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proaquatics

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I picked up a 60 gal.36"x24"
customs tank,and my buddy has a few cren.compressiceps i want to try to start a breeding colony.has anyone had luck breeding these.
what are good temps,food,caves or rock or wood structures?
live plants,fake plants? frequent water changes?
what are good substrates?
let me know if you got any tips for me thank you

matt
 
Well, I wasn't able to breed them but did have two (1 male, 1 female - deffinately could not call them a pair though!!!) in a 36"x15" tank. The male wouldn't let the female out much. Unlike my other dwarves that I've had (noto, regani, orinoco) which prefered driftwood about 1/4 off the substrate, the comps prefered smooth stones directly on the bottom. They do like to dig some, so a soft sand would be best.

I alternated (every other day) frozen bloodworms, mysis, glassworms, and daphnia and finally got them to nip at freeze dried daphnia as well. Bellies were always nice and full but not overly so.

Temp was 82F. While the male was not overly rough on tankmates except when they came near his cave, he would finish fights that others started to deadly effect. Ironicly I lost much larger dempseys to him (they started the fights) but dwarf acaras were fine.

Hope that helps.
 
G/L. sorry, but I don't have any help for you. Since some of the big names have been in here recently, hopefully you'll get more help.
 
Oh, don't be surprised if they do pair up that you will only be able to fit one pair in a tank that size. In another thread, someone had his comps kill their way down to a pair in a 300+ gallon tank.
 
darth pike;2700417; said:
Oh, don't be surprised if they do pair up that you will only be able to fit one pair in a tank that size. In another thread, someone had his comps kill their way down to a pair in a 300+ gallon tank.
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you got that thread by chance??
 
No prob, they are one of my fav pikes. But I'm waiting for a larger tank before doing them again. It almost seems like they might do better mbuna style than normal pikes style. People that have collected them state they live really close to each other in nature, hence the viciousness. So overstocking with massive hiding places might be one way to go. This is pure conjucture on my part though, based on what I've both seen and read.
 
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