Nelly's Gone And Got Some Fish From Modaz

[england]

thanks modaz for the fishes, decided iam going to keep the male and female, give the offspring to my little sister, see if or not i can breed some more from these beautiful little guys

exscuse the filth in the tank,thats a daily clear out i have to preform,havent done so yet

Adult male size: 3 1/2 inches (9 cm)heres the male

heres the male/female in the rear with little offspring, the others in the bag are going elsewhere,1 of the juvi bristlenose plecs,,

heres another tankish shot,,,,she the new ejg and to the left to corner thats the new batch of bristlenose eggs, dad is protecting them,you can see them developing within,strange how ive moved them three times into pot and hes prefering to protect them in the open,,,,
can you see thecatfish fry fry under the male

 

[minxfishy]

Ah sweet, they look great

Now clean up that poop

 

[Truck]

they are beaitiful. i havemt read the hole article. are they a tyoe of cichlid?

 

[england]

yes there from Rivers in the Lake Victoria basin, they used to be popular cichlids way back in the day, but they nearly have lost all intrest in the avarage fish keeper, i stubbled apon them from modaz another avid keeper on here local to me <he was wanting to rehome them as needs the space for another project, iam going to try now to breed these fishes,,hehe,,never seen them before round here, if you google them you do not find much info on them,unless iam being silly


minx get ya pooper scooper at the ready

 

[minxfishy]

Ready when you are

 

[markandhisfish]

sweet fish nelly if they bred that would be so cool really interesting to watch them gather the fry in their mouths

 

[puppyjess123]

Pretty

 

[england]

thanks guys, yes it should be intresting to watch them taking care of the fry, but modaz has told me, dad trys to eat them from the start,mother trys to eat them a couple days after they have left the mouth for good

 

[puppyjess123]

Great mummie snad daddies they are. Imagine if your parents tried to eat you

 

[england]

hehe my mummy is a canibal, all thats left of me now is my torso and hy head,

 

[modaz]

yes! good luck with spawning them, he digs massive trenches and she goes and hides whilst she is brooding, i would take him out when she is hiding and then take her out as soon as she spits them out, like i said no use putting them into a floater on a temp basis as these fry at 2 days after being spat out can jump like grasshoppers.

 

[england]

lmao little jimmi crickets
thanks again daz

 

[guppy_man]

I had a pair of these a while back and i too got rid of them because of them breeding like rabbits. They are cool little fish though and loved watching them once they spawned.
Once they have spawned, eggs have hatched, and then the fry are free swimming its funny to watch the fry dart back into the mouth when you go up to the tank, theres always 1 that doesnt make it in the mouth first time so has to wait until she opens again

I always thought they were called Egyptian mouth brooders?

 

[england]

yes that right found that name on google seach maybe im wrong
http/www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=6894

 

[paul_219]

Superb.