cichlids pics *a lot of pics*

[peifc]

Took this recently.

Blue Dempsey. This fellow has colored up nicely.
http://www.peifc.com/Our_fish/Blue_Dempsey/137-3749_IMG.JPG

One of my 3 G. Balzanii.
http://www.peifc.com/Our_fish/Balzanii/140-4014_IMG.JPG

Young adult male L. Curviceps 'Santarem'. Has colored up nicely as he grows steadily.
http://www.peifc.com/Our_fish/Flag_Cichlid/Santarem/138-3854_IMG.JPG

My juvi C. Sajica. Right now this guy is 1.5".
http://www.peifc.com/Our_fish/Sajica_Gold/138-3835_IMG.JPG

This is one of my best pic of my Jack Dempsey. Finally, he stayed still enough for me to take a good pic of him.
http://www.peifc.com/Our_fish/Jack_Dempsey/139-3939_IMG.JPG

Little female A. Spinosissimus. My big male likes one of my 2 females, but I think the female is too young to be interested in the male yet.
http://www.peifc.com/Our_fish/Spinos/138-3853_IMG.JPG

My Green Severums are at it again...breeding :lol: Here they are...lips/jaws locking to test each other's strength. It looks painful, but no harm done...possibly just few scratches.
http://www.peifc.com/Our_fish/Severum/Green/137-3768_IMG.JPG
Took this pic from bottom up.
http://www.peifc.com/Our_fish/Severum/Green/137-3772_IMG.JPG
http://www.peifc.com/Our_fish/Severum/Green/137-3774_IMG.JPG

[SayersWeb]

Great pics! Somehow I missed this post....

Love the Blue Dempseys. I'd like to get a breeding pair of them.

I've had Severums in the past but never had them breed. Do you have to do anything special for them?

[DarthV]

Nice pics of the severum... are you sure your dempsey is a he ? Quite a bit of color on the gill plate below the eyes for a male ?

[peifc]

Thanks guys!

DarthV...that's what I thought regarding the gender on the JD. Someone told me that it is a male not a female. I have no idea anymore. There are times that this JD will show a lot of color on his/her body. There are times it is just plain color. I guess I have to wait a bit more before I can tell. It is around 4" right now. Once I'm sure, then I can get this fish a mate.

Sayer, I do have a pair of Dempseys, but I don't plan on breeding them. Beside, you can't breed BDs together. It has to be a BD with a JD to get healthy fry.

As for Severums, with my Green one anyway, I didn't do much. They just happen to like each other. However, I do have a pair of H. sp. 'Rotkiel'. They hated each other. The male would bully the female to no end. I seperated them for a few months. I just put them back together. Now they like each other.

As for breeding them, I just keep their ph low...around 6.5 with temperature 75-82. They just breed none stop. Now they are at their forth batch of fry. I just use their fry as feeders right now. If I keep them, I would need a huge tank. Once they started, they never stop :D

[SayersWeb]

Originally posted by peifc
Sayer, I do have a pair of Dempseys, but I don't plan on breeding them. Beside, you can't breed BDs together. It has to be a BD with a JD to get healthy fry.That's too bad..... Are they that in-bred? :(

[peifc]

No...because of recessive genes. Jeff Rapps has explained this before in MoJo's Forum.

If you want the information, I can get that for you.

[SayersWeb]

Thanks, I will search MoJo's forum.... I wonder how many people know about this. I saw a whole tank full of them at a LFS a couple of weeks ago.

[peifc]

Most experience cichlid keepers and TFH readers know about this.

[Tiger15]

The regular JD looks like a female to me. Male has no color on the lower gill plates and a lot more color elsewhere.

[mtdewlover]

Oh I have a question! Your fish that look like they are kissing what are they doing? My fish do they same thing and I don't know if this is fighting or loving.

[peifc]

When my severums are ready to breed, they always lock jaws to test each other's strength.

[PooCooper]

Sweet pics!!!!!!!

[Lila]

You make me jealous with those blue JD! I wish I could have one!

Beautiful Pics!!!

[ScottoMacD]

You seem to be getting the photo taking down to science by the looks of those pictures. :D

Great stuff. :cool: