Afrikan

We have 4 of these guys, and hoping to breed them sometime soonish, even have a love affair going on between a couple of them in the last couple of days.. so here's hoping they are the right sex! Did anyone else out there purchase any of the Dumerilii?, they are a beautiful fish, pictures that I have seen on the net, don't do them enough justice. Thought I might try something non African again for a change :lol: , and really glad we got them. Would love to hear from anyone that has an interest in them. Mekhaela

I have baby (and I mean baby) Electric Yellows here that have started that already, so believe me, little cichlids start from pintsize :lol:

Gotta go with the stating his territory or flashing to the girls thing.. that goes on here alot :lol:

Hey There We have only recently got 9, we actually ordered 10 and 9 arrived and a 10th one was meant to arrive but they blimmin well sent a lemon tetra (one would hope by accident!) :lol: So we have the 9 and they have settled in well.. We also keep the Marlieri. Certainly when we have some fry, they will be offered to fellow African people Will keep you all posted when the time comes. Mekhaela

I have a female holding at the moment and also have some fry.. Mekhaela

Hi All Has anyone got these little guys at all? Just wondering if there are people out there that have these little fellows as we have 9 of them. And if so, how have you found them for breeding etc? Thanks Mekhaela

Hi Caryl Fine with Daffydd and I Mekhaela

Hi Paul Awesome pics! Great to see you guys up here the other day! Hope the Ahli's settled in well for ya Mekhaela Hawkes Bay

Welcome Wait till you get hooked after the first tank! :lol: Never ending.... FUN! Mekhaela Hawkes Bay

Welcome :bounce: Mekhaela Hawkes Bay

Yikes me wouldn't want to give a time period on that one! Are you sure you don't know someone who could give the testers a happy home :lol: Mekhaela Hawkes Bay

A friend of ours breeds discus and hes very selective on what he keeps (which is a good thing) He has a resident Oscar who is rather well fed at times. I would cull anything that is needing to be, however, luckily have had near on nothing to cull really, but I guess its only a matter of time! I always remember being told, weak young often make weak adults. JMT Mekhaela Hawkes Bay

Yes well there are those things to think about huh! :lol: If that was the case, we wouldn't be moving house, tank comes first! :lol: Another reason I am not too keen to silicone in some cases is if I have a female peacock holding a crop of young, I like to get her out to put her in a tank of her own for some peace and quiet to spit the bubs and I can only imagine the frustration in not being able to catch her with siliconed rock work, have had to move the odd rock or two :lol: Oh those flexi bars are great, neat how you can suction them to anywhere in the tank huh. Mekhaela Hawkes Bay

Welcome to the site, I joined a little while ago, but have only really started posting recently. I am sure you will love it here Mekhaela Hawkes Bay

I thought about siliconing my rock arrangment together in one of our African tanks.. BUT my husband did the "roll eye thing", because this particular tank I always seem to pick holes at with each way I set it up, so husband refuses to silicone the arrangment till I am content, the fish in this particular tank must get driven mad by me :lol: So in short, make sure you like it before you silicone it I also have the bubble wall thing in one of my tanks, BUT I am wondering whether I actually need it, it does look nice but it never runs even, always seem to get a burst of really large bubbles now and then and it makes this plopping noise (which isnt so bad, unless you are watching a good movie) :lol: The bubble bars are pretty good at keeping away build up tho to a certain extent, but a good power head is always good. Keep those pics coming Mekhaela Hawkes Bay

Hi Everyone Thanks for the warm welcome Yep I forgot to mention I am new FNZAS Secretary now :lol: Ryan: Hmm we have a few Africans... Otopharynx lithobates Nyasse sp. peacocks Blue Dolphin Electric Blue Ahli Powder Blue Pseudos Electric Yellows Electric Blue Johanni Rainbow Melanochromis Kenyi Gold Head Compressicep Judliochromis maleri Brichardi Leleupi Slowly adding more to our collection of Africans Our house has more aquariums than furniture :lol: Just onto building a small fish shed, and about time Mekhaela Hawkes Bay

That looks cool! I love the schist look in an african tank.. looks really nice against the white substrate. Keep us posted on your fish adding Mekhaela Hawkes Bay

Hiya My name is Mekhaela and I am from Napier, joined up a little while ago, however, haven't spent much time before now on the forums. My husband and I keep a wide range of fish, mostly african species, but we do have others also. Look forward to meeting alot more people on here. *waves* to all the people I met at the 2006 Conference! Mekhaela Hawkes Bay

Well this is going to throw the spanner into the works.. But I bought 8 Apistos that look exactly as the ones you have Kyle, Iv'e got 3 males and 5 females BUT I was, what I thought, sent Melgar. Mine are spawning like you wouldn't believe. Will be interesting to see when they mature a bit more.. Mekhaela Hawkes Bay

Hi Ya Great news that your Jurapari are looking to breed! Mine just spawned on a crypt of all things :lol: Silly woman then kept tugging at the leaf and ripped the darn thing off :lol: Better luck next time round I hope! Mekhaela Hawkes Bay

Hi Everyone I have recently bought some more Apistogrammas from Phil Collis, in the last 3 weeks or so.. I bought them as Apistogramma sp. "melgar".. has anyone bought any of these and breeding them? In the last week I have had 3 spawnings from them.. they just don't stop breeding (which is a good thing!) :lol: And I currently have some fry hatched and rest are still wrigglers.. Just interested in anyone else that ordered some of these? Mekhaela Hawkes Bay

Hi There We keep and breed these often, however we keep rather a few females to the one male because our male that we use for breeding is rather bulshy with the girls... but hes certainly the one they seem to want to breed with, must go for the bad boy type :lol: Good Luck! Mekhaela

Hi I have Surinamensis and Jurapari together in a big 6ft tank along with Corys etc... If you actually read up about them on the net, they actually are very much a docile fish, only really getting feisty around spawning time... And the Geo Jurapari certainly doesn't deserve it's common name Devil Fish, they are far from it :lol: I have some young fish in the tank that could be consumed by the Geos however, they don't even bat an eye at them. They really are an awesome fish and once you have the Suri's you won't want to part with them :lol: Mekhaela

There is no need to get personal especially when that person is not an expert of marine keeping or has never professed to be. You are the people that obviously seem to know alot about this subject.. Being insulted is not quite what anyone expects and that is why you got a sharp response.

And we are pretty sure we have an identity of what it is... Gee what lovely people you are.. no wonder I opted to go to an overseas site.