The Cichlid Room Companion

There are all sorts of dissolved metabolic material in freshwater. It was obvious to me that protein skimming would work in a freshwater setup under certain conditions. I frequently get foam buildup on the surface of my tank after large feedings. I think it all boils down to flow vs exposure time to...

Are tropical fish exports coming out of Mexico?
I have been seeing allot of f1 and wild caught Mexican fish for sale recently.

Has anything changed as far as the legalities of collecting and bringing fish out of Mexico?

cichla wrote:Hi Pablo, Dear all,
Well, concerning the bar pattern (which is seen only in the very first few secs of the video) it is Mesonauta mirificus. Since this species is distributed in the western Amazon (Peru) these specimens (shown there) are likely indeed M. mirificus.
Cheers, Cichla

Agreed.

cichla wrote:Hi Pablo, Dear all,
Well, concerning the bar pattern (which is seen only in the very first few secs of the video) it is Mesonauta mirificus. Since this species is distributed in the western Amazon (Peru) these specimens (shown there) are likely indeed M. mirificus.
Cheers, Cichla

Agreed.

From what I have read, these fish are mostly riverine in nature. The tank has a river like layout, plus you appear to have nice current produced by the pump. You may want to consider adding some hiding places. Green terrors are all Andinoacara. http://www.cichlidae.com/species.php?id=4 Asyou can see...

I think you should be fine as long as you make sure your tanks are well filtered and oxygenated. Keep in mind that the metabolism in a cold blooded animal like a fish is going to running faster and producing more waste at higher temperatures. Long term exposure to high temperatures has been known to...

Hello all, I recently returned to keeping Cichlids again. So my first post back, im dredging up this old post. I recently was able to get hands on two small "F1 black umbiferums" from a dealer in NJ. The fish look exactly like the "Cichlasoma Sp. Sambu" found in Ad Konings book C...

I guess the only way to find out is to try???

Maybe try some killifish forms??? Unfortunately, a Google search of "use of amphipods to keep killifish eggs clean" yields this thread as the top search result. I did come across this posting in my search. Looks like a good starting point at finding your scuds at least. http://www.aquabid....

I guess the foster parent has changed his views on babysitting huh??

It seems we all pretty much agree that your fish are a member of the crenicichla notophthalmus group. I think you can rest assured that none of these fish get much over 4". In fact, I have never seen nothos bigger than that. A quick search of Google turned up this from Fishbase: Size / Weight /...

I maintained a colony of P. nyererei alongside a group of A. "Thick Skin" for several years without any issues with cross breeding. Both of the species you mentioned (nyererei and latifasciata) have fairly unique color patterns, so I feel that they should not confuse each other as being co...

Very nic pics and fish. One of my favorite species. I had a small group of these fish about ten years ago, but ended up losing them during a power outage caused by a bad storm in my area. I remember them being full of personality and especially enjoyed watching them relocate their shells in response...

The first fish resembles crenicichla notophthalmus.

Some pictures of mine Guianacara geayi, 'oyapock' the colors are breeding colors but not at all photoshoped other than autokontrast As you can see they do have the bar over the eye that is reduced to a spot which would point towards dacrya, but on the other hand they do now show the black on dorsal...

Very nice.

Philippe Burnel wrote:Anymay not a Parachromis.
Seems to be an hybrid

Agreed.

Sad.

I recall some years ago that someone among the killifish hobbyists was trying to use amphipods to keep the killifish eggs clean to prevent fungus, and because infertile eggs got soft, they were able to eat those. However, I don't remember it as the standard scuds that were being used. Haven't heard...

Wikipedia has this to say about Amphipods.

"Most amphipods are detritivores or scavengers,[4] with some being grazers of algae, omnivores or predators[5] on small insects and crustaceans.[4] Food is grasped with the front two pairs of legs which are armed with large claws."