cr. notopthalmus

[its_an_obsession]

I think that you should hunt down at least one male, be one of the first to spawn them, I think they need really low pH and hardness to make it work One guy here in Winnipeg has been trying in vain to get them to spawn with no luck, I'm not sure he even still has the pair.

your making me want to get the male and give it a try. i havent really had the interest in spawning yet and especially since the last place i lived i couldnt get my ph below 7. altho my new place is considerably more friendly with the water. i might need bigger than 20g id assume.

 

[its_an_obsession]

Wow, they are looking top notch mate!!! Loving the coloration? What size tank you got them in?

Keep it up, they look like they are starting to get the pink belly already! AWESOME! Its cool as they age and get more sexually mature, their whole dorsal will go pink, along with their belly! Looks amazing!

When they face off, do you notice that the black blotch behind their eye and the yellow on the gill plate intensifies? Its looks ridiculously awesome!! I wish I could get a picture of mine when they spare. Awesome about the aggression btw, I've got mine in the 300gal and they still spar with each other every now and then.

I've got two males btw, and only need one. Tip top shape as well. When one of them pairs up with my female, we'll see what can be done about getting you a male.

BTW...do either of your females have more than one splotch in the dorsal? Mine has two, looks quite interesting. Very cool lookin for sure.

bdevilcasey ~ I'm gonna have to say either you are getting ripped off, or that is a different type of pike. Probably one of the larger Lugubris group like marms, lents, or atabapo. I can see a price like that for one of them. Still a little steep in my opinion, but if you take into account shipping costs, it about evens out.

i have them in a planted 20g long. i was planning on getting some full tank shots later so ill post them when i take them. maybe ill try to get my other female. mine dont really spar much. the bigger one chases my apistogramma cacatoides and geo daemon and the other noto but they never really do the gill flaring... just the quick dash and chase. altho the dominant female will flare the dorsal fin, that when i got the good pictures showing the ocelli

about the splotches on the dorsal. do u mean like another ocelli? my smaller female is showing alot of red splotches on its dorsal, looks very cool. ill get a pic while i feed tonight

 

[Peanut_Power]

Yesh, my female has two ocelli in her dorsal. I guess they can have a varied number. My last female only had one though. I almost like the two better. LoL

 

[darth pike]

Yeah, if the ring around the dorsal is red then it's either a noto or a cf noto or an orinico dwarf ... if it was orange, it would be those colombian 'wallacii' ...

 

[its_an_obsession]

just snapped some pics of there tank and got a few pictures of the other female. she has alot of red in her dorsal fin.

 

[bdevilcasey]

So sweet!!!! I love the tank and the fish are beautiful!!!

 

[Loves severums]

do u have a pic of a male?

 

[Peanut_Power]

Looks like you might actually have Cren. wallacii!!! Like darth said, they will have more of an orange ring around the dorsal ocelli.

Awesome tank too btw!! Is that a 20 long?

 

[its_an_obsession]

yes it is a 20 long

 

[BigPic]

The tank looks great! The guy here in Winnipeg that was attempting to spawn them was using a 10g, I think. . . he had the ph down around 4.5, using RO and acid to get there on top of leaves LOL I should track him down and see how he made out in the end.