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Fry are free-swimming now. Their parents are doing a good job of corralling them, which makes it easier for me to feed.  At the moment, they are fed on decapsulated brineshrimp and NLS fry starter.  I might try offering them Repashy/pellet food after 3 weeks.
I might also separate the parents within a week or so, as this is just their second spawning.
 
 

Second time spawning; first time didn't went well as I separated from the parents too early.  Hope will be successful this time.
Not sure if these are M.insignis or M.festivus but I'm leaning on the former, just basing on the color on the lower body.
 
 

Its been a while, but finally had the chance to redo my 200L fish tank and have converted it to a high tech set up. Moved all my other fish into another 200L that has been hanging in the garage.
Plan is to have a Iwagumi style with 40-50 Neon tetras and 10 Oto's.
Substrate - 5 kg JBL planting substrate 21 kg seachem fluorite black sand, random black rocks
Plants - Glossostigma Elatinoides, Dwarf hair grass and 3x Alternanthere Reineckii - roseafoila
Filter-  Aqua One 1200
Lighting - one 49w Aquq one plant glo
Co2- 2 bubbles per second
Ferts - NPK 20ml and seachem flourish 5 ml starting every 2 days
As per I get to excited to get going so after work I started, got it filled up and planted by about 2am. Lost a bit of contour in the process but I am happy with the result.
Will post up dates as it progresses and the troubles on the way to hopefully what I want :-)
 

If you can wait 3-4 months I will have some Geophagus sp. Tapajos "Red Head" (see my avatar) grown big enough.
They are just as hardy and interesting as G. "surinamensis" (actuallly G. altifrons but that's another story) but don't grow as big as altifrons and are more colourful.
I will not ship them but you will be able to buy them from Hollywoods in Auckland if you are keen.

Clown loach - Chromobotia macracanthus
 

hi fishy folk , im in the process of building an aquaponics display system going into a restaurant in Christchurch to display the potential of locally grown veggies and hopefully promote more use of alternative farming methods, because of the red tape involved in breeding/growing fish for consumption ive decided to stock my system with pretty inedible fish instead , hopefully catching more attention , in the past i have had lots of success with small scale prototypes (400ltrs) and now im ready to get a bit bigger, the new system will be built around a 600ltr with a combination of vertical towers and solid media grow beds , i have decided to go with an american cichlid community  with the focus being a group of  geophagus surinamensis, so im on the hunt for a group of about 6 and a few tank mates (yet to be decided) i would love some input from the community and some help sourcing fish (as well as some constructive criticism)  , if anyone knows of any thing for sale over the next 2 months please don't hesitate to ask , (attached is a basic design of the system dimensions are not correct its actually a lot bigger)

The Amazing Bumblebee
 
 

Looking good Caryl.

Apistogramma agassizii - Agassizi's Dwarf Cichlid
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I recently got a young male to pair with my female GT and now have a female? Jack Dempsey in a grow out tank.
The oscars seem to be the hardest to get photos of, they never stop moving.
 

Mini fish profile - Blue Emperor Tetra    
 

Cooked I hope.
Does make a nice Sushi too though.

Breeding Chocolate Fish
Cocoa pisces (deliscioso)
I recently managed to acquire a trio of Chocolate fish to try breeding with,
A melanistic male, a normal female and an albino female.

 
Breeding Tank parameters.
Minimum size 100 litres
Temperature under 18 centigrade otherwise they get soft and lethargic.
PH neutral to soft.
I used chocolate sprinkles as substrate and fed them Cadbury Flake food to condition them for breeding.
These fish usually spawn in caves laying a large egg mass which the male guards for7 days before they hatch.
Egg mass.

Once the fry hatch I remove the parents just in case they are tempted to eat them.
Picture of newly hatched fry.

I feed the fry fine particles of food, this is easily achieved by grating a chocolate bar on a kitchen grater.

I hope this article helps you achieve breeding these sweet fish.
Fry ready for sale.

Yeah definitely a few male "personalities" in there.
Looking at the video again, to me it looks a little bit like they are just a tad slim? as in maybe slightly underfed... Don't get me wrong they look nice it's just my thoughts.. maybe I overfed mine! hehe.

Excellent way of profiling a fish.

They are a beautiful fish, well done.

Breeding Chocolate Fish
Cocoa pisces (deliscioso)
I recently managed to acquire a trio of Chocolate fish to try breeding with,
A melanistic male, a normal female and an albino female.

 
Breeding Tank parameters.
Minimum size 100 litres
Temperature under 18 centigrade otherwise they get soft and lethargic.
PH neutral to soft.
I used chocolate sprinkles as substrate and fed them Cadbury Flake food to condition them for breeding.
These fish usually spawn in caves laying a large egg mass which the male guards for7 days before they hatch.
Egg mass.

Once the fry hatch I remove the parents just in case they are tempted to eat them.
Picture of newly hatched fry.

I feed the fry fine particles of food, this is easily achieved by grating a chocolate bar on a kitchen grater.

I hope this article helps you achieve breeding these sweet fish.
Fry ready for sale.

Breeding Chocolate Fish
Cocoa pisces (deliscioso)
I recently managed to acquire a trio of Chocolate fish to try breeding with,
A melanistic male, a normal female and an albino female.

 
Breeding Tank parameters.
Minimum size 100 litres
Temperature under 18 centigrade otherwise they get soft and lethargic.
PH neutral to soft.
I used chocolate sprinkles as substrate and fed them Cadbury Flake food to condition them for breeding.
These fish usually spawn in caves laying a large egg mass which the male guards for7 days before they hatch.
Egg mass.

Once the fry hatch I remove the parents just in case they are tempted to eat them.
Picture of newly hatched fry.

I feed the fry fine particles of food, this is easily achieved by grating a chocolate bar on a kitchen grater.

I hope this article helps you achieve breeding these sweet fish.
Fry ready for sale.

Breeding Chocolate Fish
Cocoa pisces (deliscioso)
I recently managed to acquire a trio of Chocolate fish to try breeding with,
A melanistic male, a normal female and an albino female.

 
Breeding Tank parameters.
Minimum size 100 litres
Temperature under 18 centigrade otherwise they get soft and lethargic.
PH neutral to soft.
I used chocolate sprinkles as substrate and fed them Cadbury Flake food to condition them for breeding.
These fish usually spawn in caves laying a large egg mass which the male guards for7 days before they hatch.
Egg mass.

Once the fry hatch I remove the parents just in case they are tempted to eat them.
Picture of newly hatched fry.

I feed the fry fine particles of food, this is easily achieved by grating a chocolate bar on a kitchen grater.

I hope this article helps you achieve breeding these sweet fish.
Fry ready for sale.

All is not lost, more are available.