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Post by Carl on Jan 10, 2009 11:02:38 GMT -5
I added the new Lake Victoria Cichlids page, which is began with Kyoga Flamebacks. Brenda helped with this one. As well I worked a couple hours on a "pop up" map, as I personally find this helpful to know where many of the more isolated or rare fish come from (I also love Geography as well). Fish Profiles; Victorian Cichlids, Kyoga FlamebackCarl
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Post by brenda on Jan 10, 2009 11:04:48 GMT -5
Awesome Carl, I plan on helping do somemore as well!!!
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Post by barbara on Jan 10, 2009 11:09:10 GMT -5
Nice job. I kept my larger colony (before their rehoming) with some mild mbuna...yellow labs, P. Acei, and Rusties, and had no problems. They seemed to thrive with mild tankmates.
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Post by Carl on Jan 10, 2009 11:12:55 GMT -5
What do you ladies think of Zebra Obliquiedens as another Victorian to write a profile for?
Carl
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Post by barbara on Jan 10, 2009 11:20:52 GMT -5
I personally would have a hard time with that one. I haven't had much success with this fish, I've managed to keep them alive, but that's about it. One single batch of fry that were eaten quickly, no color. I've decided to "rehome" this colony, and hopefully someone will have more luck than I have.
I tend to give away fish that I have problems with...not that I don't like them, but I'd rather give groups to people that may have better luck than I do with certain species. My Neochromis Omnicaeruleus is one I am proud of, as some of the "experts" have had a hard time breeding this fish. This is why I'm trying to find out what is going on with them.
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Post by jonv on Jan 10, 2009 11:33:16 GMT -5
I can try. I had one female spawn, but the brood never made it. She only held for about a week then ditched them. I saw the bulge and she wasn't eating, a week later, she was and nothing left. I haven't seen them look like they'd be spawning since. The two known males I have, they definetly color up, there's no question about that. That seller on aquabid I got them from, seems to have it under control as far as breeding goes, because he has numerous auctions up there, and claims his fry are all F2's. I'm not sure if being 2nd generation removed from the wild matters, and of course, there is always a bs factor in that too. I can try. I really liked the look of the species, is why I got them, but so far, I've only seen one attempted spawn in the 2.5 months I've had them.
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Post by barbara on Jan 10, 2009 11:40:02 GMT -5
I have found my best trigger to spawning Vics is two fold...first to do a big water change, of at least 50%. Victorians love fresh water. Second is a feeding of a high protein meal, I tend to use frozen brine shrimp, or frozen blood worms. I have read that this increases egg production in the females, and can help to trigger spawning. I use flake food for my staple food, and occasional shrimp pellets and algae wafers, but once a week they all get frozen, and this tends to lead to spawning.
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Post by murdock6701 on Jan 10, 2009 18:04:07 GMT -5
so, some one is saying that the P. Acei are mellow? as most of you know, I'm looking for mellow cichlids (I'm new at this cichlid stuff)- can't get apistogrammas around here or rusties - thru the kindness of Jonv I have some beautiful yellow labs but I'm going to turn my SA into African soon if I could find some mellow community minded cichlids
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Post by Carl on Jan 10, 2009 18:08:31 GMT -5
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Post by murdock6701 on Jan 10, 2009 18:08:46 GMT -5
let me add SMALL to that - I only have 20 gallon tanks.....sorry, should have been more specific from the start - saw some mixed Africans today, they looked like the electric yellows but were much paler yellow and no bars, some were almost white
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Post by barbara on Jan 10, 2009 20:38:42 GMT -5
20 gallons makes it difficult to mix a tank. The aggression level of some of these cichlids is not easily overcome in smaller tanks. I'd say small colonies of 1m 3f would be your best bet, but I'm not sure how that would go.
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Post by murdock6701 on Jan 10, 2009 21:32:56 GMT -5
thank you Barbara, that ssems to be the general concensus of most keepers on site - the more I read about member's fish diversity, the more eager I become in my search.....am thinking of waiting til spring and try rams of some sort again, when shipping here in the frigid north becomes less of a factor....thanks again but I'm always open to suggestions! keep up the good work!
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Post by murdock6701 on Jan 10, 2009 21:35:49 GMT -5
Great job Brenda - I think adding a personal touch to our contributor notes adds to the quality of the information being presented - it's not like reading something out of an encyclopedia
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Post by brenda on Jan 10, 2009 21:37:36 GMT -5
Thanks John!!!
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Post by eve on Jan 10, 2009 23:47:24 GMT -5
like i said yesterday already, i love your article brenda, good job
the neochromis one has also come out great
may i suggest, sorry don't hit me here, to add some spacing between each of the areas
i think it will flow much better and will be easier to read, if it's spaced instead of put together in one block
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Post by barbara on Jan 11, 2009 9:19:30 GMT -5
Eve, I agree with you.
I'll try to get one done for another species I've had some luck with, Mbipia cf. Lutea. Unfortunately, my camera is on the blink, and I don't know that I'll be able to do any new pictures. I'll see what I can come up with from my old stuff.
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Post by Carl on Jan 11, 2009 11:11:52 GMT -5
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Post by barbara on Jan 11, 2009 14:25:33 GMT -5
I can also do some basic profiles...I'll work on that this evening.
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Post by eve on Jan 12, 2009 2:34:30 GMT -5
awesome thanks for adding the spacing carl it really is so much easier now to read and to distunguish the different aspects of the profile
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Post by jonv on Jan 16, 2009 19:26:27 GMT -5
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