Nannacara aureocephalus "Chutes de Fourgassier"

[Amazoniensis]

hi,
still from my trip from French Guyana i brought back some Nannacara aureocephalus.
one female is "brood caring", this is a great surprise for me i was thinking i collected males only ... but in fact, no !

The creek

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the female, she spawned in the coco

some pics of the waterfall
Chutes de Fourgassier, Montagne de Roura, Guyane by N. Blondeau, on Flickr


Chutes de Fourgassier, Montagne de Roura, Guyane by N. Blondeau, on Flickr

 

[Amazoniensis]

 

[Mike Wise]

The fish look very nice - but your photos of the area are spectacular! Well done!

 

[Fikret Celik]

Thank you, sir. Wonderful a story...

 

[Colossus]

Nice Nico...as usual!

 

[Amazoniensis]

one of the females is brood caring again

the male is stunning !

 

[Amazoniensis]

brood caring female

 

[Ekona]

Really neat looking. Good colors! Thanks for sharing.

 

[Ekona]

Here is an interesting forum thread about Nanacara. Check out the third photo down - N. aureocephalus huge old male!
Also, apparently a lot of variation in populations from stream to stream. You have a really good population!

 

[Frank Hättich]

As always, awesome pictures Nicolas! I wish I had half the talent and knowledge of photography than you!

 

[Amazoniensis]

thank you guys
i never knew that aureos could have a purple mask !


Nannacara aureocephalus "Chutes de Fourgassier", French Guyana by N. Blondeau, on Flickr

 

[Amazoniensis]

 

[Amazoniensis]

 

[Livebearer Lady]

WOW! Nice vidoes Please share the water parameters in the wild state.
I am now breeding these fish and would like to know more so I can succeed with them.
I have a brood of 25+ that are 10 days old but need more info so I don't screw it up!
I am in the N.W. area of the USA and water is high in PH so using mostly R/O water but what can they tolerate?
I have livebearers from French Guiana that come from high P.H. waters. What is this riverines water parameters?
Please help

 

[Amazoniensis]

hello,
the good pH range is between 5 to 7pH
you should continue to use reverse osmosis water. i think it is more important than pH.
the water must be very soft and a little acidic.
in the creek Morpio at pH 4.9
in the "Fourgassier waterfalls" it was 6.8 in the Gabriel creek at 5.2 and many in other creeks where the pH value was between 6 to 7.
always in very soft water.

 

[Livebearer Lady]

Thank you! Amazoniensis
I am using 95% R.O. water in this tank (a 16 gallon bowfront). My P.H. is 6.5 and G.H. @ 2o
It's now day 14 and fry are very lively and out feeding actively! I have NO other fish in this set but want to add something small and non-threadening as fry get older.
Please let me know what other fishes share this creek with N. aureocephalus.
I have now transitioned food from hard boiled, finely strained egg yolks onto Banana worms & fine crushed flake at times. Fry are now 4.5mm in size and growing quickly! I did'nt expect this spawn either and are very new to egglayers as my Username states...
The pictures of they're native creek is a paradise! Seeing it seem one could understand it would be low in T.D.S. as well. But what type of boulders are in this creeks' location as well? Are there any trout to catch in there too? Is there any way to contact you off this board as well??? to talk of future info/spawns? My e-mail is [email protected]
Livebearerlady

 

[Amazoniensis]

everywhere you go you can find some Nannostomus beckfordi Copella carsevennensis and a lot of tetra living with Nannacaras.

 

[Livebearer Lady]

Thanks, I haven't seen Copella's for sale in the U.S. but have seen them in collecting video's as By-catches of Apisto nets.
Thanks seems like an intersting new species t look for in the future. N. beckfordi is another difficult one to obtain here as well.

 

[Amazoniensis]

purple faced !

 

[Ekona]

Purple and gold leaf!