Experiences with Teleocichla-species?

[elisabethen_DK]

Hi guys!

I'm new at Apistogramma.com, so a short presentation may be in orden..

I'm a 20 year old female fra Copenhagen, DK. I've owned and bred different species of dwarf cichlids over the past aprox. 5 years, mostly Apisto's. I'm administator at the danish aquartics forum, akvariesiden.dk, where I'm writing and translating a bunch of articles on SA species.

Happy to be here

And now to my question...

Teleocichla's are not fish, that are common in DK. Actually, I've never seen one, and the danish stores doesn't seem to sell them.
It so happens, that I'm going to Sweden next week to visit a bunch for fish shops there... And, according to their stock lists, they seem to have a fem Teleocichla-species...
So far I haven't been able to find a lot of information on these fish... Can anyone here perhaps help me?
I'm especially seeking information on how to decorate their tank, what size the tank should be etc.
Are they kept in pairs, trios or groups?
Do they easily take dead food, like fx frozen bloodworms?

That's all for now

Elisabeth

 

[banderbe]

Hi guys!

I'm new at Apistogramma.com, so a short presentation may be in orden..

I'm a 20 year old female fra Copenhagen, DK. I've owned and bred different species of dwarf cichlids over the past aprox. 5 years, mostly Apisto's. I'm administator at the danish aquartics forum, akvariesiden.dk, where I'm writing and translating a bunch of articles on SA species.

Happy to be here

And now to my question...

Teleocichla's are not fish, that are common in DK. Actually, I've never seen one, and the danish stores doesn't seem to sell them.
It so happens, that I'm going to Sweden next week to visit a bunch for fish shops there... And, according to their stock lists, they seem to have a fem Teleocichla-species...
So far I haven't been able to find a lot of information on these fish... Can anyone here perhaps help me?
I'm especially seeking information on how to decorate their tank, what size the tank should be etc.
Are they kept in pairs, trios or groups?
Do they easily take dead food, like fx frozen bloodworms?

That's all for now

Elisabeth

There's a bit of info towards the bottom of this article:

http://www.cichlid-forum.com/articles/dwarf_pike_cichlids.php

 

[Z Man]

I have purchased a few pair of different Teleocichla that I paid quite a high price for at different times from Julio when he still lived in the US. They were like about $40 or $50 a pair. I tried pairs in a 30 breeder but they didn't last too long. Just a few months if that. The female was always the nasty one and I always ended up with just the one fish. It has to be a very densely planted tank where you hardly see the fish so they don't see each other and fight. I fed them newly hatched BBS and frozen brine shrimp and frozen bloodworms. Never saw an egg either!

 

[blueblue]

Romer's Cichlid Atlas I has a lot of descriptions, you may take a look.

i also recently acquired a pair and i'm observing their behavior.