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From: clewis@mnetor.UUCP (Chris Lewis)
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Subject: Re: Tropical Fish, several questions.
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Date: Mon, 13-May-85 10:40:34 EDT
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In article <413@cvl.UUCP> westling@cvl.UUCP (Mark Westling) writes:
>I hope this helps:

Thanks for the information - it'll come in useful.  Actually, you're
a little late regarding the Neons.  We seemed to have a touch of
"ick" and used Maracide....  The Maracide booklet doesn't mention that 
this stuff is fatal to Neons (at least at the recommended dosage).  
The only way I found out was noticing that other "ick" medicines
have the warning.  We moved all four of them to a fresh (un-medicated)
Guppy tank we bought for the breeders.  It was too late for three
of them...

>Now a question to spark more discussion.  Let's assume you successfully
>breed and raise mollies, then platies, swordtails, and so on, then decide
>you want to try an egglaying species.  What would other people on the net
>suggest as a beginner's egglayer?  I've seen books that say bettas are easy,
>and though I'm raising a lot of them now I remember the days back when I
>couldn't.  Danios or barbs?  I've never tried them, but I've read that they
>are almost a traditional first egglayer.  How about rift lake cichlids (no
>kidding), such as zebras?  Now that the novelty has worn off, I think
>everyone is almost embarrased to admit how easy it is to breed many of these
>species.  Many killifish could be included, the only problem being
>availability.  In fact, my first egglayer was Aphyosemion gardneri.  Any
>other ideas?

My SO and I have sort of decided to get a couple of the miniature
cichlids (eg: the "Agassiz Dwarf Cichlid").  The books seem to indicate
that it is fairly easy and that they take such good care of their young
that you don't really have to separate them.  Mind you, our current
tank is only 5.5 gal...  Do they really need "hard" water?  I know that
the books say that they do prefer hard moderately high PH water, but they
didn't mention it about this species.

We aren't really interested in making a big deal about fish.  My SO
and I have basically compromised on getting one 15-20 gal tank when
we move into our house and the current 5.5 gal, guppy tank and
a couple of gold fish bowls.
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Chris Lewis,
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