satanoperca leucosticta

[edburress]

Stephen,

Your fish look fine to me as well. Temperature between 82-84º is best. Live baby brine shrimp is best for fry, but they also do well on the frozen bbs and even the powdered foods. When they are a little larger, crushed vegi-flakes are another good option.

Justin,

Different populations would certainly breed with one another. The exception (from your list) might be S. cf. Amazonas Red, since it is reportedly an immediate mouth brooder. I am not sure if behaviorally that would work out or not.

In the U.S. the vast majority are from Guyana. The fish in this thread is very different from those.

Ed

 

[vfrstephen]

The female is laying her eggs now but the male looks very erratic in fertilizing them he is all over the place, last time they spawned all of them went white i have my doubts about this male i guess the next few days will tell.

 

[japes]

Pretty confident the S. leucosticta we have in Australia are from the Rio Rupununi in Guyana. Yours look fine - the biggest issue with deformities in Australia is not genetics, it's growing out in water that's too hard for them.

 

[vfrstephen]

Luckily we have very soft water here in Melbourne, i dont add salts only some neautral regulator.

 

[JK47]

Justin,

Different populations would certainly breed with one another. The exception (from your list) might be S. cf. Amazonas Red, since it is reportedly an immediate mouth brooder. I am not sure if behaviorally that would work out or not.

In the U.S. the vast majority are from Guyana. The fish in this thread is very different from those.

Ed

Thanks Ed. It was my understanding the various populations could cross as well. That is why I brought it up with the OP being in Australia. I would think that purists in a country with such limited access such as Australia would be just as concerned with crossing different cf variants as they would with a dosal spine deformity etc.. Adding fresh blood lines seems a bit more complicated/dangerous for breeders there.

 

[japes]

Luckily we have very soft water here in Melbourne, i dont add salts only some neautral regulator.

Neutral regulator will be doing nothing but increasing your TDS levels, essentially hardening the water. If you want softer water, you need to add in pure water (RO/Rain).

I would think that purists in a country with such limited access such as Australia would be just as concerned with crossing different cf variants as they would with a dosal spine deformity etc.. Adding fresh blood lines seems a bit more complicated/dangerous for breeders there.

We have two variants as far as I'm aware. Unfortunately Australia is decades behind when it comes to quality control/selective breeding and general maintenance of a species. This is the main reason why my passion has moved to Apistogramma's, which we're fortunate enough to still be able to import (for not much longer).

 

[vfrstephen]

Neutral regulator will be doing nothing but increasing your TDS levels, essentially hardening the water. If you want softer water, you need to add in pure water (RO/Rain).



We have two variants as far as I'm aware. Unfortunately Australia is decades behind when it comes to quality control/selective breeding and general maintenance of a species. This is the main reason why my passion has moved to Apistogramma's, which we're fortunate enough to still be able to import (for not much longer).

What do you mean not much longer? dont tell me dwarfs will be on the ban list too. I was thinking of getting Apistogramma cacatuoides, Apistogramma agassizi and Apistogramma borelli.

 

[bananashirt812]

not as nice as my jurapari

 

[vfrstephen]

not as nice as my jurapari

Have a photo? i have never seen a jurapari here.

 

[japes]

What do you mean not much longer? dont tell me dwarfs will be on the ban list too. I was thinking of getting Apistogramma cacatuoides, Apistogramma agassizi and Apistogramma borelli.

Import legislation being introduced which will result in large percentages of species from every shipment being culled for testing for the Iridovirus - will make importing them completely uneconomical.

not as nice as my jurapari

Don't think I've ever seen a more pointless comment here - congratulations.