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    B. maculata breeding experience?

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    Any of you guys have experience breeding Boraras maculata? I'm moving the 4 i have to my 6ft... Hopefully there'll be results. Ideas guys?

    Oh and how do I convert dkh to ppm? 3dkh = Xppm?

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    Off topic, but you must see this video by Nonn Panitvong of Siamensis.org showing Boraras uropthalmoides in its natural habitat in Thailand. Just look at the sheer number of tiny fish!

    http://www.siamensis.org/video/boraras_vdo1.AVI

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    And here I was thinking I was about to be guru-rescued. But damn... the video was like fish soup.... erm.. live fish soup

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    Maybe that draws a parallel to the passenger pigeon.

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    Waaah? sorry bro I'm lost...

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    The passenger pigeon was once probably the most common bird in North America, forming flocks that spanned miles. Unfortunately everybody took potshots at the birds and by 1900, all were gone.

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    Ahh... so the little rasboras in the video are very rare now?

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    on't think the Boraras are that threatened. but the moral of the story is that even very common animals can become rare or even extinct due to man. In North America, the Carolina Parakeet was also once a very common bird that is now extinct. Same with even an insect – the Rocky Mountain locust.

    Here, old books will mention that species like magpie robins (a songbird) and harlequins were once very common in roadside waterways etc.... but now....

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    Still, at the rate things are going they'll be whiped out in about 15 years... Hence my desire to preserve and breed local strains/subspecies(are they considered subspecies?) of fish. That and does anyone know how to calculate ppm? what's 3dkh in a 800 liter tank?

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    ive not bred these since 1999, but if your fish do spawn in the 6ft unless your tank is crammed with plants, you won't see many fry, if you have a spare 1ft cube i would try to spawn them in that.
    in the cube put a fine gravel base a clump of java moss , some floating plants and a small sponge filter, add your four maculata and if you have cory hastatus and let nature take it's course, in six mths you should have a nice population of both fish to put in your 6 ft.
    cheers. mick

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    Haha, you make it sound simple... but they've been in my spare 1ft tank for about a year now, it's overgrown with hairgrass and the like, no spawn though...

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    i did it that way for years, but other fish caught my eye , so the maculata went south.
    try puting a piece of bog wood in and lower the ph to around 5.5-6.0, and feed bbs to the adults, as well as that put enough java moss in so it reaches the surface it stops the parents predating the fry as much

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    I assume the water was really soft as well? Thanks by the way, I'll give it a shot

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    yes sorry i didn't mention that before, gh 3-4.
    good luck. mick

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