Saturday 6 September 2008

Misidentification and other weirdness

Bullets for the week:

- male CT fighter ate his fry
- lost one P. multicolor, possibly the male!
- lost the male striatum killi
- put male HM RT blue fighter in with female PK super red
- removed divider from EBJD x JD tank
- Firemouths due to spawn again

Turns out my Blackbelts weren't Blackbelts after all. It had been bugging me for ages that they didn't look right, but I assumed Maidenhead Aquatics would have their labelling correct. Turns out they're probably melanurus after all that, so I now have 8 melanurus!!! Not that I mind, of course, as they're much rarer in the hobby than maculicauda.

The pair are looking in breeding condition again, so I stuck a mirror in with them today to try and cement the pair bond a bit better.
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Introduction

I have always been fascinated by cichlids. They are among the most stunningly beautiful of fishes; they come in all shapes and sizes (there is a cichlid to suit everyone); and they have some seriously awesome behaviour. Since I started keeping fish 15 years ago I have kept and bred several species, but I never had enough tanks to house all the individual pairs I wanted (and their subsequent fry). In April '08, I was lucky enough to have a space-heated fishroom built into the garage conversion my girlfriend and I were having done. This diary is my way of keeping track of all my fish breeding projects. I hope you find it informative!