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Hello all...

A good week ago I asked for info on C. albolineatus, wich I thought I'd buy yesterday. Unfortunately (for my wallet) they were out of stock. But instead I ended up buying 8 C. pantanalensis, wich I've been searching for for some time now. They are big fish, between 7 and 8,5 centimeters, but as I've read i previous threads on this forum, they are all brochis green as there aren't any dominant males yet (guess they need to settle in first).

On ScotCat I found found some info about temperature, 23-27 degrees celcius, but this is all I can find. Does this temperature range correct? Are there any other thing I should know about these fish? They were rather expensive, so I'd like to give them some good conditions.

At the moment the water in the 54 litre tank is collected rainwater (soft with pH between 6 and 7). Temperature 25 dregrees celcius with low-medium current, bog wood and java moss.

Best regards,
Kim Mathiasen

your tank condition seems ideal for them. with good feeding and stabilisation, they should show the iridescent reticulated marking on the body for the males.

Thank you, Mad Scientist... They seems ok with their surrounding. I am hoping to breed them, but not much info available on this species...

Best regards,
Kim m

I discovered that they are excellent mid-water swimmers and often school around, always foraging amongst leaves of plants for food. Mine readily take dry food so feeding shouldn't be much of a problem.

I've not bred them so I can't say much. I myself am trying to breed my brood of 12 to spawn! Maybe a temperature dip during a water change would trigger a spawn? Do try to condition and acclimatise them them well first. The darkening of the base colour, followed by the iridescent reticulation on males should be a good indication that they might be ready. Females should display a brilliant green sheen with a salmon-pink abdomen area which should look gravid with eggs.

They are looking good, besides some fungus on the tail of one of them...they refuse to eat tablet foods...only frozen foods are accepted. Guess I'll have to go out and get some live foods too...

Best regards,
Kim m

Hello,

this species seem to be a little rare in then hobby.

Are there some keepers out there with a breeding attempt or better a breading success ?
I only heard about Knaack (who described this species)and some rare imformation about egg size und number in the Seuss-book.

My two girls look a little different: one is la little more brownish tpye like zhe picture1 in the cat-e-log
http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/ca ... a/65_1.php
also bearing (sometime) a small drak brwon band at it the top of its back. the other one (slightly larger) is more greenish (also the total head).
Is that normal, individual differences or is it somewhat parallel to the boys with color pattern dependent on the social stage within the group ?

Hmm...all of my 3 females looks like the on in the picture...