ok guys, lets see those vieja argentea.

[crazy clowntang]

what do you mean modest_man? Should I use like a 10k 0r 18k bulb?

 

[fitznacio]

Well here goes as promised, if you notice the big male is out swimming out in the open and his mate and the other I suspect females are in the flower pots staying out of his way until one of them decides its time to spawn, so far he as spawned a total of 4 times. With spring around the corner I will try to induce them to spawn soon. Currently there are a total of six in the tank. I'll try an take a photo of them while they are feeding.

 

[jackel]

man thats pretty cool. read these guys were hard to breed in a tank.

 

[fitznacio]

not really, with the proper diet (not too much protein) and enough tank space with regular water changes they are no different that any other central american cichlid out there.

 

[Adhlc]

what do you mean modest_man? Should I use like a 10k 0r 18k bulb?

I'm also curious about this. Which bulb brings out their best colors?

 

[jackel]

bout 5"

 

[Hap3niz]

maaan! love these fishes!

 

[bigspizz]

These pics are a few months old, but they are the best I have of my girl

 

[crazy clowntang]

not really, with the proper diet (not too much protein) and enough tank space with regular water changes they are no different that any other central american cichlid out there.

A lot of people don't know that the vieja species in particular needs a lot of algae based food. People just feed them cichlid bio gold, or cichlid gold or other foods made for carnivores but they need more vegtable matter in thier diet. I feed cichlid Excel along with, bio gold, and cichlid gold.

 

[jackel]

figured i'd up date him on here, can see some diff in him that way.