Update - Hoplarchus psittacus and friends

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They are doing great and surprisingly mellow. No breeding sign yet though...maybe they forgot how to do it :D

12" male
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10" female
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Believe it or not - my 7-8" G. abalios rules the tank...half of the tank is his and other fish rarely go into his territory. May have to let him go soon :(
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My super red sev and gold sev recently bred. They were great guarding and fanning the eggs, but as soon as the eggs hatched they ate all the wigglers..... :irked: Will have to take the eggs out next time.
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Lone rotkeil male still waiting for a mate....not sure how much more patience I still have....may let him go soon too.
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Last but not least, the one of the two 8" jumbo wild male G. tapajos "orangehead" paired up with my 5" wild female. They probably won't be able to hold their own and breed in this tank tho.
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Sorry Ryan - wasn't able to get decent shots of the Uaru "orange". Maybe next time :D
 
Great pics of great fish as usual....
 
Wow! What an amazing collection of cichlids! What are you feeding your true parrots?

I just picked one up yesterday. It appears to have HITH. I think it's from nutritional deficiency.
 
robmcd;3506213; said:
Great pics of great fish as usual....

Cakilla;3506283; said:
beautiful fish man !

Thanks guys :)

HiImSean;3506262; said:

meh back :D

6 bar;3506286; said:
Wow! What an amazing collection of cichlids! What are you feeding your true parrots?

I just picked one up yesterday. It appears to have HITH. I think it's from nutritional deficiency.

They get FD krills, frozen shrimp, nightcrawlers, and a mix of 5-6 different pellets.
 
Nice collection of really Nice fish!
 
HiImSean;3506341; said:
lol i wanna see pics of the NGT
I VOTE NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
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