Malawi Trout Breeding (champsochromis caeruleus)

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GeraldM

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I wanted to share a few videos I caught of my malawi trout spawning earlier. I have grown out most of these guys from f1s except for the male. About a month ago I picked up a wild caught male from Germany (The male in the Video). He proceeded to kill off all of the other f1 males I had and left all the females alive I have around 10 total now. He is a smart one I think lol. Anyways for any malawi cichlid lovers hope you enjoy the videos, he is a stunner. You also get to watch him attack a catfish hoping for an easy meal of caviar. He is pushing 10 inches right now and I hope he closes in on the 12 inch mark soon and then the 15 inch mark.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=XkUTaAz1QsM


http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=04ink4-fjFE


http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=dwoGZhh9Lrc
 
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Oddball said:
Great vids. The male seems a bit overwhelmed with all the curious tankmates. Have any eggs survived?
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Thanks and yeah he did the problem is other then the catfish. Whenever I get my hands near my 500 gallon tank all of the fish in there think its feeding time. So when I was filming the Malawi trout breeding the other fish thought I was going to feed them lol. Once I backed off and let them do their thing the other fish left them alone.
 
Nice footage.The Champs is on my top five list of favorite African cichlids.
 
Robulus153 said:
That's great! I had a cat fish that would do that to my smaller fish. It's good to see the boss (male) flex his muscle.
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Yeah its funny to see the Angelicus catfish today he has scratch marks all over his body that are healing and a couple of gashes. The catfish is around 5 to 6 inches himself and thinks he is tough lol.
 
krichardson said:
Nice footage.The Champs is on my top five list of favorite African cichlids.
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Yeah they are one of my top five to. I have 2 species of Rhamphochromis though and those are my top two. I have rhamphochromis essex and rhamphochromis longiceps. They are actually the most peaceful malawi I have surprisingly lol.
 
One of my fav fish.
 
GeraldM said:
Yeah they are one of my top five to. I have 2 species of Rhamphochromis though and those are my top two. I have rhamphochromis essex and rhamphochromis longiceps. They are actually the most peaceful malawi I have surprisingly lol.
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I had a Rhamphochromis before but I don't remember which one it was.It also was peaceful.The champs and Emperor cichlid top my list.
 
I have a F1 8" male champ that's just starting to color. Had a 10" champ last year but died from an infection. I have a 8" male Rhamphochromis that I've had for 3 years ever since I set up my 220G all male peacock/hap tank. He is the most peaceful fish in the tank. My favorite though is my 10" Buccochromis Rhoadesii.
 
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