cichlids pics *a lot of pics*

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Took this recently.

Blue Dempsey. This fellow has colored up nicely.
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One of my 3 G. Balzanii.
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Young adult male L. Curviceps 'Santarem'. Has colored up nicely as he grows steadily.
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My juvi C. Sajica. Right now this guy is 1.5".
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Took this pic from bottom up.
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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?
 
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
 
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.
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That's too bad..... Are they that in-bred? :(
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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