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I find leaving the fry in a the breeding tank a bit too long, water changing and triggering the parents to spawn again and ' hay presto ' all the previous fry just disappear.
But personally I would just give a friend a bunch of the fry to raise.
The odd spawning site wasn't just for show. Here is a couple of pics of the proud parents and fry.
Dad pretending o be a rock.
dad and mum trying again to be a rock
and fry
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Briz,
I have only 1 pair of each species and we know how that can change in an instant. It would be...
I had an interesting discovery with my P.rolofi. They are very shy and rarely stay out of shelter and never come out and swim around when I'm in the room. The tank is small and has little cover so it's not of any great surprise about their habits.
What was a surprise was their choice of...
I have to agree with you, the Ivanocara adokita are just stunning. They are one of the best patterned fish I have ever set eyes on. If you can get them do so.
Mine are not too demanding with food and water conditions and are not shy at all.
Here is a couple of pics of them.
Thanks Mike, I will be keeping the two colour strains separate. It will be nice to get them both breeding.
Hey Rod, The blue girl should be letting fry out any day now.
T
I have got two groups of N.anomala from different importers, but they are quite different colours.
Just thought I would check and make sure they were both anomala.
First group, Unfortunately I don't have a pic of a female from this group in brood colours
male
females
Pair from the second...
I feed two times a day.
Earthworm flake in the mornings.
The night feeds are a random affair. Each night may be different. Daphnia, brine shrimp, spirulina brine shrimp, rotifers.
Fry get two feeds, randomly,
Newly hatched brine shrimp, micro worms, daphnia.
These are the my Pelvicachromis roloffi.
Sorry for the soft light pics but these guys still have not settled down and hide when ever you look into the tank.
Not a problem Ruki,
I do the water changes manually with a good old hose. No magic pipes.
Filling is from a 1000L tub of rain water with another hose attached to a sump pump.
Cheers
T
Mike, I forgot about the ease of sterilizing them. I usually just drop them into boiling water before moving them into a new tank. I also use PVC in all my tanks as well for the same reason.
My room isn’t anything exiting. It measures 6m long x 1.7m wide a 1.6m high. The walls and roof are...
I thought I’d share this idea with everyone. I’ve been using these for years and I know many people who do for the more aggressive cichlid species, but recently a friend saw these in my room and said they’d never seen anyone using them before so they must not be as commonly used as I...
Welcome to the forum,
This is a simplistic account from what I’ve observed but it may help you read the signs.
With apistogramma the female will became more aggressive towards the male, most females will also display their breeding colours, mostly differing shades of yellow. She will also...
The fish that came in as A galaxy have spawned.
Hopefully this may help narrow down what species it is.
Here is a pic of the female in brood colour.
thanks
Todd
Thanks all, the more I watch my Apistos the more I am taken with them.
Mike, Thanks for clearing up the rotpunkt.
I was looking at rotpunkt and alacrina on the net but a lot of the pics are the same for the two species.
I think he's still is a stunner under any name and very happy to have him...
Briz the male above the anamola came in as A alacrina.
eageraquarist, The little filamentosus is still young so he should only get better. I haven't had these either of the Dicrossus spawn yet.
cheers
T