Laetacara curviceps
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Is that a 10 gallon tank with two angelfish in it?
Nice curviceps. Make sure to do lots of water changes and feed a nutritious food like NLS pellets - I lost my pair to HLLE before I knew better.
Nice curviceps. Make sure to do lots of water changes and feed a nutritious food like NLS pellets - I lost my pair to HLLE before I knew better.
No, no... It's a 29g. My angels just aren't small. 
Thanks. This little guy made me start liking dwarf cichlids. I feed my own combo of pellets and flakes, but thanks for the tip.
Thanks. This little guy made me start liking dwarf cichlids. I feed my own combo of pellets and flakes, but thanks for the tip.
Oh I see - they really did dwarf the tank Impressive fellas!
I kept them in a busy community tank with tetras and kribs where I don't think they got much to eat. I always wondered if maybe they had intestinal parasites because they got skinny and weak, didn't have much appetite. I could never catch them again in order to QT them
I would have fed them some deworm flake if I could've caught them. Now Petsmart doesn't sell them any longer, so no chance I'm ever going to find them again in my little town!
Enjoy your fish. I always wondered why curviceps are so underappreciated - they have lots of advantages over blue rams.
Impressive fellas!I kept them in a busy community tank with tetras and kribs where I don't think they got much to eat. I always wondered if maybe they had intestinal parasites because they got skinny and weak, didn't have much appetite. I could never catch them again in order to QT them
I would have fed them some deworm flake if I could've caught them. Now Petsmart doesn't sell them any longer, so no chance I'm ever going to find them again in my little town!Enjoy your fish. I always wondered why curviceps are so underappreciated - they have lots of advantages over blue rams.
Thank you very much.Oh I see - they really did dwarf the tank
Hmmm... This one was shy at first (I had him in my 36"x18"x16" 40g breeder with my severum and catfish), but still came out to eat. Once I moved my 11" Polypterus bichir lapradei to the same tank, I figured it wasn't worth the risk, so I made him a retreat in the 29g. The Angels weren't too fond of him at first (being a breeding pair), but after the first night in, they figured it wasn't really a threat, and left it alone. Right now he is out in the open swimming around looking for some food on the bottom without either of them even seeming to notice.I kept them in a busy community tank with tetras and kribs where I don't think they got much to eat. I always wondered if maybe they had intestinal parasites because they got skinny and weak, didn't have much appetite. I could never catch them again in order to QT them
His rock will keep him safe regardless of how the angelfish feel about him anyway, though.
I honestly wasn't too sure what I got when I bought it. All I knew was, was I wanted a cichlid for my 55g, it wasn't an african, it had a cute little disposition, and it was labelled "curviceps cichlid"... So I got it. I am not a fan of random buys, and certainly don't condone it, but this one worked out well.
Thanks!
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