Priscacara Posted December 29, 2011 Share Posted December 29, 2011 G'day, I have a 3 foot tank on the kitchen bench with featherfin rainbows, peacock gudgeons , couple of red nose shrimp, 2 snails and a female bn (the partridge couldnt swim and the pear tree wouldnt fit).The tank is planted out with swords and annubias on rocks with a nice feature piece of wood, everything is thriving. The only thing that isnt is my eyesight as the fish are all a bit small for a nice display tank, most are adult size now and the gudgeons have spawned a few times.I'm going to move all the inhabitants on and try a pair of "something" to let them spawn and sell any fry to the lfs, its the "something" part I need help with. My tap water is a bit odd with a current ph of 7.6, 1gh and no readable kh. I dont know of anything that would suit these parameters, I use chemicals such as ph down, kh buffer and when I had the Africans the appropriate conditioners when required for the various tanks (bit of buffer in the tank as it is now).I was thinking of maybe a pair of convicts or salvini. The fish should be colorfull and easy to see in the tank and have interesting attitudes (I REALLY miss my Africans ) which those 2 types would have, convicts maybe not so much the color I guess.I'm not wanting anything exotic or hard to keep, something fairly hardy to suit the conditions (tap or adjusted) and tank size so please feel free to suggest any you think appropriate. I may keep the bn and get another for algae duty but only if they will fit with the main fish.Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod54 Posted December 29, 2011 Share Posted December 29, 2011 Not Americans.....but cichlids worth consideration given your very soft water.....why not try Pelvicachromis taeniatushttp://www.google.com.au/search?q=pelvicachromis+taeniatus&hl=en&client=safari&tbo=u&tbm=isch&source=univ&sa=X&ei=stT7Ttf_DeaviQemu5i8AQ&ved=0CDMQsAQ&biw=1024&bih=672They are like kribensis....but more colorful....quite a few localities about ATMThey will breed and raise their fry in that size tank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Priscacara Posted December 29, 2011 Author Share Posted December 29, 2011 Tx for the link , I have kribs in my angels tank but the pics on google show a lot more color as you mentioned. Will check to see whats available down my way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Link2Hell Posted December 29, 2011 Share Posted December 29, 2011 Lesit depends on if you want to keep the other fish and shrimp with them If you consider Pelvicachromis then look at subocellatus (smaller form),Appisto's, Blue rams or Dicrossus filamentosa as I think most otherswill just be to aggressiveand also add some Praecox rainbows Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Link2Hell Posted December 29, 2011 Share Posted December 29, 2011 sorry Lesshould have read the post better I think that blue rams would suit and you can still keepsome of the other fishplus easy to sell to LFS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Priscacara Posted December 29, 2011 Author Share Posted December 29, 2011 Hi Chris, I havent had much luck with rams unfortunately, lost any I've tried to keep due to intestinal problems. Even got some direct from Germany with the same result a few months down the track. They are beautiful fish though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ged Posted December 29, 2011 Share Posted December 29, 2011 Not Americans.....but cichlids worth consideration given your very soft water.....why not try Pelvicachromis taeniatushttp://www.google.co...iw=1024&bih=672They are like kribensis....but more colorful....quite a few localities about ATMThey will breed and raise their fry in that size tankI agree with Rod. These are great little fish and they spawn well after a water change.The link brought back memories as third picture is one I took back in 2006.It was a Pelvicachromis taeniatus "Nigerian Red" female and her colouring was a simply stunning in full breeding dress. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Priscacara Posted December 29, 2011 Author Share Posted December 29, 2011 Tx for the pic Ged, gorgeous looking fish! I'll be contacting the shop tomorrow and see what they can get in for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killiguy Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 What about real red forest jewels.These are stunning even when not breeding.They have a nice pair at St Kilda aquarium and generally have fry.Mine should be breeding soon and you can have some fry.They are H guttatus (So Ted Judy from the US says)I love taeniatus although its hard to get a true locality (kienke,dehane,Nigerian forms etc) most (even the german ones) are mixed,but very colouful never the lessI love my Steatocranus tinanti but not stunning colour but great personalities Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joller Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 blovian rams are always entertaining and will go well in those params Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Priscacara Posted January 1, 2012 Author Share Posted January 1, 2012 Tx for the input guys, going to do some research on those suggested and see what are available. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazzman Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 What about real red forest jewels.These are stunning even when not breeding.They have a nice pair at St Kilda aquarium and generally have fry.Mine should be breeding soon and you can have some fry.They are H guttatus (So Ted Judy from the US says)I love taeniatus although its hard to get a true locality (kienke,dehane,Nigerian forms etc) most (even the german ones) are mixed,but very colouful never the lessI love my Steatocranus tinanti but not stunning colour but great personalitiesKilli, that is the nicest looking RFJ i have seen in ages, please send me some fry too!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pseudotrop Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 They're a nice fish when coloured up (was sold to me as a red forest jewel, seems to look the part). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killiguy Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 Wow thats a seriously nice RFJ,a big old male I assume.Have you spawned with him??According to Ted Judy that fish would be termed a H.guttatus because of the lack of the central body blotch seen in other species and this one also when young Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pseudotrop Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 I got him when he was ~4cm from an online fish shop, in that pic he is about 1 year old from memory. I didn't spawn him, as I did the usual newby thing and bought a heap of fish that weren't compatible in my 3' tank (africans, americans, etc), realised as they were growing, then had to readjust the stocking.I sold him on to someone locally. Not sure how they went with him.After digging that photo up, I may have to get some more . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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