Quite the change from Milwaukee WI. Awesome pictures and great passion getting a tank there! I remember the thread about you moving there, cant believe its been 3 years already.
After 3 years fishes, a new (used) 180.
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I suppose, although idyllic to some, your style of living is not without its problems, some of which you referred to. But even so, what a place to live. I checked out your island on google earth, it's tiny, and like you say it looks like a rock covered in greenery. You are a real life Robinson Crusoe.
From a noob in the hobby I expected more dedication.
Good to see you with a tank again.
Good to see you with a tank again.
I stumbled on this species while looking something up a few years ago and I've wanted some so bad. Sad but I don't think they'll ever be available for our market
I hope you catch some and we can all watch the progression
I have kept both Tomocichla species twice before (3 if you count seiboldi).
The first pair of afraci spawned, but one partner killed the other immediately after the spawn, the next time I acquired a group of juvies, they were all deformed, so not worth breeding more. With the tuba, a group of juvies arrived at my LFS, I bought them, and grew out, but ended up with only males. My friend ended up with large female, and they spawned in his tank, after I ended up after giving him my males (she killed 2 out of 3, before accepting "the" one, she later killed.
My objective and challenge with all cichlids, has always been to keep any species long enough to have it spawn at least 3 times, get a large amount of experience with it, and make the species available to others.
Below a young T asfraci
below a female tuba, the brown string below her are eggs
seiboldi below (now moved into the genus Talamancaheros
These are all rheophillic, and I believe my ignorance in providing a strong enough current contributed to increased aggression, and my failure to achieve my goals with them.
The first pair of afraci spawned, but one partner killed the other immediately after the spawn, the next time I acquired a group of juvies, they were all deformed, so not worth breeding more. With the tuba, a group of juvies arrived at my LFS, I bought them, and grew out, but ended up with only males. My friend ended up with large female, and they spawned in his tank, after I ended up after giving him my males (she killed 2 out of 3, before accepting "the" one, she later killed.
My objective and challenge with all cichlids, has always been to keep any species long enough to have it spawn at least 3 times, get a large amount of experience with it, and make the species available to others.
Below a young T asfraci
below a female tuba, the brown string below her are eggs
seiboldi below (now moved into the genus Talamancaheros
These are all rheophillic, and I believe my ignorance in providing a strong enough current contributed to increased aggression, and my failure to achieve my goals with them.
