easiest african cichlid to breed?

[Druu]

if its safe to feed bluegill who have signif***antly more spikes in the fins a african cichlid would be fine. i have got word from pbass owners bluegill are ok


and if i need to i can cut there dorsals off.

Yep, there is a MFK vid on youtube of a pbass feeding where the owner is feeding live bluegills without dorsals (cut off).

 

[zfoster22]

there ya go


and they swallow them head first that lays the spines down fish arent stupid and these are wild caughts have a little more natural instinct in 'em.

 

[JONP]

Okay, you guys have peeked my interest in the whole fins being a problem thing...so I took the liberty of finding that youtube clip of the PBass eating bluegills. So here you go and if you listen he does say that he has definned them...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HXQabmY2oE&feature=related

Here is my question: Do PBass have the same issue in the wild?

Thanks,
JP

 

[zfoster22]

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=144975&page=2


ive got word of it to be safe and mine have takin many many bluegill by now around the 2-3" size to a 12" and 14" pbass.

the pbass are wild caught.

always swallowed head first with no problems.

 

[troutking]

my 5 inch pbass try to eat a wild sunfish that was 2 inches and it jumped atnd hit the canopy b/c of the spines. i guess that sunfish had some experience already

 

[zfoster22]

thats way to big to be feeding a 5" pbass though 2" of any size almost.

 

[sunfishh]

You guys are giving a good laugh. I would say normally yellow Labs are easy to breed. I say this because 15 years ago I gave them a shot and got nothing. Oddly enough my rusty cichlids, Iodotropheus sprengerae, in that same setup were breeding fine. Isn't it always the way where the ugliest and least commercially valuable species breeds like mad.

 

[sterling_mcdaniel]

well today i got 1 yellow lab, 1 albino something, and 1 Nimbochromis venustus


i will get more labs and some electric blues. (ahli)

venustus are a bad idea for a small tank they get 8-10 inches and love to eat baby fish....

 

[zfoster22]

a fed them there boring

 

[wednesday13]

its a water cow

not a water cow that is a sleeper rock goby slayer of worlds