Joe Posted February 22, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2011 There's lots of pots in there for them, and a nice huge bit of bogwood covered in Windelov and Xmas moss. Do you think they'll breed all right with the two golden bristlenoses that are in the tank? Or would the bristlenoses just eat the eggs at night while the fish are 'sleeping'? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted February 22, 2011 Report Share Posted February 22, 2011 The bristlenoses will eat the eggs if they can get a chance but if you notice a fish lay then leave a dim night light on and hopefully they can guard them all night.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted February 22, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2011 Or I could always just sell the bristlenoses. Or put them in a net breeder. Do you think a pair of small bristlenoses would be all right in a net breeder for a week or so? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted February 22, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2011 Sorry about the crappy pics, but it's all I could manage... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted February 22, 2011 Report Share Posted February 22, 2011 gosh, that looks almost identical to my eunotus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted February 22, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2011 Except uglier :lol: I need to get some live food cultures set up so I can give them a proper diet so the colours will improve :roll: BTW pic four is a female (I think). The rest are all of the same fish which is the male. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted February 22, 2011 Report Share Posted February 22, 2011 They are nice looking fish Joe, still young and should colour up well Give them good quality flake/pellet food and live food and see what happens Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted February 22, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2011 I have spirulina tablets and Tetra Tropical flake. From what I've heard Tetra's quite good. Any other brands out there that will top Tetra in dried food? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted February 22, 2011 Report Share Posted February 22, 2011 I have had good results with NLS also like the nutrifin max stuff.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted February 22, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2011 Cool. My spirulina tablets are Nutrifin Max by the way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted February 22, 2011 Report Share Posted February 22, 2011 And I think the tetra colourbits and JBL foods are awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danval Posted February 22, 2011 Report Share Posted February 22, 2011 Hey Joe. They looking good, and yes pic 4 looks like my female . Along with Ryan's comments on food, I have been feeding frozen bloodworms, live bloodworms, mosquito larvae and fly eggs!. Good luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted February 22, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2011 Cool. I'll remember all that (hopefully) I also have frozen daphnia and frozen brine shrimp. I'm currently broke right now, after spending money on various Eheim equipment and the fish and some other stuff, so when I get a bit more cash I'll go shopping for live food cultures Danval, where do you get the live bloodworms from? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danval Posted February 22, 2011 Report Share Posted February 22, 2011 I end up with heaps of them in the bucket with the mosquito larvae. I just stir up the muck at the bottom of the bucket and scoop it out wit a net and rinse away the mud and am left with plenty of bloodworms! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zev Posted February 22, 2011 Report Share Posted February 22, 2011 I like the colour and patterns around the face - give them some time to settle Joe, if you were stuffed in a polybox and shipped I do not think you would be a good colour for a while, either! Lucky you got them today, you would have to wait even longer if they were not sent yesterday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davd-lw Posted February 22, 2011 Report Share Posted February 22, 2011 One of my pairs just spawned yesterday. plus two agissizis batches just free swim. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted February 23, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2011 Heaps of good-quality pics to come :happy1: :bounce: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted February 23, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2011 Here they are :happy1: Most photos of my macmasteri are of the male, but there are one or two pics of my females too As you can all see, they are very camera-friendly fish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted February 23, 2011 Report Share Posted February 23, 2011 They are very nice fish Joe, good luck with them I would love to see some updated pics in a month or so.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted February 23, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2011 I suppose they do look kind of nice, even if they aren't the best-looking for their species Although at the moment I actually don't really care about how they look - I have already become attached to them because they have such cool little personalities (fishenalities? ) And yes, I will definately post updated pics in a month or two Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted February 24, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2011 This is what he now looks like after nearly three days of living in my tank since he arrived !drool: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zev Posted February 24, 2011 Report Share Posted February 24, 2011 Cichlids are such posers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted February 24, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2011 That they are Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted February 24, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2011 By the way the photos were taken using a Sony Cyber-Shot DSC-H3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the-obstacle Posted February 24, 2011 Report Share Posted February 24, 2011 I love apistos. :love: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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