Cyathopharynx Furcifer

[DJ Nitrous 427]

I tried searching the forums by it's scientific name (Cyathopharynx Furcifer) but I came up short. I was just wondering if anyone's kept these. I'd read a lil about them but was looking for some first hand experience. Thanks

-DJ-

 

[Peckoltia]

Nitrous - Hello. Furcifer are a great Tang to keep. Firstly I would like to state that if you have not kept many Tanganyikans, make sure that your Furcifers are atleast F1, wildcaughts can be very tricky to keep.

Having said that these are not the most demanding fish. As with most other fish, good clean water quality is the key. A pH of 8.0 - 8.5 is prefered. This fish can also get some decent size, I have personally owned a few males in the 7-8" range with all their finnage.

Be selective with tankmates. Some mismatched tankmates will make short work of their most beautiful assets, their long streamer like fins.

any other q's, i'd be glad to hep with -

Alex

 

[Vince]

Most expensive Tang fish? not help eh?

 

[SiouxFallsFishGuy]

Here's a link to a decent article on these guys at cichlid-forum.com

http://www.cichlid-forum.com/articles/c_furcifer.php

 

[Ornatapinnis]

I have had a few of them. I had the best luck with one male and several (3 or more) females. It seemed that this was the only way that the male had great color. THey are also kind-of wimpy fish, I didn't like mixing they with other fish but I did try some L. compressiceps and gold sexfaciatus with them with good resaults. I kept them in 4 foot or 6 foot aquariums with a sand bottom with lots of open bottom space (not many rocks / decorations). THe male often made a pit and tried to get females to spawn, this is when he had the great color. Other wise he was kind of dull.

Ventrallis are another option that is similar in appearance and habbits that I have enjoyed too....

 

[ogre929]

Ventrallis are another option that is similar in appearance and habbits that I have enjoyed too....

Ophthalmotilapia ventralis are awesome fish!!! They are pretty hardy too. Though my dominant male beat on every other male in the tank constantly. Didn't pick on anything else though. I kept them with cyprichromis, para's, a big fat juli marlieri and a pair of black calvus and never had problems with mixing. They're also a bit easier to find.

 

[vanimate]

Great fish,
Ive kept furcifers and foai. They active fish and need alot of swimming space when they get big, and the mostimportant thing IMO is lots of sand. the more sand the better, the dominant male will amaze you with his sand bower and his colors. I would try to keep at least 2 males and a minimum of 3 females the more females the better. pictures cant do justice to a male in full breeding dress. Heres a couple of bad pics.