P. paskai

Wim Heemskerk (wim.heemskerk at tip.nl)
Sun, 21 Jul 96 11:16 MET DST

>This question is being directed more towards Wim and any other Europeans
>with experience with P. paskai.
>
>Basically, I'm interested in knowing what water conditions you have had
>success spawning this species in, ie hardness, pH, temperature. Phoenix
>water tends to be around 180ppm, pH=~8 and temps at the moment are around
>26oC (80oF) (without any heating). Some folks have suggested that paskai
>are a soft water spawner, and I was just wondering if anyone else had
>experience with this fish under harder conditions.

Hi Peter,

I don't think you will get many reaktions on this one from Europe, because I
just released the paskai's on the I.R.G. convention last june.
Anyway I tried several waterconditions to spawn the paskai in.
The best result I got with soft water, waterconditions:
hardness ~ 50 ppm, pH 6.5 - 6.8 and a watertemp about 25 - 28o C.
Use a well planted tank or pick the eggs otherwise they eat the eggs.
To increase egg-production use more males then females in your breeding-tank.

The waterconditions in Phoenix are about the same as they are over here and
I also tried those waterconditions to spawn the paskai, but didn't get a
fertile eggs.
Maybe after a few generation, who knows, remember your paskai's are F1.

Groetjes,
Wim

b.t.w.
Has Julie seen the slide's yet :~)