L. Curviceps

[BoBzz]

Does anyone have pics of both male and female Laetacara Curviceps?
On fishbase it lists the female as the larger of the two, is this true?

Thanks in advance!

 

[Neil]

BoBzz,

Sorry no pics, but I don't think that females are larger than the male when they are fully mature. Maybe they had a 6 month old male and a 9 month old female to go from :roll: :? Male get to about 8 to 9cm and females are about 7cm.

Neil

 

[BoBzz]

Thanks Neil!

How do you sex them at the juvenile and subadult stages?
I read that both color up to about the same extent.

 

[Neil]

It is unlikely that you can sex them until they are adults. They are a non-dimorphic species.

Neil

 

[Pei]

Just helping out here


These Curviceps are F0 from Santarem location. Not much different, just that they carry more blue on their body.

However, I do have 2 more with standard color, I can try to take pix of them.

Male Curviceps

Female Curviceps

 

[aspen]

if you want to ENSURE that you get a pair with fish that don't show much or any difference in the sexes, it is better to get a few specimens and let them pair off naturally, then take out the ones that are not in the pair.

even buying a sure male and female does not ensure that these will pair off and breed, but having competition for mates will increase your odds of having a breeding pair. whether you are dealing with di-morphic or non di-morphic species, buying a group of small fish and growing them out will be more likely to yield a pair. cichlid agression will be dissipitated, and smaller fish are less money to purchase, and make you more familiar with needs of the fish at a young age. a. curviceps at 1" size are so cheap, it makes this strategy easy to justify.

rick

 

[Cichlids1]

*Wants on the waiting list for fry from those Santarem Curviceps!!!*

Sweet looking. I've never had a curviceps color up like that!

 

[Randall]

DearBoBzz,

If you search the forum using the keywords "Laetacara," "curviceps" and "dorsigera," there is a lot of information here that can help you out. Pei's excellent photos don't show it, females of some populations of L. curviceps exhibit a more prominent dark dorsal blotch than males.

Pei, those photos are extraordinary. What magnificent fish!

Good luck!

Randall Kohn

 

[Neil]

Pei,
Very nice! I would love to see the standard version pics that you have.

Neil

 

[GSRACER]

Hehe :lol: it looks like the female in the first picture is trying to get the males attention. Like shes yelling at him or somthing.