RE: NANFA-L-- Jordanella spawn

Bob Bock (bockhouse-in-earthlink.net)
Tue, 21 Mar 2006 06:06:21 -0500

I mop-spawned these once. The fry are really tiny. Mine didn't take
anything but bbs-in-first.

> [Original Message]
> From: Mysteryman <bestfish-in-alaweb.com>
> To: <Nativefishconservancy-in-yahoogroups.com>; <nanfa-l-in-nanfa.org>
> Date: 3/20/2006 7:27:59 PM
> Subject: NANFA-L-- Jordanella spawn
>
> My American Flagfish are spawning.
>
> I had a whole bunch of them together in one tank, and they got along
> fine together for months until last week when the males started to get
> combative. I had a new 10-gallon planted tank set up with a dirt & sand
> substrate, chocked full of plants with a pH of 7.8, so the timing on
> that worked out quite well. I added 2 tablespoons of salt to it and
> moved a pair of fish into it.
> They didn't do much for the first two days as they got over their move,
> as you might expect. I increased the photoperiod from 8 to 10 hours, and
> two days later I increased the temperature to 80F. The next day the male
> started to court the female, swimming around with his fins "at full
> sail" all the time and shimmying in front of her & chasing her. The next
> day, that is, today, I noticed the female trying to hide a lot behind
> the filter, but then I saw that the male would periodically chase her
> out from her refuge and lead her to a clump of java moss, where they
> spawned several times during the day. That figures; I go to all the
> trouble to provide a smooth sandy bottom for pit-digging, and they use
moss.
> Now the male stays in the moss clump all the time, guarding the eggs. So
> far so good. This tank has no algae in it, though, being new & heavily
> planted, so I'm not sure what to feed the fry. I'm guessing greenwater
> for-in-least a week or two, followed by powdered spirulina flakes?
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