New additions: Etroplus canarensis

[the_deeb]

Finally managed to acquire one of my bucket-list fish: Etroplus canarensis. It’s a pretty rare cichlid endemic to south Karnataka in India, where it is unfortunately endangered in its natural habitat.

I first saw some in an LFS in Thailand in 2019 and have been looking for some ever since. I finally managed to purchase this great little group of 8 captive bred juveniles from The Wet Spot. They moved out of their quarantine tank and into the 150g today. I think they’re a great visual complement to the archers.

Etroplus canarensis

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[tlindsey]

Finally managed to acquire one of my bucket-list fish: Etroplus canarensis. It’s a pretty rare cichlid endemic to south Karnataka in India, where it is unfortunately endangered in its natural habitat.

I first saw some in an LFS in Thailand in 2019 and have been looking for some ever since. I finally managed to purchase this great little group of 8 captive bred juveniles from The Wet Spot. They moved out of their quarantine tank and into the 150g today. I think they’re a great visual complement to the archers.

Etroplus canarensis

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The paludarium is awesome!!!

 

[SilverArowanaBoi]

That is a work of art, my dude! Beautiful fish and plants!

 

[cockroach]

Smashing looking tank with great stock!
Love those cichlids!

 

[the_deeb]

They do well with a veggie-heavy diet and mostly graze on biofilms in the wild, so I’m trying to replicate this with some repashy soilent green.

Etroplus canarensis vs. Repashy Soilent Green

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[duanes]

I kept them back around 2014 and 15, they, along with their larger cousin suratensus are a couple of my favorite cichlids.

 

[the_deeb]

duanes any luck spawning them?

 

[duanes]

duanes any luck spawning them?

The canarensis did not, I moved to Panama toward the end of 2015, and gave them away.
The suratensus did spawn though.