WTB - P. Nicholsi and A. Centrarchus females

[turfboss]

Still looking for females for my breeding groups of Psuedocrenilabrus Nicholsi and Archocentrus Centrarchus - interested in one (or two) female Nicholsi and now also looking for two (or three) Centrarchus.

[dogofwar]

George - centrarchus are pair spawners, so additional ones (even females) will likely get the crap beaten out of them...

Matt

[turfboss]

Problem is the pair I brought home - he beat the crap out of her and killed her - maybe the tank was too little - 20H - or not enough hiding places for her - some rocks but no real caves for her - I am learning but at the expense of some of these fish - which I don't like. Did not see the breeding pairs info in my reading so I need a replacement for the centrarchus female - how about for the nicholsi - I do have one female there thought haveing a few more might be good - but maybe not??

[jonclark96]

I wouldn't keep a pair of adult centrarchus in anything smaller than an 40 breeder, preferably a 4 foot tank.

[turfboss]

Yeah Jon - my mistake - should have put them in my 55 - but had just put 15 Demosani juvies in there and was worried about mixing the sizes.

[todda]

I keep my breeding group of p. nicholsi in a 55 gallon, the sub-dom male was getting his fins chewed up in the 29 they were in. I currently have one holding but I haven't figured out how many day the females hold for. Last two times they spit their fry between days 10-14. Anybody know how long they usually hold fry for?

[dogofwar]

Yes - nicholsi hold for a shorter time than rift lake... Take them after a week or so and separate the holding females.

Matt

[dogofwar]

If in doubt, add an egg-crate divider...

Matt

Originally Posted by turfboss

Yeah Jon - my mistake - should have put them in my 55 - but had just put 15 Demosani juvies in there and was worried about mixing the sizes.

[todda]

just pulled 31 free swimmers, and two more nicholsi holding - this time it was 12 days till they were done

[jonclark96]

George - Jeff Rapps has F2 Lago Nicaragua centrarchus on his list. I picked up 2 pairs this week and they are definitely worth the price. They were even bigger than I expected them to be, with the males pushing 5 inches.