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    Pelvicachromis Pulcher Ndonga

    Ndonga is found in central coastal Cameroon, but the normal range of pulcher is in Nigeria. Due to the considerable separation between their ranges, it seems that many experts are calling them Pelvicachromis cf. pulcher Ndonga. There are slight differences in appearance, but they don't appear to...
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    5 gallon tanks for pair breeding?

    I used to breed a few species in 5 gallon tanks, most often using young pairs. I had borellii, caetei, and eunotus (or cf. eunotus), among others, in tanks where the males could see each other in the next tank. The caves I used were coconut shells and placed in a corner. Water Sprite was always...
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    Why are laetacara dorsigera called redbrest acara ?

    Those fish are far from natural colors. I've seen some that were pretty dark, but the usual color is a dark maroon on the breast. There were also wild populations that were bright cherry red on the breast: These belonged to a friend who was supposed to maintain them until I got out of the...
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    Krobia Xinguensis

    I have not seen them available in several years. Sexing is a little bit tricky. Females have shorter dorsal and anal fins, and less color overall. Here's a photo of the mate to the male in the photo of my previous post:
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    Krobia Xinguensis

    They are quite passive for their size. I no longer have them, as I had to liquidate my fish stocks a few years ago to pay bills. Now that things are settling back down, I might be on the lookout for them in the future.
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    Krobia Xinguensis

    Sorry I haven't been in the forum for quite some time. Krobia xinguensis was known for several years as Krobia sp. "Red Cheek". I think I first saw one in 2005 at the Dallas ACA convention. I was finally able to get some of these a few years ago, they were pretty easy to breed. Very easy going...
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    Ram sexing

    I think it looks like two females, based on another characteristic I learned from @coralbandit, a prolific breeder of ramirezi. The anal fin does not extend past the start of the caudal, which he says indicates female. Only time this doesn't work is when you have longfin Rams. The red bellies...
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    Can you id this critter for myself ?

    Looks like a young Krib to me.
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    Looking for Pelv. Taeniatus Moliwe and Nyete

    Moliwe, Nyete, and most other populations from Cameroon have been placed into the revalidated Pelvicachromis kribensis. Anton Lamboj and others did a revision of Pelvicachromis in 2014. The Wouri population was described as a new species, P. drachenfelsi.
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    Pencil fish ID

    That is rather colorless for N. beckfordi, but it does appear to be the most likely ID.
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    Copella callolepis (sensu Zarske)

    I have found two problems with raising fry of Copella. The first was obviously food. Later breeding with C. arnoldi allowed for some experiments. Vinegar worms were too big! So it boiled down to infusoria. I also used a solution of the old Liquifry in the squeeze tubes with limited success. It...
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    Can someome ID this dwarf cichlid for me please

    Identified this on another forum. Juvenile Gymnogeophagus balzanii.
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    sexing borellii or steel blue

    I believe those are Steel Blue, rather than borellii. You appear to have the sexing correct.
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    Anomalochromis Thomasi (African Butterfly Cichlid) Over looked dwarf...

    I must have had the only thomasi with attitude, apparently. :rolleyes: They chased around two Wallaceochromis that were both larger than them. They also cleaned out every single MTS snail in the tank, and it was overloaded with them.
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    Anomalochromis Thomasi (African Butterfly Cichlid) Over looked dwarf...

    Anomalochromis is an interesting genus. Currently considered monotypic, Loiselle speculated back in 2012 that the different populations should be described as different species. Ade's fish are the Guinea population, which has been the only one available for a very long time. It's identifiable by...
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