Hopefully mine will hang on - looking good but only eating OK - Given what you all are saying, I will keep a close eye on him and pull him out to a less aggressive tank if he starts to fade at all
Rio Hondo Carpinte Update
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I agree with Frank Castle, looks more a girl, than guy from that photo. The dorsal appears very dark, the profile is more torpedo shaped than steep, and the unpaired fins all appear rounded, all female traits.
It could be the way the photo is lit, so not 100% sure though.
Most of the carpintus complex use primarily algae and detritus in nature as their main sources of food. I believe one of the reasons some aquarists have problems, is using a diet of too many meaty foods. So the gut doesn't get enough purging with fiber.
Exceptions might be the molluscan, or piscivorous H minckleyi, but for most of the carpintus complex I found a very low protein, high spirulina pellet effective, I would also add hair algae to the tank from my pond in summer and believe the components of algae to help color.
above male carpintus "location Chairel", below tamosopensus preparing a spawning site.
It could be the way the photo is lit, so not 100% sure though.
Most of the carpintus complex use primarily algae and detritus in nature as their main sources of food. I believe one of the reasons some aquarists have problems, is using a diet of too many meaty foods. So the gut doesn't get enough purging with fiber.
Exceptions might be the molluscan, or piscivorous H minckleyi, but for most of the carpintus complex I found a very low protein, high spirulina pellet effective, I would also add hair algae to the tank from my pond in summer and believe the components of algae to help color.
above male carpintus "location Chairel", below tamosopensus preparing a spawning site.
You all may be correct - I'll post a pic when "she" gets bigger and we know for sure - thanks,you mean this GIRL?
FYI, I have 30 liters of pond matrix in the wet part of my sump, and my tank is always 0/0/0 with 19 2-4" cichlids. I've let it go as long as 10 days just to test, but I usually do about a 70% water change weekly anyway. It works.
It's obvious. Try reading the the thread next time instead of posting messages that serve no purpose other than to be a jerk.
oh....I see, i'm sorry man, I read it before I had my coffee and I must have missed something.......when I read it I just said to myself "ok and an airplane flies and a cow says "moo""
my mistake, dude
Thanks for the mea culpa Eric. I could have been more diplomatic in my response as well.
PS. Nice carpintis. Would love to own one some day.
