Hello to one and all, I have been reading through your archives and am awed at how polite and respectful you all are towards each other, good job. Many of the other fish forums I have visited/joined can get so rude.
I am not new to aquarium keeping, but I am relatively new to dwarf cichlids, especially the Africans. I have just picked up a pair of Pelvicachromis t. Lobe, three Dicrosa filamentosas(one male and hopefully two females), and four Borelis.
My Lobes went into a planted 10 gal tank that has eight or nine shy Trichopsis pumilus (pygmy gouramis). All seems well for now between the two species, most likely I will move the Lobes to their own planted tank and use this tank to move the male Lobe to and from after a spawning. The female certainly is colorful, but the male is a dull grey color unless he gets all excited about a feeding, then he blushes a bit of yellow/orange. When will he reach sexual maturity and what will his coloring be?
They shake their bodies at each other but I doubt they have spawned yet. I love how devoted they seem to be towards each other, it remindes me of my mated pair of African pipefish in my reef tank. What other behavior can I expect to see when they do spawn?
The Dicrosas and Borelis went into my 55 gal planted discus tank. They all seem very happy and don't bother anyone but their own sp. Since the Borelis are small and from the same spawn, the fish guy picked out two of the largest ones that already have a yellow head and two smallish ones with no yellow colored head assumming these last two are females. I am pretty sure the larger ones are males since they are the ones that always instigate fights. But they also chase the small ones from their established teritories. Is this normal if the small ones are females? Or is this youthful behavior for Borelis? The two small ones don't seem to ever pick fights. Was the fish guy's thinking in sexing them correct? How long until I can definately sex them out?
Also, does anyone know if the Reitzig dwarf cichlid is the Boreli cichlid?
Any and all help to my questions is greatly appreciated, and if anyone knows of sites specific to these species I would also love that, too.
Thank you.
I am not new to aquarium keeping, but I am relatively new to dwarf cichlids, especially the Africans. I have just picked up a pair of Pelvicachromis t. Lobe, three Dicrosa filamentosas(one male and hopefully two females), and four Borelis.
My Lobes went into a planted 10 gal tank that has eight or nine shy Trichopsis pumilus (pygmy gouramis). All seems well for now between the two species, most likely I will move the Lobes to their own planted tank and use this tank to move the male Lobe to and from after a spawning. The female certainly is colorful, but the male is a dull grey color unless he gets all excited about a feeding, then he blushes a bit of yellow/orange. When will he reach sexual maturity and what will his coloring be?
They shake their bodies at each other but I doubt they have spawned yet. I love how devoted they seem to be towards each other, it remindes me of my mated pair of African pipefish in my reef tank. What other behavior can I expect to see when they do spawn?
The Dicrosas and Borelis went into my 55 gal planted discus tank. They all seem very happy and don't bother anyone but their own sp. Since the Borelis are small and from the same spawn, the fish guy picked out two of the largest ones that already have a yellow head and two smallish ones with no yellow colored head assumming these last two are females. I am pretty sure the larger ones are males since they are the ones that always instigate fights. But they also chase the small ones from their established teritories. Is this normal if the small ones are females? Or is this youthful behavior for Borelis? The two small ones don't seem to ever pick fights. Was the fish guy's thinking in sexing them correct? How long until I can definately sex them out?
Also, does anyone know if the Reitzig dwarf cichlid is the Boreli cichlid?
Any and all help to my questions is greatly appreciated, and if anyone knows of sites specific to these species I would also love that, too.
Thank you.