Video:Krobia guianensis w/ Fry

[Tony]

I've been slack at updating my 150 South American tank thread. It's doing beautifully. I have quite a few juvenile fish in there now (ranging from A. heckelii, S. daemon, Krobia guainensis, Buenos Aires tetras and even a group of small discus). As the fish grow, I'll be pulling some out.

I need to do a better video surveying the whole tank (coming soon), but came down stairs on Thursday to some very interesting behavior that I had to tape.

I had gotten some Krobia guianensis from an ECC member last fall. Some went to a couple of other CCA members and I held onto 6 of them. They grew out for a bit in a smaller tank (rather rapidly I must say), then went into the melting pot that is the 150.

Last week, they were guarding wigglers amongst the leaf litter in the corner. Over the weekend, the wigglers became free-swimming and the parents are doing their job quite well, despite numbers in the tank.

Mostly, they chase off the other Krobia, but are not afraid to go after a larger eartheater if necessary.

(crank it up to HD if you'd like)
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[Pat Kelly]

Very nice Sir!

 

[Tony]

Very nice Sir!

Why thank you, Pat.

 

[guarddog5]

Way to go Chip!


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[samsmobb]

hey what is that fish at 2:16 right in the middle with a bluish tint to itself?

 

[Tony]

hey what is that fish at 2:16 right in the middle with a bluish tint to itself?

Probably either Acarichthys heckelii or Satanoperca daemon. They're small now (3"-4.5"), but can eventually reach about 9" and 12" respectively.

I'll shoot a separate video of everyone some time this week.

 

[samsmobb]

looks pretty nice! but too big i think lol very nice set up with the driftwood and stones

 

[Hawkman2000]

Lookin good. I tried looking that fish up, but their isn't much info available.

 

[scientist0724]

Very beautiful tank Tony! I love your aquascaping and great use hardscape materials.

Arlene

 

[Reel Addiction]

Man that 150 looks great! The have that area protected pretty good.

 

[mscichlid]

Your scape is very nice. Lot of fish in there!

 

[Avatar]

I see a lot of Krobia in CCA's future

I suctioned 100+ wigglers away from my pair at 1:00 AM this morning before I left for Montreal, already have 40 from their last spawn that are beginning to actually look like miniature fish. The male is immense, mostly only see them when they're hungry but they may well have something to do with their sharing a tank with a pair of Nics, the male of which is just beginning to get his hump and perform some pretty intimidating gill flaring.

Oblongums have to be next - the adult male I have is pushing six inches and has truly spectacular coloration and the ten rapidly growing 2" juveniles are almost as pretty with the same dark dappled black and gray infused with deep electric red, blue and yellow highlights. Very chameleon-like with coloration altering rapidly depending on mood, almost like having 2-3 different species in the tank, but always pretty.

Need more tank space. Sigh...

 

[rsretep]

Beautiful setup Tony, I like the way they have an area "around the corner" from the rest of the population