As stated, I can grab a young pair of Lamp. buescheri (not sure which variant) and wonder if the family here at MFK thinks it worth the effort. I have a cycled tank ready and my h20 is nice and hard, just the way they like it. The thing I don't know is after being moved from the store, will the male do something stupid to the female, like kill her? Then down the road, will the fry move alright? I don`t want to house hundreds of buescheri for life.
Have a chance to pickup a young pair of L buescheri and wonder if it`s worth the risk?
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One of my favorites from lake Tanganyika.
For me they are worth keeping. I lost my breeding couple due to bad packing during moving....
They tend to lose the pair bonding when moved to a new environment.
The male might try to get her out of his territory. This can easily result in the death of the female since they very quickly go from threatening to damaging attacks.
You should provide a lot of hiding spaces. Weaker specimen often try to avoid attacks by first making the S posture and then showing their belly. They normally do not attack each others bellies. This is why they often hiden in higher positions. Floating tubes or plants can be pretty good hiding places.
Do not transport them in the same bag. 5 minutes can be enough to end up with only one or even no living fish.
I successfully kept mine as a couple in a 60 x 30 x 30 cm tank ( bit less than 15 gallons).
They normally do not have more than 15-20 eggs. And for me they only managed once to make all 15 eggs hatch. It's not like the N. brichardi which might drown you in offspring.
Pictures show breeding female of the Cape Kachese variety and one of her male offspring fighting T. sp. aff. dhonti.
They are fish with a lot of different behaviors amd despite their aggression and shyness in new surroundings they can be pretty rewarding.
For me they are worth keeping. I lost my breeding couple due to bad packing during moving....
They tend to lose the pair bonding when moved to a new environment.
The male might try to get her out of his territory. This can easily result in the death of the female since they very quickly go from threatening to damaging attacks.
You should provide a lot of hiding spaces. Weaker specimen often try to avoid attacks by first making the S posture and then showing their belly. They normally do not attack each others bellies. This is why they often hiden in higher positions. Floating tubes or plants can be pretty good hiding places.
Do not transport them in the same bag. 5 minutes can be enough to end up with only one or even no living fish.
I successfully kept mine as a couple in a 60 x 30 x 30 cm tank ( bit less than 15 gallons).
They normally do not have more than 15-20 eggs. And for me they only managed once to make all 15 eggs hatch. It's not like the N. brichardi which might drown you in offspring.
Pictures show breeding female of the Cape Kachese variety and one of her male offspring fighting T. sp. aff. dhonti.
They are fish with a lot of different behaviors amd despite their aggression and shyness in new surroundings they can be pretty rewarding.
