I looked through the first 14 pages and the last 3-4....good stuff.Is Ash doing all this by herself?She posts where she gets a majority of the info....I'll try one I suppose:
Neolamprologus leleupi
Common Name: Lemon Cichlid
General:
Neolamprologus leleupi, also typically referred to as Lamprologus leleupi, are slender cichlids native to Lake Tanganyika in Africa. Males will achieve a size of about four inches with most females topping out between two to three inches.
The most common form of this fish is yellow, but many varieties are occasionally available including the blue lip leleupi and the orange variety shown above. There are even gray, tan and near-black varieties, but they are rarely seen in the hobby.
You may observe quite a variation in color depending on both the substrate/background of the tank and diet. Keep Neolamprologus leleupi over white sand and feed them a large amount of color enhancing food, and you'll have bright yellow fish. Keep them over black gravel and the fish will appear quite muddy.
Fortunately, the fish will color correct if you move them from tank to tank, but it takes a month or two. It is said anecdotally that raising the fry over a light substrate is critical to raising a bright yellow show quality fish in the future.
Identification:
Lamprologus buescheri n. sp. is a small, elongate bodied species (maximum depth of body 4·36 time in the standard length). The combination of its moderate size, its lunate caudal fin and its whitish body coloration distinguishes it from all the other lamprologus species. Adult specimens probably do not exceed a TL of 80 or 90 mm.
Head and body elongate, slender and slightly compressed laterally. Depth of body 22·94%, length of head 34·68% of SL.
Snout acute, 37·84%, interorbital width 19·58% of the length of head. Diameter of eye 23·81% of the length of head and 64·29% of the snout.
Mouth relatively wide. Bucal teeth very small, conical and slightly curved. Teeth of outer row larger, with 4 or 5 canines of the front of both upper and lower jaw. Inner teeth villiformes, arranged in a dense band behind the outer row.
Dorsal XVIII/9, total number of rays 27,. Soft rays longer than spines. First spine very short Anal VI/7, total number of rays 13. Soft rays longer than spines. First spinevery short. Soft dorsal and anal with filamentous extensions. Ventrals extented into filaments, passing the urogenital papilla, almost reaching the origin of anal. Caudal lunate with upper and lower lobes produced into long filaments. Depth of caudal peduncle 60·6% of its length.
Scales ctenoid, 35 (36) in a longitudinal series. lateral lines not perfectly continuous. Upper lateral line with 10 (12), lower 26 (25) scales. Circumpeduncular scales 18. Scales on nape, chest and the anterior part of the back very small. Pre-operculum without scales.
Thirteen short gill-rakers, 9 on the lower part of the anterior arch.
Body color of the live fish whitish, with two black horizontal stripes on each side of the body, one dorsal, along the base of the dosal fin, the other midlateral, from the end of snout to the base of caudal fin. Dorsal stripe with a row of three or four white spots just below the base og the dorsal fin. Both upper and lower half of iris edged with yellow. Pectoral transparent. Other fins dusky gray. Dorsal with conspicuous broad black submarginal longitudinal band. Similar bands in the anal and caudal both the upper and lower half of caudal less conspicuous. Pelvics, dorsal, anal and caudal with narrow brigth blue margin ... No obvious sexual dimorphisme or dichromatism apparent ...
Habitat:
Field observations with scuba gear (Büscher 1983) proved that L. buescheri n. sp. only occurs among rocks and stones in the littoralregion of the lake ... The fish seldom strays more than a few centimeters from the substratum, but always moves in close contact with the rocks with the rocks and immediately withdraws into crevices when disturbed. It was only found at depths between 16 - 18 meters. In its habitat buescheri co-exists with Lamprologus pucher Trewavas & Poll 1952, L. savoryi Poll 1949, Julidochromis regani Poll 1942 and Telmatochromis vittatus Boulenger 1898. L. buescheri is a strictly territorial species, wich for the most part is distributed in single individuals over its habitat.
