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Advice Needed - Pelvic. Pulcher & Pelvic. Taeniatus

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#1 ·
After nearly a year in trying, I was finally able to get these two...

I know the basics about keeping them but am looking for advice from experienced keepers...
 
#7 ·
While this may not apply specifically to Pelvicachromis, dwarf cichlids, in general, like a darker substrate and some surface cover such as floating plants. This is according to Dr. Paul Loiselle, and is reflective of the types of habitat many of the dwarf varieties come from.
 
#12 ·
2 fish this size in a 10 or 15G is not too high of a bioload so a 20 - 30% change per week should be adequate. My taeniatus seemed to like the water parameters to remain consistent so smaller changes with aged water seemed good. Keeping the parameters consistent for a period of time and then doing a large waterchange with slightly cooler water seemed to trigger mine to spawn
 
#13 ·
mine love to breed in my cichlid stones, I have them in a semi-well planted tank, driftwood, lots of decor that can serve as cave (kribs love their caves) Black substrate mixed with a little bit of crushed coral because I use Co2 so it keeps my Ph stable! They breed all the time also lol... :roll: fry coming out my ears!!
 
#16 ·
jkcichlid said:
10 or 15 G should be fine if they are on there own. If you have them in with other fish, a long tank is better as they will try to take over as much of the tank as possible
In my experience you don;t want to go any smaller than a 20g long
 
#19 ·
one of the parents eat them, and the other one is pissed off and beat up the fry eater, it is exactly what happen to my poor male, I isolated the pair and their fry with a separator, pretty sure the male ate them and the female killed him after that
 
#21 ·
It has been a couple of weeks since they arrived after a 7 day shipment and they are getting more and more settles every day...
 
#23 ·
mine were pale too (after 7 days packed in a small package who wouldn't) but they are showing the colors now...

Will try and get a few pics during the weekend...
 
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