What a great week. The weather has been unseasonably warm. I’ve got new fish babies, the first in 2 years! I was also fortunate enough to give my talk, “Not Your Fathers Danio”, at my local clubs first meeting of the year. Life is good.
Tag: Spawning
Devario acrostomus spawning
Back in October I picked up a bag of Devario acrostomus at the C.A.F.E. fall auction, (https://ballaquatics.com/general/devario-acrostomus-a-fall-auction-treasure/). Well for lack of a better place to keep them, I put them into a 20 gallon long that was over-grown with some vals that I had picked up at the C.A.F.E. spring auction. Can you tell I really like the local club auctions? Continue reading Devario acrostomus spawning
Spawning Plans…..
There are just too many fish and not enough time. I guess that’s why I feel compelled to put together a spawning plan every year of the fish I’d like to work with. Going through the fish room it’s easy to rule out some of the fish. The 046, 183 & 201 plecos are all too young to spawn yet. I have plenty of Danio roseus, D. kerri, D. rerio var. frankei, D meghalayensis, Devario assamensis, and D. acrostomus on hand already. Continue reading Spawning Plans…..
Happy New Year!
Well another year is in the books, and what a year it has been. Back in February, at the GCAS swap meet, my good friend Stephan Tanner and I began talking about a website make-over for his http://www.swisstropicals.com website. Ta da….. the new site when live today! While I may be a bit jaded, I think it’s beautiful. The site is loaded with tons of great information, links to some of the best hobby related websites, and Stephan’s great line of products. Continue reading Happy New Year!
Snowy day and a cold water change…..
Last Friday was a cold and snowy day with a storm front moving through the area. As the temperatures dropped, I thought I’d better drained down my rain water collection system to keep it from freezing up. Pumping the cold water into the fish room I thought it might be a good time to give the Albino Cories a cold water change to see what would happen. Continue reading Snowy day and a cold water change…..