g'day

[Luke]

hello , my name is luke and i live in australia

got these fellows the other day :biggrin:

noticed this on the female

and here is the male for the fun of it

( their fins are all chewed up from the LFS)

 

[Noddy65]

Hi Luke
Theres a few Aussies here...that thing under the female is probably her ovidepositir/supositor etc...most likely veyr normal.

Which state are you in? Im in Perth

Mike

 

[arjay]

Are they Laetacara curviceps? If so they're pretty fish when in good condition... I agree with Mike BTW, I don't think that's anything to worry about...

 

[Luke]

Hi Luke
Theres a few Aussies here...that thing under the female is probably her ovidepositir/supositor etc...most likely veyr normal.

Mike

thought it so , these are my first dwarf species ( besides kribs) ive kept , and
yes they are curviceps


im a QUEENSLANDER( sorry getting ready for state of origin)

 

[nightowl1350]

Very pretty fish and yes it looks like a breeding tube to me. If they are doing alot of chasing....spawning behaviour I would think. Some guys just like to play rough and it can be hard on their mates. I've seperated angels more times than I can count for wife beating

Good luck with a spawn and post pics if you can

Melafix will help the fins heal, most fish adding aquarium salt helps (not sure on yours)

 

[Luke]

Very pretty fish and yes it looks like a breeding tube to me. If they are doing alot of chasing....spawning behaviour I would think. Some guys just like to play rough and it can be hard on their mates. I've seperated angels more times than I can count for wife beating

Good luck with a spawn and post pics if you can

Melafix will help the fins heal, most fish adding aquarium salt helps (not sure on yours)

melafix was one of the first things i did , the fins have healed a little bit since


the chances of a spawn surviving are not very high as i have 20 bristle nose catfish in there ( till i build their new home)

 

[Konigwolf]

Where abouts in QLD, I'm a brissie boy

Andrew

 

[fishgeek]

@ konigwolf snap!

whens the state of origin on?

 

[Roach]

S of O is done and dusted. The mighty Blues triumphing over the usual late finishing Maroons.
Oh yeah, I'm from Sydney!
:biggrin:

 

[Konigwolf]

S of O is done and dusted. The mighty Blues triumphing over the usual late finishing Maroons.
Oh yeah, I'm from Sydney!:biggrin:

I'm a tassie person originally so guess how much I care about rugby :tongue:

LOL

Andrew

 

[faewyn]

Hi Luke,

I am from Adelaide

The female looks fine IMO.

Jess

 

[Luke]

im up in rocky....
i never before have seen a females tube on a cichlid this small and it just seemed a tad small ( used to seing them on oscars and bit bigger stuff)