I had an industrious fish day yesterday. I managed to triage a tankful of Parananochromis young, and was able to sort out five females. This is a coup, because we've been discussing skewed sex ratios with fish on the forum, and this is a species that has never gained a toehold in the hobby because of all male broods.
I'm told I may be the first to get them to 2 generations, and with these, I can take a shot at 3.
A friend took all the females I could identify from a previous brood to Europe, and they are starting to be pictured on specialist FB groups now. That's gratifying, because as much as this enjoyable hobby can be called work, I've worked at them.
At the outset, my first brood had one female develop. I kept them at the temperature we caught them at, 22. This summer, with the temps creeping up to 24 in their tanks, I seem to have gotten about 20% females. It's a fish that suffers visibly any higher than 24 - a cool water rain forest Cichlid.
if the next generation delivers, I'll face the usual dwarf Cichlid conundrum, amplified by the out of the way place where I live. There isn't another dwarf Cichlid keeper in my entire region, and those interested want technicolour Czech produced linebred Apistogramma. There isn't anyone closer than a 9 hour drive that I know who would be interested in this little fish. I can't ship into the massive US market, because of laws and logistics. Shipping to Europe is very expensive.
No matter, I would like to break the limitations and still have a couple of tanks of these in a few years. They're cool.
@JuiceBox52 I just saw your post. That sounds like a real danger, and I hope the guy involved gets put away soon.
I'm told I may be the first to get them to 2 generations, and with these, I can take a shot at 3.
A friend took all the females I could identify from a previous brood to Europe, and they are starting to be pictured on specialist FB groups now. That's gratifying, because as much as this enjoyable hobby can be called work, I've worked at them.
At the outset, my first brood had one female develop. I kept them at the temperature we caught them at, 22. This summer, with the temps creeping up to 24 in their tanks, I seem to have gotten about 20% females. It's a fish that suffers visibly any higher than 24 - a cool water rain forest Cichlid.
if the next generation delivers, I'll face the usual dwarf Cichlid conundrum, amplified by the out of the way place where I live. There isn't another dwarf Cichlid keeper in my entire region, and those interested want technicolour Czech produced linebred Apistogramma. There isn't anyone closer than a 9 hour drive that I know who would be interested in this little fish. I can't ship into the massive US market, because of laws and logistics. Shipping to Europe is very expensive.
No matter, I would like to break the limitations and still have a couple of tanks of these in a few years. They're cool.
@JuiceBox52 I just saw your post. That sounds like a real danger, and I hope the guy involved gets put away soon.
I really like the color change from the longer part and the grip.
