dunl

Sylvan Lake, here....

You may not want to wait, as things can get very agressive, very quickly. Selling them off as a pair, as long as they have paired up, would be a good bet. Better than having injured fish in the end.

Scienachromis fryeri (breeding group) Labidochromis mbamba (breeding group) Labidochromis freibergi (breeding group) Maylandia estherae(breeding group)

Those brichardi will eventually take over your tank, with the rest of the fish hiding up in one corner....may happen too quick to keep from having casualties as well.

Won't touch the moorii comments, as I'm not versed in them, but yes, venustus will easily get 10". I would consider a 7" venustus male a runt.

Here's another idea... http://www.cichlid-forum.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=49993

Not a peacock, but C. azureus will allow multiple males...

Might be a chance of getting an eye injury...I have had that in my tank just from limestone before.... Any chance of sanding it down???

Check out this link for over 120 different profiles...and yes Rudy, lots New World, too! Cichlid-Forum Species Profiles

Check this out for more recommended species mixes....lots of variances you can do with these as well, just run it by us here and we will help you out... Cichlid-Forum's 55 Gallon Cookie Cutter Setup And as for getting fish, have you tried "fishboy" yet? With 3000 fry, and coming to a gymnasium floor near you in the next couple of weeks, you might be able to save a bundle in shipping fees. Although this link is on buying fry, he does have lots of stock to sell... http://s6.invisionfree.com/AlbertaAquatica...p?showtopic=104 Not that Ford isn't s good guy to go with. I have personally seen some of his fish, and he has great quality.... Best of luck, Dunl

Why the spawning? Do they take advantage of each other once they're drunk?

How about this article? Raising Discus from a Beginner's Perspective

What have you tried so far, and what problems have you had?

Depends on how much rum you put in your coke.

Oxquo, hope this helps...this way, instead of letting the parents eat them upon hatch, hatch the eggs yourself and raise from there. This would eliminate the need to interbreed the two lines. =========================================================== A short simple method of raising discus fry artificially by Jeff Leach I just thought I'd pass on something I was told by a discus breeder in Chicago recently regarding artificial rearing of fry. I personally have never tried this, but the man who explained it to me raised most of his fry this way, and he had about 35 pairs of discus and a great deal of success. He starts by removing the eggs from the parents (his pairs laid on a variety of surfaces including slate, pvc, and strips of stainless steel) and placing the eggs in a one gallon jar containing straight R.O. water at the same temperature as his tanks. To this he adds 2 drops of Meth. blue and aerates it slightly. Two days after the eggs hatch, he fills a white bowl with clean tap water (He stressed that white is important) and uses a turkey baster to wash the eggs from the slate into the bowl. After they become free swimming and most are swimming up to the top, he adds a pinch of O.S.I. artemia food (I don't recall exactly what it is, but it's the stuff that you would feed to brine shrimp.) He also starts feeding the smallest of newly hatched brine shrimp at this time with an eye dropper. His methods are simple, and he uses household materials to strain the shrimp. He siphons the newly hatched shrimp into a slightly worn linen handkerchief with a catch basin underneath. the shrimp that are collected in the handkerchief are fed to larger fry. The water that has passed through the handkerchief is then poured through a strainer lined with a bounty paper towel. (He stressed BOUNTY at this point) The shrimp that are trapped by the paper towel are the ones that get fed to the newly hatched fry. He actually showed me the process, and he had it down to where after pouring the water through the strainer with the paper towel liner, there was just enough liquid in the catch basin to leave about 1/2" above the center of the paper towel. He could then use the eye dropper to suck up the shrimp and feed them to the discus fry. He feeds the pinch of artemia food and shrimp to the newborn fish three times a day, at 7:00am,1:00pm, and again at 7:00pm. He does not feed anything after 7:00pm to any of his fish. He also claimed that there were batches of fry that he raised with only two feedings per day. He continues this method for about 5 days and then switches over to just brine shrimp until they are large enough to take other foods.

ROTFLMAO.

Works great for new threads, but doesn't give new posts inold threads...

This doesn't show all new posts, but just shows the new threads; therefore, you can't use this to check to see if any new postings have been made to existing threads. Modifying this would be mucho helpful, as it would allow you to see if any replies have been added to any threads you are interested in.... Hope you could modify this, Dunl

Mike, really nice one there! Great reflexes on the camera.

Click on the link to find the frontosa variant map on Cichlid-Forum.com...excellent pics to help with identifying. Cichlid Maps

The URL tag gave me links, but didn't show the pics....they open in a new window.

I'm not sure about Calgary, but there was someone in Edmonton claiming to breed these. I was looking last year at getting some and building a 150gallon plywood tank for them, until I heard some other information. Basically, the guy stated where he bought them from, and the seller mentioned that he never, ever, ever had Zaire's in stock. They were normal, everyday Burundis. So be careful on these.....make sure you know what you are looking for, and have something in your mind to compare them to.

Thanks....still playing with the rocks, but it gets better each time.

Here's some pics of my 77 gallon Mixed Malawi. Tank has only been running for a couple of months.... 77 gallon King of the Tank - My alpha Labidochromis freibergi L.freibergi male with flash... My male Sciaenochromis fryeri male fryeri

I bought one of these at a garage sale last week for $9 (great buy, eh?), and I was wondering what DIY projects it could be used for? So far I was thinking of a water jet system to move the waste off the substrate so my AC 500 can pick it up, but hooking the jets up to the outlet pipe on the Fluval. Any other ideas out there? Thanks, Dunl