My second spawn with these, lost the first spawn due to tiny holes in breeder nets...removed them from parents one day free swimming and they are doing fine in there own five gallon plastic tank with sponge filter and heater. started feeding them with golden pearls and as they grew gave them...
Got six of these from our president Jon Clarke, have had them in a community 75 with some Geo. Steindachneri. They paired off and turned very dark, seems they have laid eggs on a rock at one end of the tank and are defending the eggs vigorously. My first spawn of this species, I imagine I should...
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Here is a short vid of the fry with their parents in my 20 long grow out tank
I have a bunch of juveniles available from my F1 Pair. Centrarchus are a great mid-sized cichlid with a good temperament. They aren't very aggressive, but are tough enough to hold their own with other centrals.
This batch was spawned in late August and are now around 1" and growing more every...
Ok...this is my second try at raising some A. cetrarchus.
The first pair I got to spawn ate all thier fry,then I lost them in the big blizzard.I was lucky enough to get another pair from the June meeting auction.
If you want well conditioned fish,just buy anything that George puts in the...
These are the first cichlids I've kept in a while. I was into piranhas for the last year or so. I got these from a member here (dogofwar). I just added a pot, some driftwood, and some java moss to the tank. The female is in breeding dress, dark as a xmas tree, she's leaking eggs out of her...
Finally, I have something that might get me some points.:lol::lol::lol::lol:
I got a group of 7or8 Archocentrus centrarchus and 4 other species of Central American fish from the mini auction at the April meeting. These fish and other were mentioned in the talk that Dr. Paul Loiselle gave on fish...