I have a friend who is trying to get a pair out of his 6! Congratulations!!! They look beautiful, very appealing to the eye, actually. What have you been feeding them?!
well, dang, the male was eating the fry this morning ... the female kept chasing him off ... I tried to catch as many as I could and put in a 1 gallon tank ... we'll see how many survice when I get home from work today ...
"Doctored" refers to reverse osmosis (RO) and/or deionized (DI) water. RO involves fine particulate removal (and chlorine/VOC removal when it utilizes a carbon stage), and DI pulls out minerals/metallic ions. Sort of like manufacturing artificial rain water and in many cases possibly/probably purer given the amount of pollution from coal plants suffusing the atmosphere east of the Mississippi. Used for New World species subject to/needful of much purer water than African/lake species where salts tend to accumulate resulting in higher pH and hardness. Requires restoration of trace minerals (calcium and magnesium at a minimum) to water before use and is not generally essential for care/spawning of most species. But then maybe you knew this already...