Special Haitiensis diet questions/requirements?

[nolapete]

It's best to keep them separated until they pair off. Your two look to be both females. At 3-4", they will be distinct in coloration. There's no question about males and females at that size. The males will be white and the females will look like yours.

I ended up with 3 females and 1 male from the 4 I bought from Jeff Rapps. I'd like to find at least one more male around 5" to pair another of the females off with.

All of my females are constantly at each other. I finally put the male in the divider between two of them to see which one he ends up with. They are in a 75 with 3 dividers in it.

 

[dogofwar]

Mine are in a 75g by themselves. They were raised on NLS and flake. I use superworms to condition them.

 

[Guapote]

I feed mine NLS, Ken's Fish flake, and super worms. They're 9-10" male and 8-9" female... I think that smaller ones might be more sensitive / prone to bloat but mine eat like horses.

I just lost 12 juvies. Of all things, I fed them Ken's no carb pelletts

I didn't know about the whole bloat issue.

Bummer

 

[capefeartarheel]

I just lost 12 juvies.

damn man. That sucks. Sorry to hear that.

 

[darthodo]

I never had problems feeding mine certain foods. I think heat and stress are major players for bloat (Hexamita) in haits. I'd keep some metronidazole handy.

 

[Guapote]

I never had problems feeding mine certain foods. I think heat and stress are major players for bloat (Hexamita) in haits. I'd keep some metronidazole handy.

WildCaught gave me some Fish Zole but it was too late

Honestly, I really wanted Haitiensis and Istlanum. Thankfully the Istlanum are doing well.

 

[Gomer]

I've had bad luck with bloat and Haitiensis in the last 2 attempts at keeping them.
The third attempt seems to be going well so far. I feed them Hakari Cichlid Gold pellets and frozen Hakari krill. The last 2 failed attempts were caused by stress rather than diet IMO. Just keep the temp up and try not to stress them too much until they get past the 4" mark.

 

[HerCrenVie]

I don't understand. Looking at the general anatomy and morphology of Nandopsis haitiensis, it doesn't resemble a typical herbivorous cichlid in any way whatsoever, physically at least (think of how Tropheus, Neetroplus and maybe even Paratheraps are built). The terminal position of the mouth suggests it is a carnivorous species. Moreover, the species is closely related to ex-Cichlasoma grammodes, a largely carnivorous fish. So why do people keep assuming high-protein diets cause bloat in Haitiensis?

 

[nolapete]

I think with haitienis it's lack of a varied diet that causes the problems rather than a protein rich one. It just happens that most of the time the diet isn't varied it is a protein rich one maybe?

 

[Dmaan.]

lots of veg, a big tank, and clean clean clean water!