Cool! My Lionheads caught me completely by suprise and spawned! They're only little guys at the moment, got them at about 1" and the biggest male is only about 2" at the moment. I was wondering when/if they would pair up, and suddenly I had a cave full of eggs. For small fish, they lay huge eggs! About 3mm across and you can see the fry developing in them. I've now got about 20 fry being herded round the tank by the parents, and everyone else (yoyo loaches and a pleco) are giving them plenty of space.

If anyone in Dunedin wants some lionheads in a month or so, let me know

C.

are these the black ones with the big lump from tanganyika?? if so i just got some adults so hopefully they will breed. i think i have 3 or 4 can't remember. good luck with raising them. :bounce:

These ones are steatocranus casuarius, africans, but a river species. Dark brown/grey with the big protruding lump on their forehead..

http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/Species ... hp?id=8864

They seemed quite happy to pair up and breed without any help from me, though they did spawn right after a big water change after a couple of weeks neglect when I was on holiday...

Congo Cichlids, aye? I'd be keen to get some for my Congo tank (if it's still around next month - downsizing). They look like really cool little fish, what's the tempermant towards tank-mates?

Not sure if anyone has told you this before, but it really helps if you fill out the location field in your profile... yes, we saw you're from Dunners

I saw 'lionheads' and assumed you meant goldfish 8)

It'd be good if there was just one common name for these little guys, lionheads, buffaloheads, blockheads, and another one I can't remember...

At the moment they're being pretty gentle to the rest of the tank, but who knows how things will pan out.

(and profile updated, missed that when I created my account

Lionhead are my favorite fish.

Ive had them for about 3 year now.

The other name is lumpheads.