P nicholsi Fry- proud fishkeeper

DavidDoyle · 02-07-2005, 01:27 PM

I am not really into African cichlids at all. My love of planted and community tanks kind of makes most of them not a good fish for me. However, I have always been fascinated by mouth brooders and have wanted to see them in action for some time. Last Thanksgiving I was at the OCA where a friend brought me a pair of P. nicholsi as a gift.

They spawned fairly quickly after I got them home. I pulled the male and was excited when she finally let out the fry. The tank is heavily planted and I figured the fry would be fine. Well by 3 days later all the fry were gone. Here is a pic of mom and fry (look closely in the moss).

I have just finished stripping mom of her 2nd batch of fry and am so excited. This time I have the fry alone- wish me luck.

guppyart · 02-07-2005, 01:43 PM

good job and hope you have good luck with your fry I am waiting for my metriclima estherae to reach breeding size cause I have 1 male to 5 females so I will soon have a lot of red zebras

joe kool · 02-07-2005, 07:12 PM

your fry sould do well in the planted tank. I've gone to a heavilyplanted 20 L with a 65 watt CF light for one of my fry tanks and they really thrive in it. ince they lose the bulging egg sack and free swim I offer regular high quality flake food nothing special like baby brine which can be a P.I.T.A. to raise of find at the LFS to buy. I have an almost 0% loss rate on my fry ( I have had a few jumpers here and there

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welcome to the "oral" side

malawi4me2 · 02-07-2005, 07:18 PM

Congratulations on your spawn and good luck with the fry!

02-07-2005, 01:27 PM	#1
DavidDoyle Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Age: 89 Posts: 497	P nicholsi Fry- proud fishkeeper I am not really into African cichlids at all. My love of planted and community tanks kind of makes most of them not a good fish for me. However, I have always been fascinated by mouth brooders and have wanted to see them in action for some time. Last Thanksgiving I was at the OCA where a friend brought me a pair of P. nicholsi as a gift. They spawned fairly quickly after I got them home. I pulled the male and was excited when she finally let out the fry. The tank is heavily planted and I figured the fry would be fine. Well by 3 days later all the fry were gone. Here is a pic of mom and fry (look closely in the moss). I have just finished stripping mom of her 2nd batch of fry and am so excited. This time I have the fry alone- wish me luck.

02-07-2005, 01:43 PM	#2
guppyart Naked wookie Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: canada Age: 19 Posts: 697	Re: P nicholsi Fry- proud fishkeeper good job and hope you have good luck with your fry I am waiting for my metriclima estherae to reach breeding size cause I have 1 male to 5 females so I will soon have a lot of red zebras

02-07-2005, 07:12 PM	#3
joe kool Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Age: 36 Posts: 572	Re: P nicholsi Fry- proud fishkeeper your fry sould do well in the planted tank. I've gone to a heavilyplanted 20 L with a 65 watt CF light for one of my fry tanks and they really thrive in it. ince they lose the bulging egg sack and free swim I offer regular high quality flake food nothing special like baby brine which can be a P.I.T.A. to raise of find at the LFS to buy. I have an almost 0% loss rate on my fry ( I have had a few jumpers here and there ) welcome to the "oral" side __________________ A conglomeration of cichlids from all over living happily in my "melting pot" of tanks. Breeding: currently nothing ... I'm sequestered in South Korea, "Osan" to be exact 2 days till I'm back in the states!!!! Florida to be exact, those Floridians have no idea what they're in for!! current Fry: see above tanks: 100, 55, 46 BF, 26 BF, 20L, 5 fry tank 20L planted with CRS is the only thing up (easy for the wife to care for in my stead)

02-07-2005, 07:18 PM	#4
malawi4me2 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Atlanta, GA Age: 22 Posts: 354	Re: P nicholsi Fry- proud fishkeeper Congratulations on your spawn and good luck with the fry!

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