killiguy Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 Ive waited along time to get these fish back again.Unfortunately there are lots of colourless mixed breeds or poorly culled fish on the market.These are H.guttatus the species that accounts for most RFJs (lifillili is infact quite rare according to Ted Judy US guru who I.D.ed these)If they werent such aggressive #@*% then they would be the perfect fish.Mine put on a show today breeding (which requires no skill!!)The male Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LithoMan Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 NICE THESE ARE THE DAM FISH THAT GOT ME HOOKED LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ged Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 Congratulations on the spawn. Can you give us some more information on their tank conditions i.e. tank size, tank mates, water conditions, feeding regime etc.? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killiguy Posted January 19, 2012 Author Share Posted January 19, 2012 These guys will breed in the bag coming home from the local fish shop once they mature Like most west African cichlid the female is the more colourful,a bright orange red cf the male dusky maroon The water is moderately hard with a pH of 7.3They are in a 3 ft tankThey have had several species of rainbowfish as tank mates but have beaten them all up so now they have none.There are 5 in the tank(3 of which have now been removed).They are fed NLS pellets with occasional frozen bloodworms and live foodNow its summer they get a 70% water change weekly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Link2Hell Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 Nice fish KilliguyI kind of miss the ones I use to havenice shots of the spawn site Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobaltcraig Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 Ill have to set mine up in a breeding tank in the next couple of days Thanks for the photos your ones like great CheersCraig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Link2Hell Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 yeah right Craigcontainer + water + rock = breeding set up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killiguy Posted January 25, 2012 Author Share Posted January 25, 2012 RFJs seem most colourful when looking after fry.I love watching the interaction with the parents;chewing food and spitting it in the school,gently retrieving stray fry and spitting them back to where they are supposed to.Ive kept Jewel cichlids a number of times over 35 years of fish keeping and never get bored with them.Anyone with a 3ft tank can have lots of fun with these fish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ged Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 Love the photos of the parents and fry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alvon Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 Awesome looking fish..Good photos!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam_J Posted February 4, 2012 Share Posted February 4, 2012 mine keep eating the eggs for some reason... been 5 spawns and they still eat the damn things Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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