Thanks for your comment. Actually, I would tend to think the opposite. The fact is that only one of the three survived at all. The reason is that hatching in a different PH than what is natural doesn't make the fish more hardy rather strained under the conditions. That's evident from the fact that the hatch was basically a failure (only 3 fry). When hatched in lower PH, I've noticed a lot higher survival rate. In my case, the numbers don't prove anything, because I would need to have many more tests to prove one way or another. A simple case or two wouldn't be sufficient to find evidence to the contrary. Thus far, however, hatching in lower PH and raising the fry for a while in the lower PH is definitely giving better survival rates. Thanks for your comment. It is very interesting and worth meditating on.
@@FishEZ Thanks. I left the hobby many years ago, mainly because I wasn't comfortable keeping wild caught fish and not breeding them (clown loaches, African tetras and Distichodus were my fish of choice) . I really enjoy your streams and hope you do well with the Mascara barbs.
@@teabagdubeke8607 Yes, I agree. I haven't many fish that I don't try to breed. There might be an exception (I'd have to think hard) but it's always the idea that fish should be captive bred if possible because the rapid destruction of natural habitat. Eventually there will no longer be many of the fish that we currently have. Thank you so much for watching the videos and being a part of our FishEZ FishFam.
Watched on replay. Thanks for another interesting video.
rewatching because i missed the first portion. thanks as always you give a wealth of info
Replay crew.... on a road trip.
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Replay Crew...
On the replay crew! Sorry I couldn't make it last night. Had a busy day and my leg was hurting so I went to sleep early. ❤
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Replay crew UK ;).
Do you think that progeny of the three Apistogramma survivors would have a better survival rate in higher PH water?
Probably not.
Thanks for your comment. Actually, I would tend to think the opposite. The fact is that only one of the three survived at all. The reason is that hatching in a different PH than what is natural doesn't make the fish more hardy rather strained under the conditions. That's evident from the fact that the hatch was basically a failure (only 3 fry). When hatched in lower PH, I've noticed a lot higher survival rate. In my case, the numbers don't prove anything, because I would need to have many more tests to prove one way or another. A simple case or two wouldn't be sufficient to find evidence to the contrary. Thus far, however, hatching in lower PH and raising the fry for a while in the lower PH is definitely giving better survival rates. Thanks for your comment. It is very interesting and worth meditating on.
@@FishEZ Thanks. I left the hobby many years ago, mainly because I wasn't comfortable keeping wild caught fish and not breeding them (clown loaches, African tetras and Distichodus were my fish of choice) . I really enjoy your streams and hope you do well with the Mascara barbs.
@@teabagdubeke8607 Yes, I agree. I haven't many fish that I don't try to breed. There might be an exception (I'd have to think hard) but it's always the idea that fish should be captive bred if possible because the rapid destruction of natural habitat. Eventually there will no longer be many of the fish that we currently have. Thank you so much for watching the videos and being a part of our FishEZ FishFam.