C. Regani feeding? what to feed?

  • We are currently upgrading MFK. thanks! -neo
Yup. Thats what I've read. I have small 2" clay pot halfs (that have worked for apistos) in there and 1" PVC peices, but the two that paired up are holding it down under this pile of flat rocks. I think they like the smaller holes and spaces. These two are dancing, having an occasional lip lock contest and keeping everyone else at bay. I am pretty confident that if the female still looks pink and plump next week, that after the next RO w/c(50% wc) they will spawn. I am going to give them some feeders fish tonight to get things rolling (my silver mollies quadrupled in population yesterday, I'm gonna have to slim the herd a little).

Thanks, and I'll keep you guys updated.
 
Feed the small amounts frequently. If you can get some live black worms it will help both "get them in the mood" and increase spawn size.

When you do the change make sure the RO is 2-3 degrees cooler than the tank water.
 
The tank is at 80 and the R/O is around 73 when I put it in. I only do about 50% max so the temp change is not to drastic. The tank temp goes down to about 76-77 when I do a 50% WC. The fish have not made a fuss about it.
 
I also just bought C. regani (6) which I'm keeping in my planted Heckel Discus tank.
They are doing great and eagarly eat live blackworms( I ship in a pound each week), frozen bloodworms and earthworm sticks. They are also eating Tetra Color Bits which is one of the staplefoods I use with all my discus.
They have actually grown noticeably in just 10 days. Some of thhe females are developing the full rosy bellies that promise little ones in the future.

I have not found C. compressiceps to be as good a choice because of the intense intraspecific aggression. Compressiceps is almost an exception among the dwarf Pikes; they are very pretty so it has been a disappointment that mine have proved so mean to each other. They live side by side with diminutive Apistogramma borelli and have only eaten their fry. That is actually one of their natural foods. C. regani are much more sociable with each other which makes them the better choice for me to keep.
I have some C. wallaceii which I think is another good dwarf pike.
On the whole the remind me a lot of many of the West African dwarf cichlids in their social behavior and the trait of the rosy bellies ripe females show.

The dwarf pikes find a special place in my fishroom. I lack a lot of large tank space so I cannot keep the larger cichlids although I do like them very much.
My idea of a big cichlid for my fishroom are Discus and Angels. I prefer wild types of both but I breed domestics for sale.
Larry Waybright
 
apistomaster;836565; said:
I also just bought C. regani (6) which I'm keeping in my planted Heckel Discus tank.
They are doing great and eagarly eat live blackworms( I ship in a pound each week), frozen bloodworms and earthworm sticks. They are also eating Tetra Color Bits which is one of the staplefoods I use with all my discus.
They have actually grown noticeably in just 10 days. Some of thhe females are developing the full rosy bellies that promise little ones in the future.

I have not found C. compressiceps to be as good a choice because of the intense intraspecific aggression. Compressiceps is almost an exception among the dwarf Pikes; they are very pretty so it has been a disappointment that mine have proved so mean to each other. They live side by side with diminutive Apistogramma borelli and have only eaten their fry. That is actually one of their natural foods. C. regani are much more sociable with each other which makes them the better choice for me to keep.
I have some C. wallaceii which I think is another good dwarf pike.
On the whole the remind me a lot of many of the West African dwarf cichlids in their social behavior and the trait of the rosy bellies ripe females show.

The dwarf pikes find a special place in my fishroom. I lack a lot of large tank space so I cannot keep the larger cichlids although I do like them very much.
My idea of a big cichlid for my fishroom are Discus and Angels. I prefer wild types of both but I breed domestics for sale.
Larry Waybright
Click to expand...

I have to second Larry's observations on compressiceps. Very difficult to keep more than one in a tank evan when 55-60 gallons.

I suspect that if and when they get around to reclassifying the Crenicichla genus that compressiceps will not be a Crenicichla.
 
Really? I think they will keep them as Crenicichla.
 
I have to say that Crenicichla notophthalmus is probably my fav. of the dwarfs. Just amazingly gorgeous fish! LOVE their colors, so delicate yet bold and strong. Bloody aggressive though, more than comps. Sucks. Harder to find as well.....bugga again. Congrats on the pike ups guys! Can't wait to have some little baby boomers around the forum!!
 
were did u get your regani from
 
I think mine came from Aquatics Inc.
 
Scatocephalus;836581; said:
I have to second Larry's observations on compressiceps. Very difficult to keep more than one in a tank evan when 55-60 gallons.

I suspect that if and when they get around to reclassifying the Crenicichla genus that compressiceps will not be a Crenicichla.
Click to expand...

I have the same feeling about the compressiceps. They may be a possible Monotypic Genus. It will depend a lot on whether a lumper of a splitter taxonomist reviews the Genus. Despite their similarities there are some important differences between compressceps and all other dwarf pikes.
FWIW, I tried twice to keep six in a 75 planted Heckel Discus tank and had three to show for it once the scales settled. I had enough of that and they have been sent packing.

C. regani will do well do frozen bloodworms and live blackworms but I have a friend in the Czech Republic that swears by a sudden shift to small live bearers for conditioning plus pH less than 5.0 and nearly unmeasureable(by colormetric tests) softness. Commercial breeder.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
MonsterFishKeepers.com
Top Bottom