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Blue eyed cichlids...

I cant find much info on them. Anyone have a link or experience with them?

Thanks,

 

[kubora666]

omg i have about 200 blue eye cichlid fry, the parents are exelent parents and the babies are rearing in my fry tank, there doing suprisingly well.

i live in england and my LFS has a tank of them and they cost about £3.00. if your american thats about $1.50 lol. there very easy to breed if you pair them, and they interbreed with convicts and sajica....

mine are sajica - blue eye cichlid fry, after an unexpected spawning lol

hope this helps dude

 

[DevilsAdvocate]

This might help

http/www.####/blueeye.htm

oh..well it would if the site didn't block the link...hm

I'll copy and paste it then...



Scientific name: Archocentrus spilurus

Other names: Spilurum, Plumhead Cichlid

Maximum size: Males 12 cm, females 8 cm. (4-6 inches)

Temperament: Peaceful but territorial fish. Do well in pairs (but not two males).

Suggested for: Blue-eye cichlids can be kept in community tanks with nearly any sized community fish, but you should avoid very tiny fish, and fancy-finned species. They should not be mixed with much more aggressive cichlid species.

Water quality: pH around neutral, soft to quite hard water.

Temperature: 22 to 26°C / 72 - 79°F

Origin: Central America

Average Lifespan:

Comments: Blue-eye cichlids are quite friendly and peaceful, and a reasonably undemanding, although males may be aggressive towards one another or towards males of other similar species. They like having a few caves and hideaways so as to establish territories and if these are provided, two males can be kept in the one tank without too much fuss. Blue-eye cichlids can also be kept in (and quite like) a planted tank. Other tank mates are rarely bothered and these fish can even be kept with mid-sized tetras and other fairly small community fish.

Suggested foods: They will accept a good quality flake, granule or cichlid pellet but their diet should also contain a healthy balance of frozen shrimp, worm foods, or/and beef heart, along with a few vegetable-based foods.

Breeding: Blue eye cichlids spawn in caves and prefer a flat rock to lay their eggs upon. Both male and female guard the eggs and fry in pits dug in the gravel. They produce large numbers of fry and the young should be separated from the parents after around 2 weeks.

Sexing: Males have longer and more pointed anal and dorsal fins and grow larger. They also develop a small hump on their forehead as they mature.

 

[kubora666]

links broken

by the way, the male is very aggressive, he attacks the other fish and even my hand wenn i was cleaning the tank, for a 4" sajica he can actually graze your hand

also, for those who dont know, a sajica is the T-BAR cichlid, very close relative of convicts and jade eyes, these 3 species will interbreed and are very similar, care information for all of them is more or less the same.

 

[FroggFrogg]

Thanks...Ive got three (believed to be female) in my cichkid tank with 3 parrotts but also some laetacara curviceps. They seem to be settling in ok, they are still small ish...