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Recent content by Mazan

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    Pike cichlid ID help

    That’s really interesting. Actually I’ve noticed similar behavior with a Hemiodus that always follows the Guinacara as they stir up the sand.
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    Pike cichlid ID help

    Whether they breed or not they are really great little cichlids, though they like to hide they are not at all shy and soon learn to beg for food. I really hope you can breed them,I think you have the best chance while they are young. It might not be a bad thing to have some dither fish with...
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    Pike cichlid ID help

    Sounds good!
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    Pike cichlid ID help

    Yes, that is normally the case, maybe its just well fed. As for dominance, more suggestive of being a male. Anyway keep an eye on it...
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    Pike cichlid ID help

    I am not 100% sure that is a male, the belly looks a bit pink and slightly rounded...
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    Pike cichlid ID help

    Try to get a picture of a male with the dorsal fin extended. I know its not easy... This is the Orinoco one, nothopthalmus has the first fin rays extended.
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    Mesonauta identification

    Yes, I have had that experience trying to link articles here. I’ve seen that Mesonauta paper ,as you say it’s easy to find.
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    Pike cichlid ID help

    I revisited the Oliver Lucanus video with the dwarf pikes and Dicrossus. One thing I noted was that he says the female pikes are about 2” and the males 3” . Mine got to twice that size respectively. I also reread an article by Vin Kutty about dwarf pikes. Referring actually to regani, he...
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    Pike cichlid ID help

    Get a group if you have room for them. I started with 5 but by the time I made up my mind to get them (I wasn't sure if I had anywhere suitable for them) they had been in the shop a few months and were extremely skinny. Two didn't make it. Yours looks to be healthier. Mine would only eat...
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    Pike cichlid ID help

    Yes, I have seen that video of dicrossus foraging with Wallaciia - nice! Sadly I have never been able to get Dicrossus here. This is my female when about the same size as yours, at first the ring around the ocellus looked more whitish, later the red became more obvious and the ocellus became...
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    Pike cichlid ID help

    The pike looks different in the new picture, I now do think it could be a female Wallaciia nothopthalmus.
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    'lipstick' pencilfish ??

    There certainly seem to be a lot of varieties around that look similar but different....
  13. M

    any suggestions for breeding d39?

    I don’t think they are a weak consolation!
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    any suggestions for breeding d39?

    What are those fry?
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    Pike cichlid ID help

    I don’t really have that much experience with pike cichlids, only with one species of Wallaciia, however I did look into the dwarf species a lot when I first got mine and I don’t think it’s a Wallaciia and certainly not nothopthalmus, probably it’s one of the larger species.
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