Care:
Neolamprologus leleupi is not difficult to care for assuming you can provide suitable water quality. If you have soft water, you may find this fish difficult to keep and breed. My water is neutral in pH, but quite hard, and the fish did fine at 78 to 80F.
There is a common myth in the cichlid hobby that Tanganyikan fish do not respond well to water changes. This is blatantly untrue! They are sensitive to rapid changes in temperature and chemistry, however. I change 50% of the water for all the Tanganyikans I keep and they do very well. Make sure that the water you are replacing is chemically consistent and within 2 degrees F of the tank temperature and everything will be copacetic!
Breeding:
Neolamprologus leleupi is not sexually dimorphic. It is difficult to tell the sexes of young fish. Males may grow up to twice the size of the female. Size is the only indicator that I have found reliable to sex these fish. Unfortunately, the fish need to be about a year and half old before these profound size differences become apparent.
the best way to breed this fish is to place several juvenile fish in a community tank and allow them to grow to an age of eighteen months. You will want to keep this fish with relatively non-aggressive fish. Provide a few caves and watch to see if a pair forms a bond. Look for a large fish (the male) and a small fish (the female) that like to hang out together.
Prepare a 20 gallon tank with a fine gravel or sand substrate and provide lots of rocky caves.Provide bright light over the tank to promote algae growth.
Transfer the probable pair to the newly prepared breeding tank and you should soon see signs of massive excavation work within a week. Let the fish go two weeks without a water change and then do a 50% water change to trigger the fish to breed.
Neolamprologus leleupi is a secretive cave spawner. You will rarely see the eggs. If you don't see the female for several days, she may be sitting on a spawn. If you do find the eggs, don't be surprised that they are nearly pure white!
Once the female disappears for a while, add small amounts of fry food to the tank.
Once the female reappears, you may see the pair alternating to care for the spawn. At this time, you may be able to observe the very small fry. Typical spawns are from 40 to 100 fry. The fry double in size the first two weeks, but are generally slow growers after that.
Retail Price
You can expect to pay $5-10 for juveniles and $10-18 for adults.
Sources:
www.gcca.net
www.destin-tanganyika.com
Neolamprologus leleupi
Common Name: Lemon Cichlid
General:
Neolamprologus leleupi, also typically referred to as Lamprologus leleupi, are slender cichlids native to Lake Tanganyika in Africa. Males will achieve a size of about four inches with most females topping out between two to three inches.
The most common form of this fish is yellow, but many varieties are occasionally available including the blue lip leleupi and the orange variety shown above. There are even gray, tan and near-black varieties, but they are rarely seen in the hobby.
You may observe quite a variation in color depending on both the substrate/background of the tank and diet. Keep Neolamprologus leleupi over white sand and feed them a large amount of color enhancing food, and you'll have bright yellow fish. Keep them over black gravel and the fish will appear quite muddy.
Fortunately, the fish will color correct if you move them from tank to tank, but it takes a month or two. It is said anecdotally that raising the fry over a light substrate is critical to raising a bright yellow show quality fish in the future.
Identification:
Lamprologus buescheri n. sp. is a small, elongate bodied species (maximum depth of body 4·36 time in the standard length). The combination of its moderate size, its lunate caudal fin and its whitish body coloration distinguishes it from all the other lamprologus species. Adult specimens probably do not exceed a TL of 80 or 90 mm.
Head and body elongate, slender and slightly compressed laterally. Depth of body 22·94%, length of head 34·68% of SL.
Snout acute, 37·84%, interorbital width 19·58% of the length of head. Diameter of eye 23·81% of the length of head and 64·29% of the snout.
Mouth relatively wide. Bucal teeth very small, conical and slightly curved. Teeth of outer row larger, with 4 or 5 canines of the front of both upper and lower jaw. Inner teeth villiformes, arranged in a dense band behind the outer row.
