Re: NANFA-- Weird Catfish Behavior & BAP

Todd Crail (farmertodd_at_buckeye-express.com)
Fri, 2 May 2003 15:10:54 -0400

My appologies for the <ahem> less than professional picture that was there,
if you surfed it yesterday. I'll put a nice purty picture there when I get
a moment, instead of the Farmer and Cohort emphatically addressing the
camera after a largemouth bass "double". ;)

I guess this officially releases the page. Have at it all you breeder
types! Let me know if you experience any trouble with it and I can make
updates.

Todd

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark" <markb_at_columbus.rr.com>
To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2003 10:36 PM
Subject: Re: NANFA-- Weird Catfish Behavior

> That's very interesting. Sounds like a BAP entry in the making.
> See: http://www.farmertodd.com/nanfa/bap/
>
> For some clue as to what may be happening, look for these changes in
> the two fish:
>
> The "male" will have an enlarged head -- it will look wider and
> flatter than usual, especially when veiwed from above.
>
> The "female" will not have the enlarged head and will have an
> enlarged abdomen as eggs develop. This can best be seen before they
> have been fed, so that you are not observing stomach enlargement from
> food rather than eggs. It may also be possible to see the color of
> the eggs though her skin if they are close to maturity. Please keep
> notes on the conditions of the fish, tank, water, lighting and
> temperature. We are working on a database of this kind of info for
> natives (nanf's). The pairing behavior may be something new that has
> not been previously observed (I haven't done any kind of a search to
> check this.) Conservation Fisheries may have some applicable info:
> http://www.conservationfisheries.org/
> --
> Mark
> Ohio
> USA
> <))><

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