A little better Labridens/Mixteco Blue video

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Jason_S

Jason_S

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Both the labridens and mixtecos at least are out and about in this video. lol I was still just using my phone's camera and tried different things while shooting, like zooming in and out and turning the flash on and off to get the best quality I could. I should be getting my actual camera back soon. :)

 
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Nice fish choices.
Your labs look very happy. Not the easiest c/a to keep but yours look great.
It will be nice to see that stunning breeding dress if those guys spawn for you.
 
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Stanzzzz7 said:
Nice fish choices.
Your labs look very happy. Not the easiest c/a to keep but yours look great.
It will be nice to see that stunning breeding dress if those guys spawn for you.
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Why do you say that about labs not being the easiest to keep? Just curious...never heard that about them but then again not a lot of people keeping them. :)
 
Jason_S said:
Why do you say that about labs not being the easiest to keep? Just curious...never heard that about them but then again not a lot of people keeping them. :)
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I know a few British hobbyists that have kept labs and have lost them to bloat.The ones I know that have kept them with success have kept them at low stocking densities and have been careful not to overfeed.
They have also said that they were very skittish and hide a lot.
Looking at yours I don't think you have anything to worry about.
 
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Stanzzzz7 said:
I know a few British hobbyists that have kept labs and have lost them to bloat.The ones I know that have kept them with success have kept them at low stocking densities and have been careful not to overfeed.
They have also said that they were very skittish and hide a lot.
Looking at yours I don't think you have anything to worry about.
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Thanks for the head's up. I'd never heard that about labridens and bloat. My theory on most CA cichlids that are susceptible to bloat is that it occurs if the water is not oxygenated enough for them. Fish like N. haitiensis, most of the helleri group of thorichthys...tend to be found in fast flowing rivers where water is going to be very high in oxygen content. If I'm right then I should be fine because I also have the mixteco blues (from the helleri group of Thorichthys) so the temp is set at 75 and I have both a powerhead and a sponge filter soon to be powered by a Whisper 100 air pump.

And if it does turn out to be more diet-related, I should be fine there as well. I have a feeding schedule...1 day a week all fish get freeze dried foods (meal worms, blood worms, tubifex worms), 1 day they get frozen foods (currently only bloodworms but going to buy brine shrimp as well), 2 days a week I feed them peas and the rest of the week they get various types of pellets (NLS cichlid recipe, Cobalt veggie recipe, and veggie wafers). :)

They did hide most of the time for the first few days, but now they're out and about all the time and don't seem the least bit skittish. :)

ps. I've read many of your posts and I know you already know all this that I mentioned about Thorichthys...just expanding on it a bit for any other viewers :)
 
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