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by Pam Chin
Mon Dec 01, 2003 1:52 pm
Forum: African: Lake Malawi Cichlids
Topic: Aulonocara mamalela "Lemon Jake."
Replies: 1
Views: 5010

Aulonocara mamalela "Lemon Jake."

Dear Jack, My finmate Gary is an Aulonocara freak! He is totally addicted to Peacocks, and Aulonocara "mamalela Lemon Jake" is one of his favorites. It is believed to be a color morph of Aulonocara Jacobfreibergi , and this complex is filled with some of the most sought after strains. Such...
by Pam Chin
Mon Dec 01, 2003 1:50 pm
Forum: African: Lake Malawi Cichlids
Topic: Aulonocara mamalela "Lemon Jake."
Replies: 1
Views: 5010

Aulonocara mamalela "Lemon Jake."

Dear Pam, I would like to work with Aulonocara mamalela "Lemon Jake." I have a few questions I hope you don't mind answering. What do you feed them when they are first born and what do you feed them now that they are an inch or bigger? What size tank do you breed them in? What ratio of mal...
by Pam Chin
Mon Dec 01, 2003 1:48 pm
Forum: African: Lake Malawi Cichlids
Topic: Aulonocara sp. "Maleri"
Replies: 1
Views: 5694

What is it?

Hi Jerry, It can be very confusing, and that is why the "Common Name" thing has really gotten out of hand. The wholesalers are bad at slapping a color behind a fish's name to try and help sell it faster. We are to blame too -- we are the hobbyists who can't keep our records straight, forge...
by Pam Chin
Mon Dec 01, 2003 1:46 pm
Forum: African: Lake Malawi Cichlids
Topic: Aulonocara sp. "Maleri"
Replies: 1
Views: 5694

Aulonocara sp. "Maleri"

Dear Pam, I have seen a lot of species of Aulonocara called maleri. I have seen the baenschi maleri, the stuartgranti maleri and the Sp. maleri and the Sp. maleri "Yellow" and even the maleri "Red." They have called all of these the "Sunshine." Now is the true maleri, t...
by Pam Chin
Mon Dec 01, 2003 1:45 pm
Forum: African: Lake Malawi Cichlids
Topic: Aulonocara sp. "Eureka"
Replies: 1
Views: 4174

What is it?

Dear Shawn, Aulonocara sp. "Eureka" is a line-bred fish, which means that it is not found naturally in the lake. It is said to be a cross between Aulonocara jacobfriebergi "Otter Point" and Aulonocara sp. "Swallowtail" which sometimes is also called Aulonocara "reg...
by Pam Chin
Mon Dec 01, 2003 1:44 pm
Forum: African: Lake Malawi Cichlids
Topic: Aulonocara sp. "Eureka"
Replies: 1
Views: 4174

Aulonocara sp. "Eureka"

Dear Pam, I am wondering if you can help me identify and find a picture of an adult fish that was for sale at my local fish store. They called it an Aulonocara "Eureka Red." Any help would be appreciated. I am looking for a nice Malawian that has a significant amount of red in it. Any sugg...
by Pam Chin
Mon Dec 01, 2003 1:39 pm
Forum: African: Lake Malawi Cichlids
Topic: Aulonocara
Replies: 1
Views: 4617

Setting up

<div align="center"> http://www.cichlidae.info/gallery/Aulonocara/gertrudae-01.jpg </div> Hi Erwin, Aulonocara are a lot of fun to keep. They are colorful and not too aggressive, yet they can hold their own against most other Malawian Cichlids. I like to keep them in large tanks (minimum 2...
by Pam Chin
Mon Dec 01, 2003 1:35 pm
Forum: African: Lake Malawi Cichlids
Topic: Aulonocara
Replies: 1
Views: 4617

Aulonocara

Hi Pam, I am planning to setup an Aulonocara tank, but I am not familiar with this kind of fish. I know that some Aulonocara species live between the rocks, some on the sand, and some in between. What kind of Aulonocara species live between the rocks or in between the sand and the rocks? What is a g...
by Pam Chin
Mon Dec 01, 2003 1:34 pm
Forum: African: Lake Malawi Cichlids
Topic: A dominant mbuna
Replies: 1
Views: 3546

A dominant mbuna

Dear N.J., Metriaclima are very territorial, and yours has just taken over your tank. He is the boss and there is no way around it. So you must decide whether you want to keep the zebra or start a new bunch of fish. Zebra's will probably make mincemeat of your small managuense, they are from Central...
by Pam Chin
Mon Dec 01, 2003 1:33 pm
Forum: African: Lake Malawi Cichlids
Topic: A dominant mbuna
Replies: 1
Views: 3546

A dominant mbuna

Dear Pam, I have raised from 1 inch size a Metriaclima zebra (now 4 1/2") & a Nimbochromis venustus (now 6") with a Clown Pleco (8"). The zebra is extremely aggressive & will not even let the other fish swim above his cave! There are 3 large caves in my 30 gal tank & plent...
by Pam Chin
Mon Dec 01, 2003 1:31 pm
Forum: South American Cichlids
Topic: Feeding discus
Replies: 1
Views: 4096

Feeding discus

Dearest Caroline, I am really a firm believer in not feeding beef products to fish. The number one reason is that beef is a warm blooded animal, and they should not be fed to fish which are cold blooded animals. Secondly, if you knew of all the vaccines, antibiotics, hormones, etc., that are fed to ...
by Pam Chin
Mon Dec 01, 2003 1:30 pm
Forum: South American Cichlids
Topic: Feeding discus
Replies: 1
Views: 4096

Feeding discus

Dear Pam, A close friend has been feeding his breeding pairs of discus homemade food, made with Beef heart (frozen). His hatch rate has plummeted since he has been using beef heart and now all of his larger breeders are apparently sterile. He thinks it is from hormones in the beef heart. Any other r...
by Pam Chin
Sat Nov 29, 2003 9:15 pm
Forum: South American Cichlids
Topic: Uaru amphiacanthoides
Replies: 1
Views: 3586

<div align="center"> http://www.cichlidae.com/gallery/Uaru/amphiacanthoides-01.jpg </div> Hi Jim, Uaru amphiacanthoides try to say that three times really fast!! It sounds like you are on the right track. These are really cool fish; it is sometimes called the Triangle Cichlid. Uaru breeder...
by Pam Chin
Sat Nov 29, 2003 9:13 pm
Forum: South American Cichlids
Topic: Uaru amphiacanthoides
Replies: 1
Views: 3586

Uaru amphiacanthoides

Dear Pam, I have recently acquired 12 young Uaru . They are supposed to be tank raised from Asia, the fish seem very healthy. Their diet consists of a Romaine leaf daily, Tetra's Dorogreen, Bits, crushed Krill, frozen bloodworms, and mosquito larvae. I can't find much information on them. I would ap...
by Pam Chin
Sat Nov 29, 2003 9:08 pm
Forum: South American Cichlids
Topic: Apistogramma borellii
Replies: 1
Views: 4832

<div align="center"> http://www.cichlidae.com/gallery/Apistogramma/borellii-01.jpg </div> Dear Karen, I haven't had the pleasure of keeping alot of "Apisto's," but someday I will. They are very beautiful and one of the most striking family of fish from the New World. Their size e...