Ptychochromis sp. "Northern Red Fin"

[softturtle]

i bought this guy as ptychochromis nosibeensis but i think he might be oligicanthus does anybody have any ideas??

I have seen oligicanthus and nosibeensis next to eachother and the nosibeensis seemed to have a more purple body and more gold scales compared to oligicanthus. I'm no expert though, Just a hobbyiest.

BTW-- beautiful pictures everyone.

 

[croc 2-3]

Nice fish not easy to find please breed these & keep them in the hobby.

 

[tattoo92]

here's some spawning pics ... unfortunately they are no longer with me.

 

[tankmates]

My Ptychochromis "Northern Red Fin" just spawned at about 2". I was surprised that they spawned so small. They are lousy parents. The female wanders from the spawning site to eat or just to look around. I removed the eggs (since they were on the heater). The fry are very small. Many eggs fungused, however I would gues that about 50 fry survived. It may be a slow process, but I will carefully raise these fry.

I'll post pics tomorrow.