birger Posted February 11, 2007 Report Share Posted February 11, 2007 (edited) A few pics for those of you who missed out on these when Gold's had them Got my group in December.....they were still in quarantine but they seem to like that tank, everyone is getting along fine. I am pleased with my results so far,things are happening faster than I thought they would. New home construction Finished Home One set of parents had a single fry Was moving things around and these got spit out Edited February 11, 2007 by birger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Chicklets Posted February 11, 2007 Report Share Posted February 11, 2007 Wow that is cool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vallisneria Posted February 11, 2007 Report Share Posted February 11, 2007 Very cool :thumbs: So these are mouthbrooders? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birger Posted February 11, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2007 So these are mouthbrooders? Yes they are,they are actually bi-parental mouthbrooders,the fish below is a male Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGr8Blade Posted February 12, 2007 Report Share Posted February 12, 2007 Very very cool pictures! Congrats! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
African_Fever Posted February 12, 2007 Report Share Posted February 12, 2007 Wow! Congrats Birger, that's great that it's happened so fast! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
syno321 Posted February 14, 2007 Report Share Posted February 14, 2007 WHAT SIZE TANK DID YOU HAVE THEM IN? WHAT WERE YOU FEEDING THEM? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birger Posted February 15, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 15, 2007 WHAT SIZE TANK DID YOU HAVE THEM IN? I have them in a tank that has a footprint 18 by 36 and is 16(inches) high, it was just my quarantine but I had more than enough caves and various rocks including some strips of slate on the vertical (approx.3x11) breaking things up into little territories which may have helped to keep the aggression curbed.I also have a 25 gal. for them that I can throw a pair into if needed and I am putting a few in a 50 gal. with some S.lucipinnis(the old petricola dwarf) and multi's to see how they do. WHAT WERE YOU FEEDING THEM? Nothing special, I was alternating nightly feedings between NLS(3 ml sinking pellets) and frozen bloodworms, for the fry I was planning to get some kind of worm culture going(I try to avoid this) but I was not ready for the first fry and have been feeding cyclopeze(not sure if they are eating this)but mostly minced(with a razor) bloodworms,the first time I fed the larger batch of fry they dug into the bloodworm right away as I watched.I have gathered feeding the fry when they are a little bigger actually gets harder so I will see what happens. syno321 I recognize your screenname from occasional forays into PC,someone from Edm. got a group of these from Gold's also with the intent of breeding, was that you ? Birger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
syno321 Posted February 15, 2007 Report Share Posted February 15, 2007 (edited) No I didn't get mine from Gold's, I got my group of 7 from Armke about a year ago. They are certainly good feeders. I made the mistake of buying a group of 6-7 C. tricolor from Albert @ Gold's and trying them in the same 54 gal. tank. Imagine my surprise when the next morning I go down for the AM feeding and there's no tricolors! I think they are more like a flat-nosed bullhead catfish in behaviour more than anything else, and really enjoy them. With 45 tanks I sometimes can't devote the necessary time to each project, but will start to work with them on a more consistent basis. How many have you got in that tank? Congrats on the spawning! Edited February 15, 2007 by syno321 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birger Posted February 15, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 15, 2007 Using cyps for feeders,nothing but the best for your cats I have 10 and just finished moving a few into the other tank,was worried they would start to beat each other, they seem to be getting more and more active as they get used to things here.I will have to watch closely though maybe keeping the larger group together actually kept aggression spread out. Birger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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