intern1 Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 Following Spencer Jacks talks I have been trying to source some but just cant seem to find any around, Have these been lost, I believe if these will be lost it would be a very sad day for the cichlid community in Australia.May be the NSWCS can commence a breeding program for them (Just a thought)John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joller Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 at a guess i'd say there might be a few kicking about somewhere, would be good if they were available, i'd like to get some of these at some point Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Link2Hell Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 Hi guysG. balzanii are out there but when they were breeding therewere so many around they were put in the common basketand all this after being brought back from the brink at least2 or 3 times I know ofthere was a refresh of blood line in Melb last year so maybesoonthere have been a couple of others come through but I thinkthey are lost nowstill waiting for some one to crack the B. cupido "santerem"that are out hereChris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ged Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 There are definitely a pair of Gymnogeophagus balzanii in Melbourne back early this year. I don't know if they still have them. Shoot me a PM if you want contact details Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LEG-IT Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 Their Still around, If anyone Has a Few Males or Knows someone Mate in Perth would be keen, His currently got 3 females and no males i heard the breeding pair in Melb Died? I know theirs some other balzanii up in QLD too.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intern1 Posted December 21, 2011 Author Share Posted December 21, 2011 Anyone have contacts I have pm GED how about the QLD guys An idea would be to have them in the breeding program at the cichlid society John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Link2Hell Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 JohnACE is not part of NSWCSyou will need to contact JohnS or Zigzag to have them raise the proposal at the nextcommittee meeting but you must be a financial member of NSWCS to do this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intern1 Posted December 21, 2011 Author Share Posted December 21, 2011 No worries will do in the Feb meetingcontacted your source Ged and sadly the pair passedlooks like a gloom day and future for these Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aussiem Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 The ones that were available in Melbourne were believed to be all females and I believethere are only two still alive if that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Link2Hell Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 Male Balzanii are the weak link as they can and most do develop HIHthis is been found to be controlable if they are winter down to 12-15*Caccording to information from europe & US on their keepingthey also don't handle high temps wellonly time will tell if we can find enough to bring them back again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intern1 Posted December 22, 2011 Author Share Posted December 22, 2011 After searching for a year I believe that females are only left because the pairs seem yo have passed on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Topogigio Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 I managed to get 4 of the balzaniis from Melbourne last year, and a mate 3... His bred all the time and he wasn't even trying, mine, I did multiple water changes on a weekly basis, live mosquito larvae and blackworms and no luck... Sadly mine have all died... I found them really fuzzy and easily spooked, I couldn't house them by themselves as they wouldn't come out and eat... In fact I lost a really nice specimen the very next day after adding rathbuni tetras trying to replicate a biotope - damn you rathbuni!All I can say is that at least 10 fish are somewhere in WA living the good life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brisbane Fish Junkie Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 I heard through a reliable source that there are two people in QLD breeding these !but not in numbers yet and i wasn't told how many they had eitherbut good news all the samehave also been told of some down southBFJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmarcom Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 Does anyone know if there are any Gymnogeophagus Meridionalis around ? they are a awesome fish & are just as if not more colorful than Thorichthys Ellioti ! I would love to get some of these! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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