patrick Posted August 9, 2008 Report Share Posted August 9, 2008 I took 6 month to get these guys to spawn. Unfortunately no pictures of the actual spawn this time as the male had dug out a pit in the sand at the rear corner of the tank, partly behind a rock. The adult Lithochromis rufus male that also inhabits this tank turned out to be a real party crasher and probably robbed a third of the eggs... :cuss: I was thinking fish burger for supper. Neochromis omnicaeruleus is a rock dwelling (Mbipi) cichlid from Lake Victoria and comes in many different morphs. Mine are from Muhuru Bay on the east side of the Lake. The females are OB and it's hard to get a good picture that captures the amber orange color. Here are a couple of pictures of the male flaring. He is between 3 and 4 inches, and will reach max size at about 5 inches. Picture of a female. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slough Shark Posted August 11, 2008 Report Share Posted August 11, 2008 Very nice Patrick! Sorry to hear about the eggs, wonder how them Cichlids would taste :shifty: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firestorm Posted August 18, 2008 Report Share Posted August 18, 2008 Great looking fish Patrick. Too bad about the eggs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callie Posted August 19, 2008 Report Share Posted August 19, 2008 Beautiful fish, I have a couple Victorians All Reds It took about 4 months before mine spanwned and I lost all 40 babys when she spit out all the eggs. about 3 months later they spanwed again, managed to save about 20 of her babies yesturday. I find these guys hard to spawn on the female side of things the female is never ready, and is not a very good mother. Do Victorians go long intervals between spawns? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patrick Posted August 19, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 19, 2008 (edited) Beautiful fish, I have a couple Victorians All Reds It took about 4 months before mine spanwned and I lost all 40 babys when she spit out all the eggs. about 3 months later they spanwed again, managed to save about 20 of her babies yesturday. I find these guys hard to spawn on the female side of things the female is never ready, and is not a very good mother. Do Victorians go long intervals between spawns? In general 2-3 months in between spawns, with exceptions. Sometimes it can take a long time before the first spawn. The females are usually very good parents but it depends on the environment and the tanks mates. Do you know the scientific namn of the species, or a picture? There are several species that goes under the name "all red". Edited August 19, 2008 by patrick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callie Posted August 21, 2008 Report Share Posted August 21, 2008 I will try to get some photos to you in the future, It would be nice to have another opinion on species, I bought them from a family and they didnt know for sure. I think that they are flamebacks from lake george or Kyoga Flameback from Lake Kanyaboli. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patrick Posted September 18, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 18, 2008 They did it again. Now I am crossing my fingers that the eggs are fertilized and she wont spit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patrick Posted January 11, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2009 I finally got some fry from these guys, after 5-6 failed attempts. Female released the fry for the first time after only 13 days, about 15-20 of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishful Thinking Posted January 11, 2009 Report Share Posted January 11, 2009 Congrats, Patrick! Best of luck raising them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boom Posted January 11, 2009 Report Share Posted January 11, 2009 Congrats Patrick. And as always, GREAT pics! Boom :boom: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patrick Posted March 3, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2009 They are now 2/3" and very nice quality Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slough Shark Posted March 4, 2009 Report Share Posted March 4, 2009 That second pic is pretty phenomenal Patrick. Gotta love it when you get near-perfect shot like that! (I must admit, these cichlids are proving to be a lot harder to photograph than any other fish I have tried). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patrick Posted March 4, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 4, 2009 That second pic is pretty phenomenal Patrick. Gotta love it when you get near-perfect shot like that! (I must admit, these cichlids are proving to be a lot harder to photograph than any other fish I have tried). Thanks Taylor. He was curious about the camera The depth of field gets very short on close ups like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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