mbunafishkeeper;2144365; said:
Not in my experience
Nics are nasty little guys! Specially males!
New pickups, nicaraguans!
- Thread starter Camphilophus
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Not in my experience
Nics are nasty little guys! Specially males!
killerfish;2144659; said:
females look nicer IMO but they don't get nearly as big as the males.
voss345;2144685; said:
get some, and not the crappy petsmart ones. They've always seemed pretty common to me but I never see them around. I'm assuming its because they're just harder to move when they're young since it takes them so long to show nice colors. Same thing as my rainbow cichlids.
voss345;2150893; said:
I just sold 3 rainbows for $8, but I've still got my pair!
I just wish they'd ....ing spawn again. Its been exactly 4 weeks since their first/last spawn. I pulled most of the eggs and the parents ate the rest. I put the grouwouts with free swimming fry and the 2 week old fry ate all of the rainbow fry!
How much did your pair set you back and do you have any pictures?
Camphilophus;2143982; said:
nice nics! i just got one that is only slightly bigger. they seem like pretty cool fish so far but i've been warned they get a little aggressive.
not to derail again, but I would agree with the gymnogeo ID. IMO, they look almost identical to some labeled at my LFS as meridonalis. my brasilenises looked different than yours when smaller. i have some pictures i can post later for comparison if you're interested.
gg. rhabdotus
this site is retarded! All of my threads end up getting moved to the photo lounge just because I put picture of my fish in them! Stop moving my threads damnit!
freeskier;2151696; said:
thanks for the reply but comparing the two pics its not the same species. Closer than most people have said though.
Heres info I got on them a few months bad from the guy I got them from.
"I've made about a dozen inquiries to W MI, Ohio, Ontario, Winnepeg, et al, all to no avail. Latest attempt to identify them is a gift to a locally renowned breeder with a string attached to help me zero in on their identity. As explained previously, I didn't do this to myself, that was their I.D. when I picked them up at a W MI auction about a year and a half ago. I currently have 4 sub adults left. The parents were victims of several attacks from some nasty tankmates. Other 296 siblings were distributed throughout the metro area.
Parents were about 6". Male was slightly over 6", female slightly less than.
By the way, there's a very noticable stripe through the eye which is not present in the Brasiliensis. They only bred once for me with a 99% success rate turning out approx. 300 fry. As mentioned previously I lost both of the parents.
Regarding sexing your group. You have five (5) pictures. I would guess the third in line is a female, the fourth is a male. The male shows more color. Female is more spangled. Male will grow larger than the female. If all else fails, I believe they will know the difference. I had 4 or 5 in a large (75 g) community tank. Two of them just "paired off", developed darker and more brilliant colors and stood guard over their clutch of eggs. Eggs were deposited inside a plastic plumber's drain pipe. I took the pipe and placed it into a 5-1/2 gallon tank with some of the community tank water filtered through floss in a net, filled remainder with fresh water, then mixed in methylene blue. Again, it turned out to be a 99% success rate. I believe the parents were about 10 to 12 months old at time of spawning. Your group was born about Aug 1, 2007, so watch them closely, it's about time for them to do their thing."
"I've made about a dozen inquiries to W MI, Ohio, Ontario, Winnepeg, et al, all to no avail. Latest attempt to identify them is a gift to a locally renowned breeder with a string attached to help me zero in on their identity. As explained previously, I didn't do this to myself, that was their I.D. when I picked them up at a W MI auction about a year and a half ago. I currently have 4 sub adults left. The parents were victims of several attacks from some nasty tankmates. Other 296 siblings were distributed throughout the metro area.
Parents were about 6". Male was slightly over 6", female slightly less than.
By the way, there's a very noticable stripe through the eye which is not present in the Brasiliensis. They only bred once for me with a 99% success rate turning out approx. 300 fry. As mentioned previously I lost both of the parents.
Regarding sexing your group. You have five (5) pictures. I would guess the third in line is a female, the fourth is a male. The male shows more color. Female is more spangled. Male will grow larger than the female. If all else fails, I believe they will know the difference. I had 4 or 5 in a large (75 g) community tank. Two of them just "paired off", developed darker and more brilliant colors and stood guard over their clutch of eggs. Eggs were deposited inside a plastic plumber's drain pipe. I took the pipe and placed it into a 5-1/2 gallon tank with some of the community tank water filtered through floss in a net, filled remainder with fresh water, then mixed in methylene blue. Again, it turned out to be a 99% success rate. I believe the parents were about 10 to 12 months old at time of spawning. Your group was born about Aug 1, 2007, so watch them closely, it's about time for them to do their thing."
