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With my Copella (compta I think) I found that aggression was actually much less in a smaller group than when their numbers increased. I started with 6, they bred and at one point I had over 20, by this time they were in a 120cm long tank, densely planted, but the aggression got much worse, they...
I agree they are baby Echinodorus plants, I have had several like that recently in one of my tanks, at first I thought they were going to produce flowers, but maybe as they are submerged they produced these plantlets instead. They do eventually produce small roots but not for quite a while.
According to many sources Cyanobacteria seems to be associated with low nitrates or maybe a high phosphate to nitrate ratio. I have had outbreaks occasionally, always when nitrates have been close to zero. I once seemed to cure it by adding almond leaves, but on another occasion this didn’t...
Sorry I only just saw this post, I did not get a notification...
Well, I am not an expert on these, but I have read quite a bit about dwarf pikes since I acquired some a while back. Mine look very similar to yours and were identified as Crenicichla cf nothopthalmus sp. Orinoco on another forum...
Well yes, there is a degree of variability that may depend on various factors. In Belize for example Cryptoheros spilurus usually spawned in quite deep holes in the bank (often old kingfisher nests) but sometimes just dug pits in the substrate. And I was thinking of convict cichlids, they...
It is an interesting thought. However, there are many other cichlids that are monogamous but breed in caves - eg Amatitlania, Cryptoheros, the pike cichlids (that aren't all Crenicichla now), maybe Guianacara? (conflicting reports on these as to whether they are monogamous or polygynous). There...
Very nice footage of those dwarf pikes! I like those Below Water videos, and was surprised as I had not found that one before. They do look similar to mine, though my females only have 2 dorsal ocelli, not sure if this is variable.
Having read this article https://peerj.com/articles/12283/...
Yes, that is correct, in that photo looking pretty plain, but when he displays or gets excited he gets the dark stripes and looks quite impressive. Note that the male does not have the extended dorsal fin rays typical of C. nothopthalmus, but that is the species it is apparently most closely...
I did get some in the end, and ended up with 3, a male and two females. I actually got 5, but they were very tiny and skinny and two didn't make it, I think I waited too long to decide (about a month after I last posted), and they had probably not been fed well at the shop. They were so small...
I agree, a male Apistogramma was one of the most aggressive cichlids I have owned. eventually needed a 240l tank to himself (well with some non cichlids and a couple of much bigger cichlids too).
I’m sorry about the issues you have had, such a shame. My festivums were tank bred and cost $5 each. They were very tiny at first and initially did not eat well, but after a while 4 of them improved. Two failed to thrive, they just did not eat much, didn’t grow and eventually died. The shop...