Random fish pics i really like!

[BlueIce]

 

[Lenna]

Wow, beautiful pictures! How big are the tanks? WHat are those pretty irredescent green cichlids in the 13th and 14th photos? How big do they get?

 

[BlueIce]

Wow, beautiful pictures! How big are the tanks? WHat are those pretty irredescent green cichlids in the 13th and 14th photos? How big do they get?

thanks

Tanks are 125 and a 90.
Those fish are Blue Jack Dempsey.

 

[cometcattle]

They are all great photos, but my favorites are the last 2.

What kind of fish is that?

 

[BlueIce]

They are all great photos, but my favorites are the last 2.

What kind of fish is that?

thanks

that is a gold severum

 

[duendecillo]

first of all: amazing pictures of great looking fish!!!

hope you don't mind, but I have a question about convicts (you seem to be quite the new world cichlid specialist):

do they have some kind of breeding tube? I can see something on the belly of my female I think, but don't really know what it is...
by the way, she got an orange glow on her belly aswell, and a blue shine on her fins, does this mean she wants to breed or something?

greetz!

 

[BlueIce]

those are all signs of breeding. Substrate spawning cichlids (females) show that fleshy tube prior to laying eggs. Is there a male in with her? Sometimes females will lay even with no male present, or other species in the tank might be enough to stimulate egg laying.

 

[Fuzzy]

great fish and pics

lol in pic 3 his eyes look uneven from eachother

 

[duendecillo]

Yes, there is a male con with her. I'm glad to hear those are all signs of breeding. But I hardly ever see them displaying to eachother or 'kissing', and I heard these are the thing to look for?
Are there other things to look for to know if they will breed? I don't even know if they have paired off.
and if it is indeed the breeding tube I see, how much longer would it take for her to lay eggs?

sorry for the bunch of questions, I just can't wait for them to have little fishies )

 

[rvm]

Nice Jade Eye..Sorry T-bar Cichlids!!!!!
Seriously though, you have some great fish. I love Cichlids!!!

 

[BlueIce]

Yes, there is a male con with her. I'm glad to hear those are all signs of breeding. But I hardly ever see them displaying to eachother or 'kissing', and I heard these are the thing to look for?
Are there other things to look for to know if they will breed? I don't even know if they have paired off.
and if it is indeed the breeding tube I see, how much longer would it take for her to lay eggs?

sorry for the bunch of questions, I just can't wait for them to have little fishies )

some pairs display more than others, sometimse it takes several batches of eggs to fully cement the pair-bond, sometimes they go crazy with the mating dance from the beginning. There is a certain amount of variability here. Don't always expect every possible breeding sign. When the egg tube is at it's largest you are usually anywhere from 1 or 2 up to 24 hours from spawning. Approximately 3 days to hatch, and another 3 til free-swimming fry.

 

[duendecillo]

thanx!

when I got up this morning, I immediately noticed the huge breeding tube, I could see it from 5meters from the tank!
So guess this should be the moment

if this works (and once I've come up with some money), I'm getting a tank with fish like yours, I absolutely love them!!

 

[BlueIce]

goodluck! make sure to try and snap some spawning pics ! that would be so awesome to see

and ty for the compliments

 

[duendecillo]

would it not scare them if I come close to take pics? of the flash or something?
I don't want to ruin this... )
but if it's no problem, I will try...

she is staying a lot in the flowerpot at the moment, the male is circling around it...

 

[BlueIce]

i take pics of my sajica spawning...they don't seem to mind at all...

this is my fav pic of them right before they really got down to it