bottomdweller_fan Posted November 10, 2008 Report Share Posted November 10, 2008 I would appreciate some information on this species. How many can be kept in a 33 gallon tank? What would the best ratio of males to females be? What is the best pH range for them? Anything else you can think of would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rayfong Posted November 10, 2008 Report Share Posted November 10, 2008 I would appreciate some information on this species. How many can be kept in a 33 gallon tank? What would the best ratio of males to females be? What is the best pH range for them? Anything else you can think of would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. Patrick is probably better at answering the questions than I am. I kept Paralabidochromis chromogynus in a 40 gallon 1M 3F As they are african rift lake cichlids, they are like Malawi and Tangyankian cichlids, higher PH. Mine are between 7.8-8.3. I know Patrick's vics are kept in about PH of 9. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patrick Posted November 10, 2008 Report Share Posted November 10, 2008 I have about 15 where 7 is from the original stock and the rest are offspring. There is a big difference in quality between the original ones and the ones that I raised myself. I can already tell that they will grow larger and the bodyshape is much better. Watch out for poor quality fish (goes for all vic's really), and hybrids. Paralabidochromis chromogynos males will crossbreed with females that look different than its own species. I find them not to be very productive. Have yours spawned yet Raymond? My juvies from the original stock have spawned once but the female was small and lost the batch. It also appears that they have a fairly slow metabolism, and sensitive stomachs, but this really only applies to the original fish that I aquired. The other ones, no problems. When I buy fish, I prefer to buy them as young as possible. I would catch the fry in a bag as the female spits them out lol, just to have the ability to raise them properly. I'd say you can keep 12 in a 3 foot 33gallon tank. Atleast 3-4 males, 2 males in 33 gallon will most likely result in disaster no matter how many females. A 1/1 ratio is optimum as it will keep the gents busy fighting over females and the females get to watch the fight and relax lol. PH can be anything between the low 7's and high 8's. Edmonton city water is perfect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rayfong Posted November 10, 2008 Report Share Posted November 10, 2008 No, mine haven't yet. My flamebacks have spawned, I have one female holding right now, and then my Paralabidochromis sp. rock krib uganda that I got from Spencer Jack has also spawned. I have 24 fry in breeder nets right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patrick Posted November 10, 2008 Report Share Posted November 10, 2008 I should add that a 33 gallon is below the minimum I would recommend for this fish. This does not however mean that you can't successfully keep them in a 33. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patrick Posted November 10, 2008 Report Share Posted November 10, 2008 No, mine haven't yet. My flamebacks have spawned, I have one female holding right now, and then my Paralabidochromis sp. rock krib uganda that I got from Spencer Jack has also spawned. I have 24 fry in breeder nets right now. Good to hear. I heard that Dalray's flamebacks have spawned as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mmamnstr Posted November 10, 2008 Report Share Posted November 10, 2008 Yup, female of Dalray's is definately holding when I was there end of last week, was really neat for me since I have never seen a female holding before (other than very cool pics from patrick) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mmamnstr Posted November 10, 2008 Report Share Posted November 10, 2008 (edited) Wow ok, thats a cool fish, just checked what a Paralabidochromis chromogynus looked like since I get so lost on alot of the names, its a marble, the blue is fantastic! is the sex a factor in the color or...lol, was about to call it brindle.. Edited November 10, 2008 by Mmamnstr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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