Laetacara curviceps

**trident** · 9th May 2008, 21:55

wah lau ck that's a solid specimen, you bought them?

**CK Yeo** · 9th May 2008, 22:32

Ya la. Cheap cheap.

ck

**Wackytpt** · 9th May 2008, 22:35

CK,

where you got it?

**genes** · 9th May 2008, 22:50

I think i know where you got them. I was drawn by the red face when i saw them. Couple of dollars only.

**CK Yeo** · 10th May 2008, 06:10

C328. Not more than $3.
Communal tank near the feeder station, right beside the hermit crab tank. I saw it because one fellow was defending its territory in the tank.

Found this on youtube. Pair with fries. Typical cichlid fashion.

YouTube - laetacara curviceps with fry

I suppose people will pay more attention to it if they were housed as a pair on the betta racks together with the Apistos?
I saw the pics of other Laetacara spp. online and they were just as yummy!

ck

**CK Yeo** · 17th May 2008, 09:02

One more. Colours rival apistos'/ rams.

ck

**benny** · 18th May 2008, 00:33

Nice!!! Yours colored up pretty well!! Any females in your group?

Cheers,

**CK Yeo** · 18th May 2008, 06:52

I think there is one. But noticed it has white spot and is treating for it.
Jinxed!!!

ck

**benny** · 18th May 2008, 09:37

Arrgh!! Lucky you!!! To date, all mine had been males! Keep them isolated and update if they will spawn. They are know to be prolific spawners if conditioned properly and housed in appropriate conditions.

Cheers,

**Zenislev** · 18th May 2008, 09:57

I think its kinda hard to find females in the market now, previously i was trying to look for some...but had given up eventually.

**CK Yeo** · 22nd Jun 2008, 13:09

They flare like apistos! Only one of them looks like this. The colours of the rest is not so "wow".

Benny, I can't be certain they are not all males now. The suspected female decided to flare like a male.

ck

**trident** · 22nd Jun 2008, 13:51

This is "wow" all right. The colors are beautiful.

**CK Yeo** · 22nd Jun 2008, 22:20

This is how the others look. Female or just drap male? It is bigger than the showy piece though. Or is the colours seems to be very variable? I looked again at the piece Benny posted and it even showed some gold specks.

Saw a tank of juveniles in Seaview today... Good chance getting a female there.

ck

**CK Yeo** · 24th Jun 2008, 10:29

Look at the colours!!!

ck

**trident** · 24th Jun 2008, 11:30

your piece the color is so vibrant, much better than those at seaview!
those at seaview not conditioned yet, so no color

**CK Yeo** · 26th Jun 2008, 16:37

And they have this habit of "yawning".

ck

**CK Yeo** · 5th Jul 2008, 15:41

Another piece flaring. Darker, while still have reds, it has less irridescence.

Yet another one flaring. It has this posturing thing while flaring: the caudal fins will open and close. Then the fish will tilt heads down. It will whip its body like Apisto too.

There. All male right? Anyone knows?

ck

**sfk7** · 22nd Sep 2008, 10:53

Can anyone enlighten me on the tradename of this fish?

**CK Yeo** · 22nd Sep 2008, 11:09

Local LFS calls them 羊头.
Taiwan calls them something else.

Sighted in several LFS recently, but juvenile specimen and not so "wow". Give them some time to grow up and settle down, their colours will show.

ck

**sfk7** · 22nd Sep 2008, 21:07

Thanks CK, still combing through forums to decide what fauna should i put in my 4x2x2, current inhabitants are not big and colorful enough

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