Guppysnail Posted March 8 Share Posted March 8 This has been a crazy tough journey for me. Last year my LFS got these in. Most of the group was bought leaving only 1 left in their tank. For 5 months every week when I visited I would spend a minute with this little fish. She was so personable and began recognizing me and rushing to the front as soon as I looked in. She stole my heart so I took her home. She thrived quickly in a tank with one of my male GBR offspring. Silly girl fell in love with my GBR boy and spawned. She harassed him relentlessly to fertilize her eggs and he was having none of it. I found him a home but then Worried over her becoming egg bound since she developed another egg belly. She also began moping when her friend was gone. I threw a group of Apisto cacatuoides babies in with her to keep her company while they grew out. Her egg belly continued to grow. I order a group online to find her a Mate but they sent me L. dorsigera. So I ordered another group of 6 but they only sent me an already bonded pair. I did lose my girl to egg binding. This new pair was thinner with touches of fin rot. They did ok for a few months but I never got the girls fin rot to completely clear. They spawned twice and ate the eggs. He then beat her relentlessly. I tried a divider but everytime I removed the divider after she seemed to be getting better he beat her again. I lost her then he started losing weight and I lost him. Fast forward to 3 months ago my LFS got another group in. They turned out to be all girls so I had them order another group so I could pair these girls. They could only get 2 that turned out to be a pair. Last week I auctioned the three girls off. The pair has spawned twice. Ate the eggs the first time and I messed up my egg hatch last time. Last night they spawned again so I’m going to pull the eggs as soon as the lights come on. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitecloud09 Posted March 8 Share Posted March 8 Wow that was sad beginning, happy ending! Nice fish there @Guppysnail!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macdaddy36 Posted March 8 Share Posted March 8 How do these compare to your dorsigera in terms of aggression? Are they more or less aggressive than your apistos? Are they aggressive to each other or do they ever go after other species? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guppysnail Posted March 8 Author Share Posted March 8 On 3/8/2024 at 9:10 AM, macdaddy36 said: How do these compare to your dorsigera in terms of aggression? Are they more or less aggressive than your apistos? Are they aggressive to each other or do they ever go after other species? Mine are all kept in species only breeding tanks. These used to be very popular in the hobby because they make fantastic community fish. They display some conspecific aggression when squabbling over territory or mates and defend their eggs but not really well. Nothing like apistos. Their squabbles are mostly boisterous fluff and show unlike apistos who shoot to kill. I’ve never had them hurt each other with the exception of the girl who never seemed 100% healthy that the boy kept beating up. I’m guessing she was not healthy and not producing eggs to spawn so he was trying to drive her from his territory to find a fertile mate. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guppysnail Posted March 8 Author Share Posted March 8 Angry man knows I’m wanting to steal his eggs. Momma stole eggs Interestingly the first batch the girl ate on one of her turns to watch the eggs. This batch he chased her away since yesterday. She was allowed no turns egg sitting. I feel bad taking his eggs but I know she will eventually gobble the wigglers. He is very interesting to watch. He spends 2 hours after they are laid going back over making certain every egg is fertilized. Throughout his fanning he sweeps the eggs with his pelvic fins and rolls sideways to sweep the eggs with his pectorals. 6 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guppysnail Posted March 14 Author Share Posted March 14 We have wigglers 🥰 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guppysnail Posted March 15 Author Share Posted March 15 First attempts at swimming 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtomicSunfish Posted June 28 Share Posted June 28 On 3/15/2024 at 11:26 AM, Guppysnail said: First attempts at swimming Nice somersaults! 😆 I’m living vicariously through you. Well done! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guppysnail Posted June 28 Author Share Posted June 28 I forgot to keep up with this thread. So much going on with the new fishroom build. We got another batch of cuties. I’ll do better updating growth. Proud momma On 6/28/2024 at 4:49 PM, AtomicSunfish said: Nice somersaults! 😆 I’m living vicariously through you. Well done! Thank you for commenting. I so forgot to keep this journal updated. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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SantaMonica Posted July 8 Share Posted July 8 Getting a nice big family going there. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tropical Fish Gallery Posted July 9 Share Posted July 9 L. Curviceps was a bucket list fish for me 35 years ago when I first saw it pictured in an old hobbyist book. Glad to later own the species. Love to see your journey with these adorable cichlids. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guppysnail Posted 16 hours ago Author Share Posted 16 hours ago They outgrew their 10 g already so I moved them to a 20 long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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