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yup, the other one. this is a planted 300L tank.

population:
8 Paretroplus damii, juveniles
4 Ptychochromis oligacanthus 'Nosy be' (2 pairs), juveniles

7 Bedotia magagascariensis, juveniles and adults
3 Ancistrus spp
2 very small Cryptoheros septemfasciatum juvies, sole survivors from a nest in another tank.
4 Poecilia wingei (Endler guppy) 1 male, 3 females


the damaged plants in the center are foodplants for the damii. this way I manage to keep the rest alive, sort of. they're like very small horses, grazing all day


the whole tank


a bit closer


Paretroplus damii juvies


again the damii


P damii and Ptychochromis oligacanthus 'Nosy be' female, also juvenile


the Nosy Be female, as you can see they already try to breed


both the Nosy be females, fighting over dominance and breeding rights.

next time I'll clean the front glass.....and I also have 3 very lazy Ancistrus in there

I posted this in speakeasy, cause the only catfishes in there are 3 Ancistrus.

if only i could get hold of Madagascar catfishes.....ah well.

Nice one Sid! I do hope sometime you can get hold of Gogo sp! Where better is there for them?

Wow, very nice, I love your background!
Which of your fish snack on the plants, sorry, don't know the fish listed except for the endlers)? Also, what does brick (if that's a brick??) do to your water, softer, harden, hold good bacteria?

I do hope sometime you can get hold of Gogo sp! Where better is there for them?

I can think of a good place right here...we can't risk having them all in one place!

Birger

today I spotted all the fish in 1 go wich is unusual

a closer look revealed 2 of the 4 Nosy Be in warpaint and a whole bunch of eggs on the backpanel

sidguppy wrote:today I spotted all the fish in 1 go wich is unusual

a closer look revealed 2 of the 4 Nosy Be in warpaint and a whole bunch of eggs on the backpanel

Cool! Do they look fertile? I always think it's fantastic when any Malagasy spawns in captivity given the state of things in the wild - nice one

Sid - have you seen this (about Menarambo's) http://www.practicalfishkeeping.co.uk/p ... ?news=2013

haven't seen it, but it gets bred in captivity for some time now, mostly in the US.

unfortunately Paretroplus are very hard to breed "the natural way" wich means leaving the eggs with the parents.
so most young fish are raised from artificially incubated eggs.

wich is a shame, cause cichlids loose their imprinting behaviour when bred this way and hence loose their parental care in the nexzt generations.

it's quite hard to get a cichlid that has been incubated and raised without it's parents to breed with all the normal behaviour

best examples are Angelfish. these days it's next to impossible to get a good breeding pair of one of the most regular encountered fish

the fish being bred in the UK is a very good thing, but I'm not so happy with it being bred in Singapore.

Singapore is to the aquariumhobby what Macdonalds is to eating healthy responsible food......
it won't be long before all kinds of hybrids and colorforms turn up and then the original wild form will be gone forever.