Are they as difficult to keep as say, retroculus lapidifer/xinguensis? Extremely sensitive to water quality and 99% chance to die after the first month?
Uaru Fernandezyepezi tips?
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I have 4 of them and have had them for over 2 years... and love them. They are diffucult when they arrive and very prone to disease- fungis is almosted assured to happen. But they are very tolerant and receptive to medications, and once they are established are fairly easy. When I got them I heard all the stories on there diffuculty and had 12 babies (1 to 2 inch imported for me) 6 were doa or close I lost a couple more up in the frst week. NOW those were straight out of columbia- and babies. What i would reccomend is trying to get them a bit bigger maybe 3 to 4 inch minimum and from one of our vendors who quarentine them first. I am pretty sure Mark Frome discus origins has them now. Good luck!
If the ones available are wild,
my guess is, if your tap water is naturally soft, with a pH below 6, or if you can afford to either have an RO system to blend, or buy RO easily, if your water is hard, then you are halfway there.
I have wanted some for years, but would not get wild ones with my water, my pH averages 7.6-7.8 from the tap, alkalinity is @ 100ppm, and total hardness hovers around 250ppm.
my guess is, if your tap water is naturally soft, with a pH below 6, or if you can afford to either have an RO system to blend, or buy RO easily, if your water is hard, then you are halfway there.
I have wanted some for years, but would not get wild ones with my water, my pH averages 7.6-7.8 from the tap, alkalinity is @ 100ppm, and total hardness hovers around 250ppm.
I filter through peat and my Altums are lovin' it. Just do smaller more frequent water changes so you don't change things too much too quickly.
Duanes I have never seen captives available. Have you?
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Damn it, I keep the PH of my 240 gallon (the tank i plan to add them in) at 8.0 because my paraneetroplus breidohris got this weird fungus when it was 7.4-.7.6.
As of yet, I have never seen F1s available in my area (or anywhere for that matter).
And at over $50-$80 a pop for wild, I'm not willing to gamble, as
I believe I can kill fish by just looking at them.
As far as breidhori go, they seem to me to be susceptible to to fungus and lymph from stress, after events such as be shipped, but once settled in are very hardy.
It may be just one of my quirks, but if I did get fernada.......I wouldn't keep them with Central Americans, but like Aquanero, I'd keep them with other S American cichlids of similar temperament, and similar needs (such as peat addition).
And at over $50-$80 a pop for wild, I'm not willing to gamble, as
I believe I can kill fish by just looking at them.
As far as breidhori go, they seem to me to be susceptible to to fungus and lymph from stress, after events such as be shipped, but once settled in are very hardy.
It may be just one of my quirks, but if I did get fernada.......I wouldn't keep them with Central Americans, but like Aquanero, I'd keep them with other S American cichlids of similar temperament, and similar needs (such as peat addition).
Ok ... Because as far as I knew very few spawnings never mind commercially..
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