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To: TyroneGenade who wrote (10)	7/3/2023 10:56:46 AM
From: THE WATSONYOUTH	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 40

So how do you keep and breed your australe? as one of the biggest mysteries of my many years of killie keeping, I never had much luck with australe....my biggest success was putting a pair outside in a large 40 gal fiberglass Toteline container for the summer loaded with hornwort / najas / and floating plants........it was full of moina, and mosquito larvae, and I never fed................just scooped out fry come the end of summer.............beyond that, I can not add more to the discussion.

To: TyroneGenade who wrote (10)	7/13/2023 8:50:26 PM
From: tonypinto	Respond to of 40

Hi Tyrone, yes I agree - you can get pairs which produce little or no fertile eggs. I have a trio right now which are getting older and nothing in the 2 years that I have had them. Trying to get a new pair to start again. Tony

To: TyroneGenade who wrote (10)	7/29/2023 7:56:05 PM
From: GregMan	Respond to of 40

I have successfully bred australe in 5 1/2 (for a pair) and 10 gallon (for small groups) tanks with nothing but a dark green bottom mop and a sponge filter. I use Buffalo tap water which is 150ppm and pH 7.4 and they seem to do just fine in that. One thing I do that many people may not is incubate the eggs on top of moist peat for 5-6 weeks.They require force hatching after that but they all hatch at the same time, which is a plus as the older ones don't eat the younger ones.