Hello guys, I'm worried with a pair of Laetacara curviceps that's in my tank by only 10 days now. The tank is setted since january, have 240 liters, black water, ph 6,8, ammonia 0,0 and nitrite 0,25. The tank mates are other 6 south american dwarf cichlids: 1 Mikrogeophagus papilocromis, 1 Dicrossus maculatus, 1 Apistogramma cacatuoides, 1 Mikrogeophagus ramirezi german blue, 1 Mikrogeophagus ramirezi gold, 1 Apistogramma trifasciata. The idea here is to make a south american cichlid community tank, like is made with african cichlids at exaustion. The rest of the tank mates are corydoras, rhinodoras, plecos, neon tetras, kuhlii and dojo loaches, a pearl gourami and a gardneri killifish.
They live in peace, but some trouble is coming. The pair of Laetacara curviceps have arrived 10 days ago with a timid behaviour, stunning blue and yellow colours, all the time swimming together and not bothering with the tank mates at all. It just changed, since 2 days ago. One of them changed the colour, and it's turning black, still beautifull and still looking healthy, but it's basically a black fish now. Also, they totally stopped to swim together, instead that, the black one are sitting at a leaf in a very secretive position, at least 80% of the time, hard to watch, while the other swims around; when the black one appears swimming, is a certain thing to see the blue one on that leaf. The one swimming around is sending away every other fish, cichlid or not. They looks like reproductive couple, but I don't know how to sex them, we thought have 2 males, because description says pointed dorsal and anal fins on males, and the fins looks some pointed on both of them.
Someone have good male and female pics of Laetacara curviceps? It's expected this colour changing to dark in reproductive season? I thought it could turn more yellow or more pale, but black?
Any advice on what to do if eggs appears?
On the pic both blue and swimming together, not protecting a leaf, etc... I'll try to get new pics of the black one.
They live in peace, but some trouble is coming. The pair of Laetacara curviceps have arrived 10 days ago with a timid behaviour, stunning blue and yellow colours, all the time swimming together and not bothering with the tank mates at all. It just changed, since 2 days ago. One of them changed the colour, and it's turning black, still beautifull and still looking healthy, but it's basically a black fish now. Also, they totally stopped to swim together, instead that, the black one are sitting at a leaf in a very secretive position, at least 80% of the time, hard to watch, while the other swims around; when the black one appears swimming, is a certain thing to see the blue one on that leaf. The one swimming around is sending away every other fish, cichlid or not. They looks like reproductive couple, but I don't know how to sex them, we thought have 2 males, because description says pointed dorsal and anal fins on males, and the fins looks some pointed on both of them.
Someone have good male and female pics of Laetacara curviceps? It's expected this colour changing to dark in reproductive season? I thought it could turn more yellow or more pale, but black?
Any advice on what to do if eggs appears?
On the pic both blue and swimming together, not protecting a leaf, etc... I'll try to get new pics of the black one.
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