Dicrossus filamentosus

[anewbie]

True. I know of maybe a handful of cases of south american dwarf cichlids breaking the 5 year mark. Most in capitivity make it between 2 and 4 years. We can only guess for the wild, but I wouldn't expect more than 2 years there.

Interestingly there are plenty of smaller species, like cardinal tetras, that reached higher ages. The record I know of for those is 8 years. Just as much of an exception to the norm as a dwarf cichlid reaching 5+ years.

Well my emerald eye rasbora seem to live forever and when i look them up 8 years seems not impossible. Then we could talk about sterbai living 20 or 30 years and my little female nijjensi lived 5+ years and my ipiranga are older then the d. m. and in very good shape given the picture i posted the other day.

i guess it is all relative as most rams esp domestic rams are lucky to see two years. Still i kind of wish they would live longer ....

 

[MacZ]

Catfish are extremely long lived. And your N. nijsseni is for sure the exception to the rule.

 

[valevelo]

I bought 6 at the start of the year from Maidenhead and got 3 pairs from them, I had spawns but never saw wrigglers so moved two pairs on as others wanted to try breeding them. Water was 6.5pH

Stunning little fish with some very cool courtship behaviour. The male trying to corner the female whilst almost arching and twitching. Then the head down, near vertical swimming.

Poor 2nd photo but the display colours when courting are awesome

 

[KenL]

I bought 6 at the start of the year from Maidenhead and got 3 pairs from them, I had spawns but never saw wrigglers so moved two pairs on as others wanted to try breeding them. Water was 6.5pH

Stunning little fish with some very cool courtship behaviour. The male trying to corner the female whilst almost arching and twitching. Then the head down, near vertical swimming.

Poor 2nd photo but the display colours when courting are awesome

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Nice to see quality fish from Maidenhead, not always the case in my opinion.

 

[valevelo]

Nice to see quality fish from Maidenhead, not always the case in my opinion.

I think I was lucky as they were a bit tucked out of the way with poor lighting. Not as flashy as some so didn't get sold very quickly allowing me to check on them a few times before buying

 

[anewbie]

I think I was lucky as they were a bit tucked out of the way with poor lighting. Not as flashy as some so didn't get sold very quickly allowing me to check on them a few times before buying

Yea i gotta say as young ones they are cute little fishes but until they develop their colouring most people will pass by them.

I have 9 around 1/4 to 1/2 an inch in a 10 and eventually i'll move them to a 180 with some b. wavirini. Want to move them before they get stunted but after they get large enough to fend off two bickering rams (i have two domestic males that can't be satisfied splitting the tank in 1/2 they have to meet in the middle to fight every day).

 

[anewbie]

This is 2 of 9 - sort of in the middle of the pack - either they are very easy to keep or i'm just lucky but if i had known none would have issues not sure i would have gone with 9. These were received 9-2-2026 so only about 2 months so far - oh well i figure around dec or jan they will get moved - though i suspect my opinion might change once i try to net them.

 

[valevelo]

This was the group after purchase at end of March @anewbie . Size ended up a decent guide for gender despite the lack of Lyre on the males at this age you can see the size of the females compared to an alder cone at that point. Had the first spawn from them at the end of August

Bit of a blackwater scape whilst they grew out, some Hopl. Melini & Broch. Splendens for company

 

[anewbie]

This was the group after purchase at end of March @anewbie . Size ended up a decent guide for gender despite the lack of Lyre on the males at this age you can see the size of the females compared to an alder cone at that point. Had the first spawn from them at the end of August
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Bit of a blackwater scape whilst they grew out, some Hopl. Melini & Broch. Splendens for company
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How many do you have and how peaceful are they in a group? As i mentioned even with just 2 in a 180 the rams fight and i had d. maculatus and even a few in a 180 cause conflict. Should i assume with 9 they will fight until they are blue in the face or are they a bit more peaceful.

 

[valevelo]

How many do you have and how peaceful are they in a group? As i mentioned even with just 2 in a 180 the rams fight and i had d. maculatus and even a few in a 180 cause conflict. Should i assume with 9 they will fight until they are blue in the face or are they a bit more peaceful.

6, but they started fighting as soon as a pair formed so I split them. The first that paired stayed together and swam around the tank with the male warning the other two males off and the female doing the same to the other females (this is before any spawning)

After splitting and spawning (eggs didn't last the night) the female would chase the male pretty brutally and he'd just hide inside a bit of bogwood looking pathetic. Sounds similar to peoples experience here

https://apistogramma.com/forum/threads/how-many-in-a-harem-dicrossus-filamentosus.1030/