jayci Posted February 27, 2008 Report Share Posted February 27, 2008 Okay, I would like a pair of mouthbrooders. Something not too big, say 10cm - 12cm max. Not too aggressive. And a kind of mouthbrooder that spits out the fry for a swim and when there is trouble sucks them all back in. Any suggestions?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted February 27, 2008 Report Share Posted February 27, 2008 Electric yellow's are about your only option most of the other africans dont do too well in pairs.. Even yellows your best to have 1m to multiple females but they're pretty docile, or you could do a trio or pair of peacocks most of them are pretty passive and stay relatively small or take ages to get big.. You can get some interesting mouth brooding dwarf cichlids but they're not very common I don't even think they're in NZ.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Posted February 27, 2008 Report Share Posted February 27, 2008 While not technically mouthbrooders a large number of cichlids will respond in such a manner when the fry are threatened. Firemouths and Blue acaras are two types that I have witnessed "eating" the fry and then spitting them somewhere safe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted February 27, 2008 Report Share Posted February 27, 2008 Yeah alot of them move their babies using their mouths Depends what you like and can source really. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Posted February 27, 2008 Report Share Posted February 27, 2008 Forgot to say that I also watched my Blue Rams do this to. Unfortunately they were sucking the fry through a breeding net - fry didn't survive too well. :oops: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayci Posted February 27, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 27, 2008 I was looking not for the eating type action but rather were mom opens her mouth and all the babies swim in at a great rate of knots. Looks like she's sucking in a big cloud of babies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayci Posted February 27, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 27, 2008 oh trios or more are okay. I am just use to monogonuios (sp) relationships. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayci Posted February 27, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 27, 2008 Hmm E yellows, I got some coming soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMAZONIAN Posted February 27, 2008 Report Share Posted February 27, 2008 Hi All. What about "Egyptian Mouthbrooders" they are colourful when breeding; fit well in a community tank, easy to look after, only grow to 10 centimetres, and above all interesting to watch. Does anybody have any now? Good luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayci Posted February 27, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 27, 2008 Egyptian Mouthbrooders or Southern Egyptian Mouthbrooders sound like the ticket. Where can I find some? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted February 27, 2008 Report Share Posted February 27, 2008 Good question I haven't heard of or seen any for sale for a while.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMAZONIAN Posted February 27, 2008 Report Share Posted February 27, 2008 Hi All. There must be some hobbyist out there that has some that they could spare; :lol: but if not I dont know where we could get them. Worth a bit of investigation. :roll: It looks like this is another "OLD FAVOURITE" that may be lost forever and taken off the "MAF ALLOWED LIST". I have said for many years now that it is up to us as hobbyists to keep these breeds going in NZ, as we cant afford to keep loosing species. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted February 27, 2008 Report Share Posted February 27, 2008 Yep fish like that need to spread around so they're not lost.. Im sure when they were common noone cared but now noone knows where they are.. 10 or so years ago I had some of these http://www.aquahobby.com/gallery/e_Dicr ... ntosus.php Now where are they? Who knows I didn't manage to breed the pair I had as I was 15 at the time and was only allowed 3 tanks lol I would love to get some these days and they were relatively common when I got mine on the list etc I doubt anyone has seen these guys for years.. It is a shame because the fish have been in nz so theres no reason why they shouldn't still be floating around heres hoping some are somewhere and someone finds them and gets them going Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMAZONIAN Posted February 27, 2008 Report Share Posted February 27, 2008 Hi All. In 1972 I imported 2500 (what was) Pelmetachromis thomasi; http://www.aquariumlife.net/profiles/af ... 100046.asp I entered the in the Canterbury Aquarium and Pond Society fish show in 1974 and got best in show. I even gave away the winning fish, plus about another twenty pairs to various people in Christchurch and some others that were at the show, hoping that I was distributing the species to maybe get some back at a later time if I needed to. :roll: I have been trying for the last four years to get some to get them going again, but so far to no avail. Unless there are some out there along with a lot of other "Lost" species the the hobby is in dismal shape and as hobbyists we should be looking to get these missing species going again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted February 28, 2008 Report Share Posted February 28, 2008 Yes it is a shame, but we are hijacking this thread :oops: Maybe we should start another and track down some of these fish I would happily devote a few tanks to get something going again.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMAZONIAN Posted February 28, 2008 Report Share Posted February 28, 2008 Hi All. Good idea. Lets start a thread for "Missing Species". :roll: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cichlid7 Posted February 28, 2008 Report Share Posted February 28, 2008 In 1972 I imported 2500 (what was) Pelmetachromis thomasi; http://www.aquariumlife.net/profiles/af ... 100046.asp About 8 months ago i had/sold about 10 of them so there must still be people with them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayci Posted February 28, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2008 Don't worry about hijacking my thread, this is good information. defaintly want the Egyptian Mouthbrooders or Southern Egyptian Mouthbrooders now. I think I will sell all my guppies and go cichild and pleco. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayci Posted February 28, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2008 Found this website. http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/grumpygr/ There is an article about the Egyptian Mouthbrooders http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/grumpy ... tions.html , so hopefully there is some somewhere. seems like the site is managed by pegasus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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