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Offline dstuer

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Some of my old worllds
« on: January 01, 2014, 10:44:49 PM »
Saratherodon linelli

Stomatepia pindu

Ctenochromis horei

Lepidiolamprologus elongatus

Paretroplus maculatus

Paratilapia sp small spot

Etroplus canarensus

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Offline Rob S

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Re: Some of my old worllds
« Reply #1 on: January 02, 2014, 10:02:45 AM »
Now there's some stuff you don't see everyday. Very nice!
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Re: Some of my old worllds
« Reply #2 on: January 02, 2014, 11:10:20 AM »
Definitely some nice species shown..  Do you still have the L.elongatus?  How big did you get them & what was the setup?  I've thought about getting some in the past.
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Re: Some of my old worllds
« Reply #3 on: January 02, 2014, 06:10:09 PM »
I saw a photo of elongatus taken just after being fished out of L Tanganyika from an old Buntbarsche bulletin, where the head was the size of a mans hand. Mine is only about 9" at the moment, he killed his mate not long ago after 3 spawns. 
When I got the pair he was about 6", had them in a 125gal, but now he's living in one of my sumps.

   
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Re: Some of my old worllds
« Reply #4 on: January 02, 2014, 06:20:22 PM »
How long did it take for him to go from 6" to 9"?   Was the female keeping a somewhat similar growth pace?   Is He personable at all?
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Re: Some of my old worllds
« Reply #5 on: January 02, 2014, 07:01:23 PM »
Took him about a year to grow 2", he is not particularly personable, kind of a lurk and strike predator.
Not overly aggressive, but the largest fry seemed to cannibalize the smaller, the spawn would start out in the hundreds, and by the time they were 1" there would be maybe 20.

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Offline Steve

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Re: Some of my old worllds
« Reply #6 on: January 02, 2014, 07:23:01 PM »
That Lepidiolamprologus elongatus is WAY COOL looking! 8) 8)
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Re: Some of my old worllds
« Reply #7 on: January 02, 2014, 08:22:03 PM »
Those etroplus are neat looking.  I thought about getting some a while back when I was trying orange chromides.
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Re: Some of my old worllds
« Reply #8 on: January 02, 2014, 09:08:35 PM »
yeah the look like sergeant major damsels
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Re: Some of my old worllds
« Reply #9 on: January 02, 2014, 11:00:32 PM »
The canarensus very much remind me of their salt water cousins too, in individual movement and the way they shoal as a group.
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Re: Some of my old worllds
« Reply #10 on: January 03, 2014, 06:06:11 PM »
Are you breeding Ctenochromis horei?  Was looking into getting a group of these.
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Re: Some of my old worllds
« Reply #11 on: January 03, 2014, 07:00:40 PM »
The pair I have, spawned once at a very young age, so I separated her, but no fry.
They were just put back together recently, and haven't killed each other yet, so I'm cautiously optimistic.
He has also dug a few pits/bowers and since they are similar in size, she is holding her own so far, and there are plenty of spots to hide, and other cichlid distractions in the 150gal.


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