Nannacara taeniata

[retro_gk]

Nannacara taenia

 

[blueblue]

Very healthy with natural colour. Have they bred in the tank yet?

 

[retro_gk]

Thanks. Yes, they have spawned a few times already. Their color is spectacular when guarding a spawn. Unfortunately, they are also impossible to photograph then.

 

[KenL]

Very nice fish.

Do they pair fight as much as N.anomala after spawning? In my experience females can really go after males after spawning.

 

[Greg PL]

I keep 3 pairs and loads of odd other dwarfs in a 120x60x40 tank. she's a very good mother, chasing away even adult agassizii male.
he (N. male) is patrolling the whole tank looking more for some other female than enemies.
but they both look great during brood care.

 

[retro_gk]

IME, pairs are less aggressive on each other than N. anomala However, the females can be somewhat nasty on each other.

 

[fishboy20]

I was able to keep this species in a 5 1/2 before moving them to a 10 (which overheated on me). They were quite at home even in the 5 1/2. Got them to spawn a few times. The parents were awesome with a black mask and a gold body. If I am able to pick some up at the ACA Convention, hopefully I'll get them to spawn again. They weren't very difficult to keep nor spawn. Could be a good beginner dwarf cichlid IME.

~Jeremy Basch
http://www.AmazonCichlids.com