Re: NANFA-- breeding success with Fundulus species

Bob Bock (bockhouse_at_earthlink.net)
Mon, 29 Mar 2004 21:45:12 -0500

My technique for breeding flagfish is very similar. I put a male and two or
three females in a 40 gallon tub, and cover the tub's bottom with java fern
and rocks. By the time fall arrives, I usually have 10 or 15 fry. There
are other, more labor intensive ways to breed them, but this arrangement
meets my modest needs.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bruce Stallsmith" <fundulus_at_hotmail.com>
To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
Sent: Monday, March 29, 2004 9:22 PM
Subject: RE: NANFA-- breeding success with Fundulus species

> Yeah, ommata should be easy in a well (or heavily) planted tank. I'm on to
a
> third generation in a 2.5 gallon tank that's choking with Elodea. The fish
> are hard to spot but there are a surprising number of them. Of course,
> they're only about 3 cm (1.5 inches) long so a whole bunch (like 8?) of
them
> can hide in there.
>
> --Bruce Stallsmith
> Huntsville, AL, US of A
>
> >From: Mark <nanfa_at_jonahsaquarium.com>
> >Reply-To: nanfa_at_aquaria.net
> >To: nanfa_at_aquaria.net
> >Subject: NANFA-- breeding success with Fundulus species
> >Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2004 20:58:40 -0500
> >
> >I put several F lineolatus out in a 30 gallon plastic tub late last
summer
> >with some aquatic plants. Fed them occasonally with dry feeds. They got
> >lots of mosquitoes and other wild inverts. By fall there were at least
15
> >fry in the tub. With an earlier start and a little more effort to save
> >fry, I bet you could crank out plenty of them. The fry are easily
> >harvested since they hug the surface and have little reflective spots on
> >them. Use a very fine mesh aquarium net to pick them out. If I get to
it,
> >I want to try this with F cingulatus and L ommata this year. I had a tub
> >full of ommata out last year, but they went out later and didn't seem to
> >produce. I brought them in when the water had dropped to about 40 F with
> >no apparent ill effects. The fish were fat and happy. They have
> >overwintered in an indoor aquarium.
> >
> >--
> >Mark
> >Ohio
> >USA
> ><))><

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