Subj : Mama Mbuna's Final Release Of Fry
To : Jeff Snyder
From : mark lewis
Date : Thu Oct 29 2009 01:25 pm
ml> perhaps they are not as hungry as they might be in the wild? since
ml> they're not as hungry due to regular and bountiful feedings, they
ml> wouldn't seem to be interested in chasing small food ;)
JS> Hello Mark. It's nice to finally see someone else posting in this
JS> echo. Carol was keeping me company for a while, but either got too
JS> busy, or maybe bored with my mbuna tales. Sadly, it seems that I
JS> am about the only one who is interested in trying to keep this echo
JS> alive. I've been trying to post in it about as regularly as I can.
it is very hard to see those following along when they do not post, eh? ;)
i've been reading this echo for over 10 years... well, when there's any traffic
in it... in fact, i posted plans for building a wooden aquarium not too long
back... my aquariums are all running fine and clean with some "standard"
fishing minnows from the store... about $1US/dozen :)
JS> Regarding your observation, well, if what you are saying were true,
JS> then I would think that my Copadichromis borleyi would have reacted
JS> in the same way, but they didn't. Those fish slaughtered all of the
JS> fry, whereas my mbunas haven't . . . at least not yet.
it was a thought and one that possibly won't apply to those others you had
(have?)...
JS> I checked this morning, and I can still see some of the little
JS> guys hovering in their same spots as yesterday. I doubt that I
JS> will ever be able to see and count all 10-12 of them, or however
JS> many she had, because there are simply too many hiding places.
i used to get corydorus' like that... i had one good egg laying female that
used to just line them up on the glass and the long frond leaves in the tank...
when i realized they were eggs, i'd carefully scrap them off and place them
into a "birthing net" container to hatch... after keeping them in there for
some time, i'd let them out... cory's are kinda like herd animals... they want
to group together and move like a herd of cows :)
JS> As usual, I'll keep everyone posted regarding how this latest spawn
JS> fares.
i enjoy the reading but i don't have the story telling abilities of yourself
and others...
