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| Re: Epiplatys huberi |
Subject: Re: Epiplatys huberi
by scottdavis on 2010/7/2 22:02:53
If the eggs continue to be infrequently fertile, try dropping the mineral level maybe 25% via a couple of partial water changes. That is easier said than done, but adding clean rainwater or RO water can make us successful where before we were conscientiously doing almost everything right. But the killies needed a "rainy season."
Killies from Gabon often are from areas with considerable rainfall. So if you are faithfully feeding and doing partial water changes and still not getting good eggs from your Epiplatys, Aphyosemion, et al, dropping the mineral level gradually (maybe by 10% per water change) is almost always a useful strategy.
Ep. huberi reputedly is pretty tolerant of fry. That depends upon the adult population density being modest, the adults being fed almost to satiation and providing a lot of hiding places for fry (as in lots of water sprite).
I've kept them going in 10-gallon tanks for about seven years, but certainly there aren't too many youngsters. I'd probably be wiser to pull youngsters and keep only a pair or trio (M-F-F) of these rather robust killies in each aquarium.
And closely cover those babies! :)
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