They are pretty uncommon in fish store. I used to own a female, pretty cool fish. I recommend not putting it with any other fish that are really aggressive. Some semi aggressive cichlids of similar size is good.
HEROTILAPIA MULTISPINOSA?
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great fish, but they take a while to color up. I have 8 adults (w/ 1 breeding pair so far) and they've produced for me 3 successful spawns, two of which I'm raising separate from the parents and the third I tried to let them handle it on their own but all of them were eaten by the rest of the tank (all multispinosa) by the end of a week. I've only had the pair since february so they've actually spawned quite a few times for only five months. Mine are a little bit more territorial than status quo for these fish, but only when in peak breeding times. If I could go back, I'd only have the breeding pair because the rest of them just sit there and pick off the fry one by one and stress out the female. So if I were you, I'd try to just get an established pair and give them their own tank so that they'll be breeding like rabbits and you can sell off their fry to other people.
BTW, multispinosa don't get that pretty until right before spawning, but only for a day or so then they get the black breeding dress. The rest of the time they're pretty dull colored ish i guess. You can see my vids in my youtube address in my sig.
BTW, multispinosa don't get that pretty until right before spawning, but only for a day or so then they get the black breeding dress. The rest of the time they're pretty dull colored ish i guess. You can see my vids in my youtube address in my sig.
I have 2, they are in my aggressive American community tank. They go though different colour stages, mine go bright yellow/orange when they are fighting with the other tankmates. Mine are actually quite aggressive, they are the smallest fish in the tank but they can hold their own. One of them was actually picking on my small Jack Dempsey the other day, I couldnt beleive it!
Oh, I paid $3 each for mine, $35 is a rip off.
Oh, I paid $3 each for mine, $35 is a rip off.
Is there a particular temperature or pH they prefer? My pH is in the 7.4 - 7.6 range (and I know that's not ideal for sevs, but they still spawn like crazy in it, even the wild ones!) and I keep my tanks warm in the low 80s.
I found a guy on Aquabid selling some orange rainbow fry pretty cheap so I have an e-mail in to him. Hopefully I can get a fun new fish to grow out. These will be my first Central Americans (except for the convicts I kept long ago).
I found a guy on Aquabid selling some orange rainbow fry pretty cheap so I have an e-mail in to him. Hopefully I can get a fun new fish to grow out. These will be my first Central Americans (except for the convicts I kept long ago).
ryansmith83;4307412; said:
Keep the temp between 76 - 80 degrees. They don't really need a specific PH just a stable one. My PH is at 7.5
all this talk of multispinosa got me thinking so i went and got 4 of that my lfs was struggling to shift. either my synspilum thinks he is a rainbow cichlid or the rainbows think they are synspilum. either way they are going around like a little gang. they are a bit drab atm but it is nothing a bit of tlc and good food cant fix.
^ I bought 8 juvies from a guy on Aquabid and they'll be here next week. All 8 plus shipping only cost me $31!
Thanks, MFK, for fueling my addiction to this hobby.
Thanks, MFK, for fueling my addiction to this hobby.
balton777;4312335; said:
the rainbow pic is from badmanstropicalfish profile site. it is the first picture in the profile.
he hasnt actually claimed he took it though.
