Bill
Dustin Smith wrote:
> Problem with those guys is that most males slip through the mesh in
> your net. THey max out at about 3/4 inch. You usually have to be
> really careful to ensure that you have some males. There is a chance
> that the females may drop for you. If not, let me know and we will
> send some males from that area the next time we get down there.
>
>
> ----Original Message Follows----
> From: "Rick Phillips" <philipsr_at_chartertn.net>
> Reply-To: nanfa_at_aquaria.net
> To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
> Subject: NANFA-- Least Killifish
> Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 13:03:47 -0400
>
> On a trip a few weeks ago to the Charleston, SC area I collected some
> least
> killifish (Heterandria formosa) from a ditch near my motel. In
> brought back
> 10 or 15 to Kingsport and put them in a heavily planted 10 gal tank.
> I was
> hoping to get a colony going, problem is that seems I only brought back
> females! I wonder what the chances are that some of these will drop some
> young? I have had them for more than a month and no babies yet.
>
> Rick
>
> Rick Phillips
> Kingsport, Tennessee
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