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Female convicts have orange coloration on their bodies especially the belly area and get more pronounced when breeding. Adult males are usually bigger and can have nuchal humps.
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One of each (female) may be possible.
Though for a 90cm 150L tank, I would highly recommend species-only; a pair of either Firemouth or Convict cichlids.
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2 hours ago, Tread50 said:
Good news all of the Geos are doing well now all of the welts have gone down, water is better than before but still not perfect. The only thing I can put it down to is the wormer??
I've also used HFF's Praziquantel-based wormer as well as Flubendazole-based Kusuri wormer, but without experiencing issues like yours.
Good to know the Geos are now doing well.
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1 hour ago, hovmoller said:
Echo Echo Echo Echo Echo Echo
Lol below is the full tank shot (90 x 64 x 40 cm). Find the dozen...
Originally a growout tank for a group of orange head geo juveniles, some lemon tetras and the festivum pair.
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The parents are now separated as I noticed a big reduction in the number of fry since last night. About a dozen or so are left.
I started offering Repashy cubes which they seemed to have accepted now though initially there was some reluctance (ignored).
Feeding is around 4 times a day; twice each in the morning and evening (with 1 hour interval). When the parents were still there, I had done daily 30% water changes but might do less now, since the tank is relatively large (3ft 230L) for just a dozen fry.
Once grown up a bit, they will be moved to a smaller tank for easier maintenance.
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On 12/13/2017 at 10:39 PM, hovmoller said:
Awesome!
Thanks!
15 hours ago, Fruju said:Festivum remind me of a blend of angelfish and severums
Looks like chicken head, maybe?
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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.
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On 12/11/2017 at 10:55 PM, Fruju said:
Very nice! Good looking cichlids
Thanks Fruju.
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Nice to hear they're all good. Perhaps the Geo had a taste first and the pleco was just returning the favor...
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How are the Geos doing?
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Anyone ordered from Ken's fish recently?
Feedback on delivery/shipping times (Priority mail international)?
Issues with Customs, etc?
Appreciate the response.
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Re festivums: I always liked the “plain” silver ones over the colored variants, not sure why. They were relatively common during the time I kept them, in my teens, circa early nineties (not in NZ). As for body shape, I think they’re just normal for four-year old, well-fed fish.
I currently have 2 young ones, which could be M.mirificus, basing on coloration only.
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Like the festivums; how old are they?
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Their parents have spawned a new batch of eggs within the last 24 hours. Here's a video of them prior to spawning:
The new batch is the third one. Like hovmoller's, most of the second batch were eaten. I saved about a dozen of the second batch through separation. The second batch were spawned around June, about 7-8 weeks after the first one.
For size estimates, that catappa leaf is about 22cm long, which would put the male (at the back) roughly around 12cm at 24 months old.
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My B-line juvies are now nearly 4 months old and most are or about 5cm in size; a few are closer to 6cm. Here is one of the growout tanks:
A number have already been sold through private channels whilst a sale post have been placed recently into one of the local Wellington Facebook groups' page.
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Is the "Allow embedding" box ticked? Under Advanced settings.
Try getting the URL under Share, instead of the one on top.
Could be that the file you uploaded got corrupted, you could try uploading the file to youtube again.
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On 21/04/2017 at 0:48 PM, Fruju said:
Fantastic FishyNZ, well done. They are looking great.
Thanks! How are the cubans?
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On 2/05/2017 at 10:16 PM, hovmoller said:
Don't want to hijack your post but my pair have finished their first spawn. Hundreds of eggs were laid on a vertical piece of wood but with 20+ bristlenoses in the tank needless to say the eggs didn't last the night. Now the pair are in their own tank ready for next round. Have already begun cleaning a rock.
Congratulations! Would you consider swapping some down the line? I would definitely like to expand the gene pool. -
On 30/04/2017 at 8:15 PM, David R said:
That's awesome news FishyNZ, when ever you're ready I'll take ten of the juvis, name your price! I'm so glad to see these being bred, not just because I want some but because it's so easy for new/uncommonly imported species to disappear because nobody invested the time and money to grow out a group. Keep up the good work!
No worries, just a couple more months.
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The A-line juveniles are now 3 months old and at least 40mm TL. They're now in a 200L growout with 2 young festivums and some glowlight tetras. I only have five of them remaining.
The B-line juvies are 6 weeks old and at least 25mm TL. I counted about 100 or so spread out across 3 growout tanks.
Both parents have not yet spawned again so I may hold on to the A-line juvies and some B-lines as well just in case.
B-lines can be ready to sell once they reach at least 40mm TL perhaps in a month or two. Maybe I should start taking pre-orders...
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2 hours ago, hovmoller said: Absolutely awesome videos once again! thank you
Thanks. How's yours going? Any pairs/spawns already?
My Geophagus sp. "Tapajos Red Head" Journey
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Good job, nice fish!