Anyone keeping these at the moment? Or has anyone successfully bred them before?
Not a colourful cichlid. Small but I suppose not small enough to be considered as dwarf cichlid.
Last edited by benny; 16th Feb 2006 at 23:27. Reason: Merge posts
kray,
Haven't had much experience with these, but I was considering expanding my discovery of cichlids beyond the Apistogramma spp. Looking at something South or Central American.
If they are not colorful, what is it about them that attracted you?
Cheers,
I have dwarf cichlids in my tanks! Do you?
Read that this is a very peaceful cichlids, even during breeding mode.
I had a planted tank and thought these would fit in nicely. They are very adaptable and hardy, no casualty even after I have shifted them around the tanks.
At 12 cm, they are not considered that small, but then again, some Apistogramma spp. do grow to that size isn't it?
Seems like a very popular aquarium fish and there's plenty on the internet written about them. Looks like they one of the easier cichlids to breed, even in community tanks. Open breeders, and can lay up to 300 eggs, which are deposited on a cleaned stone. Most importantly, they ARE good for a planted tank, unlike some cichlids of that size.
I believe I've seen them at C328 before.
Cheers,
I have dwarf cichlids in my tanks! Do you?
yeah... i have bigger apisto than these keyholes - Apisto sp. mouthbrooder.
-this is a fish that i had a lot of trouble with both in breeding and sexing them,i kept on reading in books how easy they were to breed thats ok if you know you have a pair, there isn't a lot of difference in looks and finnage between the sexes, but besides that they were good fish to keep even when they were adults, to me the pleasing thing about them is the very subtle colouration and the length of the finnage.
mick
Mick.. you're right. I too have problems differentiating sexes amongst them.
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