Idk, you could get by with it I guess but I think you'd be better off trying to do rams or apistos if you can find any that have been born in water in your area (that way they are already used to the pH of 8)
alas that particular one is about $400!I live in an area loaded with quartz crystal. Its laying around our house everywhere. I've thought about using it in the past to make a fantasy scape but lacked any real ambition for it.
Please do post pics if you decide to use lots of quartz. I'd be interested to see how it turns out!
The specimen shown above looks great!
alas that particular one is about $400!I live in an area loaded with quartz crystal. Its laying around our house everywhere. I've thought about using it in the past to make a fantasy scape but lacked any real ambition for it.
Please do post pics if you decide to use lots of quartz. I'd be interested to see how it turns out!
The specimen shown above looks great!
between 8 and 10 bucks a piece at ichco.They sound cool! Are they also referred to as yellow lab cichlid?
Price is a factor for me, what will they normally cost?
What size tank did you keep them in (how many in mine also?)?
yes yellow lab is one of the many names they are found under. I had a 55 with somewhere around 50 cichlids in it at one time. they average somewhere around 8-10 bucks each if I remember correctly (could be a little more or less depending on availability in your area). I would say 4-6 fish in a tank that size. they grow to about four inches or so, males usually a touch bigger. need to have a group of females for every male or he will harass them to death for a little boom boom.They sound cool! Are they also referred to as yellow lab cichlid?
Price is a factor for me, what will they normally cost?
What size tank did you keep them in (how many in mine also?)?
That's my lobster, if he had it his way, he'd be the only one in the tank. hahaLol that blue thing is creepy...
the only reliable way is venting ( picking them up and checking the under side of the belly) males have two small holes, females have a small and big hole. Good luck with that. Males are always a little bigger then females. I'd go with the smallest ones they have and hope their females.Is there a reliable way to tell the gender since I would want more females?
the males will have black on their gill plates, dorsal, pectoral and anal fins. the females will usually have just a small black stripe along their dorsal like the pic greaser84 posted. that's a female from the looks of it. theyre a little harder to sex as juveniles because they all look the same. one good tell for the juvies is fin shape. the males dorsal and anal fin will be a little longer and come to point (if theyre not chewed up) where the females will be a little shorter with rounded tips. as long as you get several of them all at once your pretty much guaranteed to end up with a breeding group. if possible get from a LFS that buys from local breeders. you will be much happier with them then if you went to the box stores. will be much healthier too.Is there a reliable way to tell the gender since I would want more females?
I would be willing to put money on it being female. males will have very vibrant black markings, and sometimes a small splash of blue on the gill plates when they mature. I had one that had an almost solid black face with blue gill plates. very beautiful fish when they mature.You'll notice mine has a black stripe but both males and females can get the stripe. I'm not 100% sure whether mines male or female.
I was told that the males and females can both have those stripes. I've never tried to breed them though, so I never really cared.the males will have black on their gill plates, dorsal, pectoral and anal fins. the females will usually have just a small black stripe along their dorsal like the pic greaser84 posted. that's a female from the looks of it. theyre a little harder to sex as juveniles because they all look the same. one good tell for the juvies is fin shape. the males dorsal and anal fin will be a little longer and come to point (if theyre not chewed up) where the females will be a little shorter with rounded tips. as long as you get several of them all at once your pretty much guaranteed to end up with a breeding group. if possible get from a LFS that buys from local breeders. you will be much happier with them then if you went to the box stores. will be much healthier too.
Interesting, learn something new everydayI would be willing to put money on it being female. males will have very vibrant black markings, and sometimes a small splash of blue on the gill plates when they mature. I had one that had an almost solid black face with blue gill plates. very beautiful fish when they mature.