another dumb question

[sschind]

Or the guy who looked at my tank full of Black Tetras and White Tetras and asked "which ones are the White Tetras"

[MoJo]

When I hear and experience brilliance like the two previous posts I realize why human beings make the messes they make!

Back to the subject at hand. I do not brumate - my first time ocellatus female and male made 12 babies - 2 stillborn, 1 died later and I am left with one out of the nine left that will not eat and I believe will need to be culled.

Joanna

[zooplan]

Hibernation(or even a sequence of seasons) is needed more by the males to have strong production of sperms.
For the feamles its better to set thier organic clock right.
If garters are hibernated its easier to control the time of birth.

[adamanteus]

I agree with most of the others, it is best to hibernate both males and females to get the best chances of successful reproduction.

[Lulu Bennett]

when do you guys stop feeding and start tirning the light and heat down?

[Snaky]

Begin November is the last time I feed, 3 weeks after that I decrease the temparature/ light duration. And 2 weeks after that they are hibernating

[adamanteus]

About the same with me. Although I have already stopped feeding one or two, which were 'slowing down' on their feeding anyway.