Michigan Cichlid Association

General Category => Old World => Topic started by: auratus on June 11, 2013, 07:13:18 PM

Title: Tropheues brichardi Bolombora
Post by: auratus on June 11, 2013, 07:13:18 PM
Cool looking target design on this new wild caught female  (  just on one side)
Title: Re: Tropheues brichardi Bolombora
Post by: bob terp on June 28, 2013, 08:19:30 PM
My Bolumbora's are at the top of my troph list. The ones I got from you are beautiful. I have 7 different types of trophs and am baby sitting about 5 types that are my sons. I actually got my first case of bloat on just one fish of my sons which occured after a move from Ohio.He's still alive after 6 days but he's huge and the Metro has not helped. There are about 25 trophs in the tank and the rest look healthy.
Title: Re: Tropheues brichardi Bolombora
Post by: auratus on June 28, 2013, 08:46:48 PM
Glad to see the fish are doing well be careful bloat is VERY contagious
Title: Re: Tropheues brichardi Bolombora
Post by: bob terp on July 09, 2013, 07:47:18 PM
The one did end up dying while I was gone for 3 days but the rest seem fine.I changed the water the day before I left and as soon as I got home and found him,it didn't smell at all so he couldn't have been dead long. I think it was a combination of my sons fish keeping habits and the time it took to tear down his tanks drive 6 hours from Ohio and putting it in an established troph tank.Its been at least 2 weeks since this all started and all the others are doing well. On another note I still haven't got the bolo's to breed but it may be because they're in with the Petro's I got from you. They go through the motions constantly but no results. Good luck on your new w/c,funny how some of the stripes are so different.
Title: Re: Tropheues brichardi Bolombora
Post by: auratus on July 09, 2013, 07:59:25 PM
These Trophs have no problem breeding with Petros in the tank be pateint and they will breed going thru the motions is practice
Title: Re: Tropheues brichardi Bolombora
Post by: bob terp on July 10, 2013, 10:07:52 PM
Thanks for the info, I was considering moving the petro's. I'll be more patient and try feeding a little more to maybe get the female fattened up a little and change up the tank some.
Title: Re: Tropheues brichardi Bolombora
Post by: mightieskeeper on September 01, 2013, 12:21:11 PM
Very cool fish. You could say it is a natural design.