Hello Again.

[Shrimpy]

Hi all,
Its been a while since my last post, but i have good reason. I have almost finished the fish house and hopefully will put some pictures soon for you all to see, i also have some interesting additions to my tanks in breeding projects.

Fish Spawning:

Epiplatys fasciolatus conakry
Epiplatys hildegardae
Epiplatys Infrafasciatus
Aphyosemion celiae winifredae
Fundulopanchax gardneri akure

Other being conditioned:
Epiplatys bifasciatus
Epiplatys grahami

Again i hope to get some photographs on the forum in the future.

All the best.

Paul.

[stormhawk]

Hi Paul,

Nice to hear from you again. A fish house? Wow.. how I wish I could have one myself. Unfortunately space is a premium here in SG so we have to make do with racks and limited tank space.

Anyway, you got one really interesting species there - Epiplatys bifasciatus. Its a nice fish well worth the money and one that I would want to keep in the future. I was reading the Epiplatys book by Werner Neumann it states there that the populations of bifasciatus from Sudan have females which have a two-stage ovary.. and that was said to have been an indication that they practise internal fertilisation!! That would make these fish just as close to guppies.

[Shrimpy]

Stormhawk,

I am waiting for a copy of this book to be delivered at the moment, the idea the book has stated sounds fascinating. I now look forward to receiving the book and reading up on this theory, many thanks for pointing this out.

Paul.