Pelvichromis Taeniatus Kienke (update)

[dane261]

just thought i would put a few pics on here more to follow later on when i get chance have just started to try and breed them female is really going for it with the breeding dance the male is getting there bless him

cheers dane

 

[dthoffsett]

They're beautiful Dane, good luck with the breeding.

 

[dominicbeha]

they look even better in real life

nice fish bud

 

[kribensis12]

I have wante dot breed htem, but cant really get a hold of them here. I tis somtimes hard to get rugluars and albino's. I love all the pelvachromis species. Are those wild caought, becasue in the first 2 pics they look a little drab. They still look stellar!!1 Good luck witht he breeding. You will have to post a diary about them.

 

[nmonks]

I've bred P. taeniatus "Nigerian red" and it's a sweet little fish. I did have to use a mix of rainwater/tap water plus peat filtration to get the right water conditions though. The water ended up around pH 7, and I got a mix of males and females, though slightly more males than females. This is the thing with Pelvicachromis as you probably know: there's a "sweet spot" in terms of pH for equal numbers of males and females. Too far off, and you get mostly one sex. I suspect pH 6.5 is the ideal. Certainly, when people breed these fish in standard hard and alkaline water, they end up with just males.

The fry are very easy to rear. In common with the rest of this genus, the correct food for adults and fry is algae and organic detritus. It's a myth they eat small invertebrates -- they really don't. So provided you have lots of algae to hand, you don't need to fuss with baby brine shrimp or anything like that. Just algae fortified with a bit of powdered flake (I used Hikari 'First Bites') works well for the baby fish.

Cheers, Neale

 

[dane261]

Thanks everyone for the replys yes they are wild caught if i hade the spare money i would have getting the lobe's aswell my mate owns the lfs and said he would keep them for me but at the time i had no tank space i can get them ordered in if i want them again.

im using tap water/ro water to get a ph of around 7.4 but i will bring it back down to 6.5 by doing water changes i will start to do a dairy of them starting to breed as son as i get time


cheers dane

 

[dane261]

just been up home and the male is spitting the gravel out the plant pot with the female and is doing the breeding dance

going to do a very slow water change ie through a smal bore pipe so i dont disturb them 10% water change


cheers dane

 

[nmonks]

Don't, unless you need to. Cichlids are finicky at this stage, so if you spook them, they'll eat the eggs. While P. taeniatus is prone to hole-in-the-head and hexamita (as are most dwarfs) unless the nitrates are sky high, I'd wait until they've laid the eggs. At that point you'll see the mama has kicked out papa, and he'll be wandering around the tank like an expectant father in a hospital waiting room. It's really rather sweet. During the day at least she won't let him back in for, maybe a week, certainly 2-3 days post-hatching.

Cheers, Neale

going to do a very slow water change ie through a smal bore pipe so i dont disturb them 10% water change

 

[dane261]

ill leave it then just ordered a pair of Pelvichromis Taeniatus lobes for my other tank i have

how big are the eggs and where do they lay them inside that half pot i hava bit of pot on the floor of it and thats what they cleanning



cheers dane

 

[nmonks]

Mine laid on the roof of a half-coconut. Don't know how typical that is. Wild fish dig burrows under wooden logs and lay them on the those, apparently.

I have to admit, I've never seen a cichlid where the males were so uninterested in breeding. Completely indifferent to the female's advances. She's there, she's waggling her nice purple belly, she's in his face... and nothing. It's like being at a party or something and watching some guy who's totally oblivious to the fact there's a girl there that really fancies him. It's hysterical really. No idea how they survive in the wild (the fish, not the guys).

Cheers, Neale

how big are the eggs and where do they lay them inside that half pot i hava bit of pot on the floor of it and thats what they cleanning

 

[dane261]

i know one of he members on here came to my house to see them and his exact words were is he bent hopefully they will breed but as they say wild caught ones are harder to breed

been feeding them on brine shrimp aswell any recomemdations on other foods


cheers dane

 

[kribensis12]

They love( as in all krib species), O.S.I. Angel food flake( has brine shrimp in it and easily palitable). Good luck, got any more pics?

 

[dane261]

ill take some more pics tonight mate

where can i gegt this stuff from O.S.I. Angel food flake

 

[kribensis12]

I really only see at lfs stores, not chains.

 

[dane261]

ill ask me mate to order me some in where you from anyways



cheers dane