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As above :(
Did you ask at the shop about the fishes suitability for you setup? You haven't specified your setup but this fish is probably completely unsuitale for it. Its quite likely to be a hybrid species, often sols as 'mixed'.
The only advice I cam give is that you take i straight back.
We suspect that one female is becoming dominant. I think I saw her frynap one from the other brood last night. What's the best action now? Remove the male and female, remove all the adults, remove the fry, leave them alone longer?
Normally how long would a brood remain with the female?
We have a trio of aggies in the same aquarium, 22" x 15" x 12", both females have had free swimming fry for four days. There isn't much aggression at the moment, any advice as to what to do?
Cheers Mark,
These were £15 each! I know they aren't rare, I never believe the 'rare' labels.
Maybe I was wrong with the gill cover defect. I need to go back and look again.
One of my local shops has a batch of these fish in, labeled as 'very rare' and asking for £15GBP each. The are from a Czeck supplier.
On close inspection I thought their gill covers looked a bit short. I noticed the deep red colour of the actual gills at first, then realised I could see it...
I have a pair of curviceps in a 2ft tank, they have had numerous spawnings but only once have had free swimming fry.
I took a friends advice and removed the eggs this time and put them into a small tub with methylene blue and an airline. I have been removing the infertile eggs and only a few...
It's been a short whilse since I started this thread and there been some great advice given, thank you.
I have since had several successful broods of both Ps multicolor and Ps. nicholsi. Brood care seems to vary between females but overall they seem OK. I left one female nicholsi in with her...
This is called Play Sand (used in childrens play pits in the UK) with a little coral sand to buffer. The sand is completely inert and very fine. I only use a shallow layer.
I prefer the F1's too. Maybe you should have posted the photos without telling us the difference first. As already said I prefer the way the colours mix naturally in the F1's, the german fish is vary garish.
Thanks for you thought Ed. If I had to guess then I too would go with keeping the females in separate tanks. It would be nice though, as Ed says, to have it defined from someone who has experience with this species or one of the closely related species.
I recently bought a foursome of Ps. nicholsi, 3F + 1M. One of the females was already holding eggs when I got her so I have put her in her own 18" spawning tank, with plenty of cover. She is still in there and looks ready to release her fry any day now. The good news is that one of the other...
The second photo is 100% female. I have 1M 2F. The adult male finnage is noticably extended compared to the females and he colours up beautifully in a flash when hes in the mood. I have so far had several spawns but each time the eggs have been eaten.
I used to find harvesting BBS a chore until I saw how easily a friend was doing it. Now I use glass pint milk bottles (UK), water, salt and an airline dropped through the top of the bottle. After 36hrs ish I simply pour the solution out into a BBS sieve to drain away the salt water then wash...