DCallele Posted April 20, 2007 Report Share Posted April 20, 2007 I've finallly joined much of the rest of the world and created my own youtube channel. I've put up 3 videos, two of Paretroplus maculatus spawning behavior and one of my Paratilapia polleni attempting to take a chunk out of me (watch this one with the sound on :smokey: ). http://www.youtube.com/dcallele Unfortunately, the youtube conversion process seems to dim the videos quite a bit... the originals are significantly brighter. Hope you enjoy, David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slough Shark Posted April 20, 2007 Report Share Posted April 20, 2007 Holy CRAP!!!! Thats one pissy fish!!! Freakin sweet :drool: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corrosionjerry Posted April 21, 2007 Report Share Posted April 21, 2007 Very interesting video.. well done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCallele Posted April 21, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2007 Holy CRAP!!!! Thats one pissy fish!!! Freakin sweet :drool: Well, I just had another round with him as I tried to feed that tank. This time there was a little more blood (mine) and a lot of water on the floor. However, we did come to a bit of a stand off by the end because he has to learn that I am there to feed him and that I have to be temporarily tolerated. Ahh, the care and nurture of grumpy middle-aged fish who aren't able to convince their 'mate' to spawn. David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slough Shark Posted April 21, 2007 Report Share Posted April 21, 2007 Ok... thats too sweet, it's going on my list of future fish. I gotta know: How big do they get? How much mola do they cost? and How big of a tank will I need? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCallele Posted April 21, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2007 Ok... thats too sweet, it's going on my list of future fish. I gotta know: How big do they get? How much mola do they cost? and How big of a tank will I need? Adult males reach between about 6 and 10 inches (in the body, not counting the tail). Young ones can be found relatively cheaply: $10 to $20 with the price growing with size to as much $80 to $100 for really nice specimens in the 20 cm range. They generally ignore other species but will sometimes bite chunks out of smaller fish during feeding or if the smaller fish attempt to interfere with courtship. If you want to breed them, a 6 ft, 120 gal tank is minimum - and that will require careful monitoring once the eggs are laid. Breeding is better in 300 gal and larger tanks and (I am told) quite easy in a pond If you have just one in a tank, you can probably get away with a 4 ft, 72 gal tank. You can even have a few other fish in there as long as you give him a cave to go and be grumpy in... For (a lot) more information, you can check out http://www.malawicichlidhomepage.com/aquai...a_bleekeri.html That is what you see in the video. I also have about a dozen of http://www.malawicichlidhomepage.com/aquai...ia_polleni.html and their babies are doing well. I'll have 10 to 100 of these available in a few months if you are still interested at that time. Thanks. David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frontosas Posted April 25, 2008 Report Share Posted April 25, 2008 Ok... thats too sweet, it's going on my list of future fish. I gotta know: How big do they get? How much mola do they cost? and How big of a tank will I need? Adult males reach between about 6 and 10 inches (in the body, not counting the tail). Young ones can be found relatively cheaply: $10 to $20 with the price growing with size to as much $80 to $100 for really nice specimens in the 20 cm range. They generally ignore other species but will sometimes bite chunks out of smaller fish during feeding or if the smaller fish attempt to interfere with courtship. If you want to breed them, a 6 ft, 120 gal tank is minimum - and that will require careful monitoring once the eggs are laid. Breeding is better in 300 gal and larger tanks and (I am told) quite easy in a pond If you have just one in a tank, you can probably get away with a 4 ft, 72 gal tank. You can even have a few other fish in there as long as you give him a cave to go and be grumpy in... For (a lot) more information, you can check out <a href="http://www.malawicichlidhomepage.com/aquai...a_bleekeri.html" target="_blank"><a href="http://www.malawicichlidhomepage.com/aquai...a_bleekeri.html" target="_blank">http://www.malawicichlidhomepage.com/aquai...a_bleekeri.html</a></a> That is what you see in the video. I also have about a dozen of <a href="http://www.malawicichlidhomepage.com/aquai...ia_polleni.html" target="_blank"><a href="http://www.malawicichlidhomepage.com/aquai...ia_polleni.html" target="_blank">http://www.malawicichlidhomepage.com/aquai...ia_polleni.html</a></a> and their babies are doing well. I'll have 10 to 100 of these available in a few months if you are still interested at that time. Thanks. David Are you still breeding these??? I am from Calgary and cant seem to find any around here. I heard they were rare?? Thank you. Brian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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