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Lichnochromis acuticeps


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I was looking around some forums and there was a post on Lichnochromis acuticeps

and if anyone was breeding them

Sorroz sent a lot out a few years back .... where are they

so the question is how many people have any, as these appear to be in serious

risk of being lost

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I've got two females, and one gets a egg tube exposed often.

I've been searching for over ten months now for a male.

My male jumped out during a power outage.

They do need quite a bit of maturing till they spawn I found,,, would contribute to declining.

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Hi Chris

I had a colony a few years back and had 2 spawns after putting a lot of energy into trying to breed them. I found they are a timid fish that requires either a large (6-8 foot plus) tank as either species only or a combination with the most placid tankmates available.This is because the male constructs a large spawning pit and needs to be the dominant fish to do this. Explains partly why they are rare.

At the time I had them, they were as rare as they are now. I have since parted with them but knew they would be in trouble as it is the type of fish that rely on a handful of people in Australia at any one time who would be serious enough to devote the energy to keep them here.

Since then, I have seen fry available on queensland aquarium forum about 1-2 years ago from one spawn.

Then the latest information I can give is I spoke to Meng from Keysborough Aquariums 6 months ago at the same time I got my exochochromis and he said he could get some in for me which I was considering. So it may be worth giving Meng a call to see if he can still get them.

I am keeping their closely related cousin, Mylochromis Lateristriga Makanjilla at the moment, which are less specialized but still pretty cool.

Regards, Rob

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