my other Madagascar tank, the juvie 300

[sidguppy]

yup, the other one. this is a planted 300L tank. contains mainly juvenile Madagascar fish.

population:
8 Paretroplus damii, juveniles
4 Ptychochromis oligacanthus 'Nosy be' (2 pairs), juveniles

7 Bedotia magagascariensis, juveniles and adults
3 Ancistrus spp
2 very small Cryptoheros septemfasciatum juvies, sole survivors from a nest in another tank.
4 Poecilia wingei (Endler guppy) 1 male, 3 females


the damaged plants in the center are foodplants for the damii. this way I manage to keep the rest alive, sort of. they're like very small horses, grazing all day


the whole tank


a bit closer


Paretroplus damii juvies


again the damii


P damii and Ptychochromis oligacanthus 'Nosy be' female, also juvenile


the Nosy Be female, as you can see they already try to breed


both the Nosy be females, fighting over dominance and breeding rights.

next time I'll clean the front glass.....and I also have 3 very lazy Ancistrus in there

[seanwelsh1]

very nice where did you get the Damii from ?

[sidguppy]

George and Marina, at the AFC auction in Nancy, France; last october.

AFC is the French cichlidkeepers community. if I had a large house and more tanks that would have ended in total shoppingspree, cause there were so many fish that caught my eye......

but I limited myself to Madagascarians.

[sidguppy]

the Nosy Be maganed to create a huge spawn on the back

something weird though; the dominant male spawned with both females on that spot and hence it's a HUGE nest.
now the dominant female and the dominant male keep the others away from the nest, but they're not as agressive to speciesmembers as i expected

does Ptychochromis breed in leks? colonies?