Skittish parachromis

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stiker said:
All the images taken were non breeding dress. Having multiple females really brought out their yellow colouration as they were constantly competing for the male. Diet was a veggie based pellet as all the fish in my fishroom receive.

Pic 1 was taken in a 240G with group of spilurus as tank mates.
Pic 2+3 were taken in a 220G with V. melanura and H. nicaraguensis as tank mates.
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Good to know. I have veggie based pellets for my nanolutea and labridens, once he starts coming out a bit more I'll try giving him some. Do you supplement with any protein? I don't intend on powerfeeding him, but I do intend on giving him a variety of stuff, like I said before I've been giving him worms, I do intend on catching some more gambusia and maybe baby bluegill for him, giving him a good variety of frozen food, maybe some shrimp and tilapia chunks, etc. He's got 3 filters on his tank, but I may get some flow on him to ensure he doesn't have a chance to get fat.
 
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stiker said:
Parachromis multifasciatus and Amatitlania nigrofasciata native ranges do NOT overlap.
There are feral populations of nigrofasciata in the Rio Amacuzac in Mexico, but P. Multifasciatus is not found here.

You do not mention tank size/ ultimate tank size the fish will be in once older, which would help with suggestions for dithers/ other fish.

I personally have kept P. multifasciatus with Cryptoheros spilurus and Petenia splendida (as well as a few other species) The multifasciatus never even attempted to eat the smaller spilurus and only cared about each other (provided the other fish weren’t small enough to eat).

I’d suggest either getting more specimens, or waiting for the fish to settle in more. 2 weeks is not a long time for a fish of that size to settle in and feel comfortable.

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?What catch location are these?
 
I made a little ruler on the tank so I can keep track of his growth. Dumped in anywhere from 62-65 gambusia last week, found like five on the floor, and there's about 20 left. Not seeing too much growth, but am seeing growth, so I would say he's going at a pretty healthy rate as opposed to the hellishly fast inch or two a month kind of thing.

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He seems to like watching me write on the tank.
 
Today's update, he seems to be hitting a growth spurt, I believe he's finally hit the 6" mark... In the last week. Still doesn't like sudden movements, but will come up to the glass for food.

Seems to understand the concept of bribery, I usually give him 9 sticks per daily feeding, sometimes 1 at midnight as a treat if I haven't fed him for that day yet (counts towards his daily 9). He seems to "act dumb" and "not see" the food until I drop another one or two in to get his attention, but then he goes and eats the first one. I say it's fine to let him get away with this, since I'm still giving him the same amount daily.

I notice he's very dark in color compared to other pantanos de centlas, but I attribute this to his dark environment.

I know the ruler's there and everything, but it's not accurate until he presses himself up to the glass while begging for food.

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stiker said:
All the images taken were non breeding dress. Having multiple females really brought out their yellow colouration as they were constantly competing for the male. Diet was a veggie based pellet as all the fish in my fishroom receive.

Pic 1 was taken in a 240G with group of spilurus as tank mates.
Pic 2+3 were taken in a 220G with V. melanura and H. nicaraguensis as tank mates.
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Were you ever able to breed the spilurus in the tank? Thinking I might put my group of la ceibas in my Rio mongo biotope (cryptoheros cutteri/amatitlania nigrofasciata Rio mongo colony)
 
Hybridfish7 said:
Were you ever able to breed the spilurus in the tank? Thinking I might put my group of la ceibas in my Rio mongo biotope (cryptoheros cutteri/amatitlania nigrofasciata Rio mongo colony)
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Yes I was. The spilurus like other Amatitlania / Cryptoheros were the most prolific species in the tank. They were constantly spawning and not phased by the larger fish. They defend their offspring extremely well.

In the above video you can see two pair of spilurus with fry. Throughout the video you can see glimpses of the multifasciatus
 
stiker said:
Yes I was. The spilurus like other Amatitlania / Cryptoheros were the most prolific species in the tank. They were constantly spawning and not phased by the larger fish. They defend their offspring extremely well.

In the above video you can see two pair of spilurus with fry. Throughout the video you can see glimpses of the multifasciatus
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Gotcha, and you said those were in a 240? What were the dimensions? Would you say having multiple multifasciatus keeps aggression down?
 
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