rainbow

is this normal? My big rainbow cichlid male came with a female and they've been together for about a year raising babies. They are pretty dysfunctional much of the time and he usually chases her away from baby-sitting duties. Then he ditched her and went with a much smaller female (his...

So my mated pair of rainbows in my planted tank have spawned repeatedly over the past year. They still haven't gotten the hang of getting fry to maturity. They do a good job of taking care of the free-swimming fry for about a week, with the number diminishing each day. And then they all...

For those of your experienced with rainbow cichlids: Will a male switch partners? I have a mated pair who are in with two of their offspring. I believe at least one of the offspring is a female and she appears to be interested in the male. He seems so far to be sticking with his original mate...

I"ve got two male rainbow cichlids that I raised somewhat accidentally and abandoned them for a month without realizing they were there. Both are male, about 3" long, coloring up nicely, getting trailers on their fins ------ but due to my early negligence one has a deformed gil and the other is...

Is it possible that rainbow cichlids eat snails? I keep finding empty ramshorn shells in my tank. I've always had snails in my planted tanks and never found so many empty shells. Now, I pick them out with some regularity and see only a few live ones. Anyone have this experience? Nothing else in...

So on July 7th, I snagged about six or so free-swimming fry and put them in a 30-gallon cube to try my hand at raising them myself. (Especially since the parents were so incompetent.) The fry lasted only about 24 hours and then I never saw them again, despite much looking on my part. Big sigh...

So -- the ongoing saga of my dysfunctional rainbow cichlid pair, who have had five or so broods in the past several months -- but none of the fry last beyond three weeks or so. Each time, one of the parents has shoved the other away from the eggs and raised the babies alone. Same thing this...

I'm sure you're all tired of this saga by now . . . Daddy was guarding free-swimming fry for the past week. Numbers were dwindling, but still OK. Saturday morning around 7 a.m. the babies were out and fine. When I checked the tank again a few hours later, babies had gone missing and Dad and...

Uh oh. Last batch of babies disappeared a few days ago and Mom and Dad were back to flirting (after he'd spent the last two+ weeks chasing her away from their offspring). All was well. This morning -- a rock full of eggs again. The bad news is that both Mom and Dad look like they went ten...

I have about 30 fry nearing an inch, I'm selling them in groups of 20 minimum for $200. You are more than welcome to get more than 20 but I think atleast 20 is the best way to start out. They're $10 ea so the math is pretty easy :D The parents are wild caught Tropheus moorii Kantalamba Red...

My rainbow cichlid pair have laid eggs again! Same rock. Dad is guarding. Here we go again. Hopefully with a little better outcome this time and less panic on my part!! :-)

So shortly before the May meeting I was seriously considering a tropheus tank. After Klaus' presentation I was sold. I decided to sell my frontosa and work on locating a group of tropheus. I researched variants, surfed a few forums, and bugged Sarah almost every day. I set up a 28 gallon...

I'm heartbroken . . . My rainbow pair have been raising babies now for a while -- the fry have been free-swimming for a week. They've been doing a great job. This morning, Dad hid in the back and didn't come out for food -- even bloodworms. Mom was still tending to the babies. I did shoot some...

The wrigglers are now free-swimming. There's about a gazillion of them. Mom and Dad seem a bit overwhelmed. This is what I think is going on: Babies: Woo hoo! OOh, let's swim here. Oooh, let's swim over there. Weeeeee. Look at all this stuff. Hey, cool. Mom and Dad: Get over here, junior...

Woo hoo! Last night, the parents were eating the eggs and I was disappointed, but hoping that maybe they were just weeding out the "bad" ones. But they seemed to have wiped the rock clean. Weirdly, tho, they were both still guarding the rock and they had also seemed to have done some rearranging...

I'm sure you guys who do all the breeding are rolling your eyes like "oh, big deal," but I am soooooo excited! This is the rainbow cichlid pair I got only about a month+ ago via Aquabid. They were not a bonded pair, but they did very well with each other and I'd moved them into the main...

Before I order another pair off Aquabid or via Jeff Rapp, just wanted to put a call out to members. I've got one pair sitting in QT now, but will want a second pair in the next week or two for my planted 58 gallon tank. Anyone got two they are willing to part with? Something similar in size to...

I have 11 F1 Petrochromis Kasumbe "Rainbow" Fry availible. 1 inch in length and growing rapidly. I am asking $40 per fish. I seriously doubt you can find anybody else selling F1 fry right now. These are very rare fish. Will consider all serious offers. Pics of the parents can be seen on...