Dorsal XVIII/9, total number of rays 27,. Soft rays longer than spines. First spine very short Anal VI/7, total number of rays 13. Soft rays longer than spines. First spinevery short. Soft dorsal and anal with filamentous extensions. Ventrals extented into filaments, passing the urogenital papilla, almost reaching the origin of anal. Caudal lunate with upper and lower lobes produced into long filaments. Depth of caudal peduncle 60·6% of its length.
Scales ctenoid, 35 (36) in a longitudinal series. lateral lines not perfectly continuous. Upper lateral line with 10 (12), lower 26 (25) scales. Circumpeduncular scales 18. Scales on nape, chest and the anterior part of the back very small. Pre-operculum without scales.
Thirteen short gill-rakers, 9 on the lower part of the anterior arch.
Body color of the live fish whitish, with two black horizontal stripes on each side of the body, one dorsal, along the base of the dosal fin, the other midlateral, from the end of snout to the base of caudal fin. Dorsal stripe with a row of three or four white spots just below the base og the dorsal fin. Both upper and lower half of iris edged with yellow. Pectoral transparent. Other fins dusky gray. Dorsal with conspicuous broad black submarginal longitudinal band. Similar bands in the anal and caudal both the upper and lower half of caudal less conspicuous. Pelvics, dorsal, anal and caudal with narrow brigth blue margin ... No obvious sexual dimorphisme or dichromatism apparent ...
Habitat:
Field observations with scuba gear (Büscher 1983) proved that L. buescheri n. sp. only occurs among rocks and stones in the littoralregion of the lake ... The fish seldom strays more than a few centimeters from the substratum, but always moves in close contact with the rocks with the rocks and immediately withdraws into crevices when disturbed. It was only found at depths between 16 - 18 meters. In its habitat buescheri co-exists with Lamprologus pucher Trewavas & Poll 1952, L. savoryi Poll 1949, Julidochromis regani Poll 1942 and Telmatochromis vittatus Boulenger 1898. L. buescheri is a strictly territorial species, wich for the most part is distributed in single individuals over its habitat.
Care:
Neolamprologus leleupi is not difficult to care for assuming you can provide suitable water quality. If you have soft water, you may find this fish difficult to keep and breed. My water is neutral in pH, but quite hard, and the fish did fine at 78 to 80F.
There is a common myth in the cichlid hobby that Tanganyikan fish do not respond well to water changes. This is blatantly untrue! They are sensitive to rapid changes in temperature and chemistry, however. I change 50% of the water for all the Tanganyikans I keep and they do very well. Make sure that the water you are replacing is chemically consistent and within 2 degrees F of the tank temperature and everything will be copacetic!
Breeding:
Neolamprologus leleupi is not sexually dimorphic. It is difficult to tell the sexes of young fish. Males may grow up to twice the size of the female. Size is the only indicator that I have found reliable to sex these fish. Unfortunately, the fish need to be about a year and half old before these profound size differences become apparent.
the best way to breed this fish is to place several juvenile fish in a community tank and allow them to grow to an age of eighteen months. You will want to keep this fish with relatively non-aggressive fish. Provide a few caves and watch to see if a pair forms a bond. Look for a large fish (the male) and a small fish (the female) that like to hang out together.
Prepare a 20 gallon tank with a fine gravel or sand substrate and provide lots of rocky caves.Provide bright light over the tank to promote algae growth.
Transfer the probable pair to the newly prepared breeding tank and you should soon see signs of massive excavation work within a week. Let the fish go two weeks without a water change and then do a 50% water change to trigger the fish to breed.
Neolamprologus leleupi is a secretive cave spawner. You will rarely see the eggs. If you don't see the female for several days, she may be sitting on a spawn. If you do find the eggs, don't be surprised that they are nearly pure white!
Once the female disappears for a while, add small amounts of fry food to the tank.
Once the female reappears, you may see the pair alternating to care for the spawn. At this time, you may be able to observe the very small fry. Typical spawns are from 40 to 100 fry. The fry double in size the first two weeks, but are generally slow growers after that.
Retail Price
You can expect to pay $5-10 for juveniles and $10-18 for adults.
Sources:
www.gcca.net
www.destin-tanganyika.com
