Re: NANFA-- F. diaphanus

Bruce Stallsmith (fundulus_at_hotmail.com)
Tue, 30 Jan 2001 13:02:46 -0500

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Congrats, Bob. I'm a little surprised they decided to go this early, but...
Most Fundulus have fairly large eggs, 1.5-2.0 mm from what I've heard and
seen. I know that diaphanus deposit their eggs in rooted plants most
typically in nature. The one thing I wasn't sure about was how likely they
are to eat their own eggs. Yikes! I want to try to breed some F. euryzonus,
and I suspect they would also much prefer floating surfaces for their eggs;
like notatus and olivaceus they're _really_ topminnows. I'll have to make a
push to feed them well twice a day; usually I do one large feeding daily,
and they at least look in good health.

Good luck with your leg!

--Bruce Stallsmith
Huntsville, AL

>A few weeks ago I ask a few questions on F. diaphanus coming into spawning
>condition. I thought this was rather early. One male and three females
>were
>placed in a three gallon tank with a sponge filter, a sinking mop and a
>floating mop. Eggs were only found in the floating mop. They are really
>egg
>eaters, the most eggs I ever gathered in a day was 8 most often only one.
>Over a three week period I only recovered 16 eggs 12 have hatched. The egg
>are 2 mm in diameter and hatched in 14 days at 65 to 70 f. I was feeding
>the adults heavy twice daily but in the past two weeks with my broken leg I
>can't get to my fish room. My daughter has been feeding them only once per
>day and no more eggs have been found.
>
>Bob Muller

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