning apparatus
>
> > Please be careful. I had hybrid satinfin/red shiner by such mix
> > community... Hard to id till the fry grow up a bit. Does your male
> > whitetail color up? How's it look like?
> >
> > Tony
> >
> >
> > Jim Graham wrote:
> >>
> >> I have been spawning, well actually the white-tail shiners have been
> >> spawning in the 300 gallon tank in my living room using a egg catcher
> >> made
> >> out of flowerpots. I stacked four flower pots with some airline tubing
> >> between each pot to create a nice crevasse for a spawning site. Have
> >> collected hundreds of eggs after a weeks time and yes the log perch are
> >> awfully interested. The egg trap is just laying on it's side and the
> >> fiery-blacks,white-tails and red shiners are all using it. Have some very
> >> small fry coming up but am not sure what they are yet. If anyone would
> >> like
> >> a picture of the love-nest I can email you one.
> >> Jim Graham
> >> Hastings MI
> >> Thornapple River Drainage
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