Відео

Thanks! This is the red form of Pelvicachromis sacrimontis. The male at least. I am trying to find out if there exist females in a red form as well or if they are always like this.

​@@BjornV1983 Si les mâles existent, les femelles aussi ! La femelle de la vidéo me fait penser à une femelle que j'ai eu il y a bien longtemps. Mais je n'ai jamais vu de mâles avec des couleurs aussi prononcé et aussi foncé.

@@bernardvandewalle4486 Red females are very hard to find but you might be right. Recently Aquarium Glaser released some photo's of sacrimontis females that seem to be the red form. I am trying to get some but it seems to be hard to reach them for my fish store.

​@@BjornV1983 Malheureusement, ce genre de contrariété fait partie de l'aquariophilie ▪️▪️▪️ Il y a l'espèce qu'on a vu et que l'on souhaite. Puis, il y a ce que notre (ou nos) magasin(s) peuvent nous fournir ▪️▪️▪️

@@bernardvandewalle4486 True, that's the challenge for us :)

Yes, the Pelvicachromis and Fundulopanchax are from Nigeria. The rest is supposed to swim in the Congo river basin somewhere. According to the internet, I'm not going there to check if that's true :)

Thanks I guess! :) It's hard to get rid of them if you don't use CO2 or liquid CO2 but it is much better already.

@@michaelbelanger8246 Thanks a lot! Those tetra’s are Alestopetersius brichardi.

Thanks for sharing your experience! This is my first time keeping these large Fundolopanchax. Kept F. gardneri and Aphyosemion australe before. Also fantastic species but these guys are something else. Big, beautiful and scared of nothing. Also not seasonal fish like most killifish. They should get around 5 years old. Very curious to see how they will develop.

@BjornV1983 yes but the eggs want a dry period. About 2 to 3 month. I have read it is possible without dry period. But never heard that someone habe experience with it. Usualy they lay there eggs in overfoating area after rain season. So the eggs have a dey period. The older fish will either dry out and die or they find some place to surrender the dry season. But usualy the will became food for some bigger fishes. During dry season is not so many space for all. Either you are small and can hide or realy big... So next rain season the fry will hatch very quickly. A lot of fishes will use the rain season for breeding. But Sjoestedti is already ready to hatch. So the younger babyfish from other species will be a food for them to grow quickly and again lay their eggs in the mud befor dry season... They can get old. But 5 years I nevee heard. The old Sjoestedtis are hardly productive anymore. So when you want to breed them, use young individuells. They are hunter and eat smaller fish. But take nearly everything. A very successfull breeder uses "compostworms" (compost is green garbage) for feeding them. Not only... you should not feed them to much! Very important. Small fish works great also. I usualy give flys (drosophila), granulate from sera, frozen food mix and also living food when I can catch some outside. If you want to breed take young individuals. Seperate male from female. Feed them good. Especialy the females for producing a lot of eggs. And do not let them to long together. In a small breeding tank the male can easily kill the female.

@@gutefrage879 Thanks alot for all the info! I bought some peat today to make a breeding box. Hopefully they will breed in it so I can collect some eggs. How do you store the eggs? In a plastic bag at room temperature (20°C)?

I believe that water changes are necessary. How often and how much water you should change is different for every aquarium. It depends on the size of the aquarium, the amount and size of the fish, the light, plants, type of water (tap water, osmosis water, water from a well) etc. I believe changing less water more often is better than changing a lot of water at once. For example 20% per week is better than 80% per month. This will keep water parameters more stable. For Tanganyika and Malawi I would prefer to change more water because they often don't have plants. At the moment I use tap water in a large tank with not that many fish and quite some plants. Dutch tap water is of a very good and stable quality. The aquarium formerly had Tanganyika fish so the higher Gh and Kh the better. There are a lot of dead snails in the aquarium which are a disadvantage now with the Congo fish. Water should not be that hard anymore. That is why I consider osmosis water.

@@robdavinroy1761 Thanks! Most of the plants are from Africa as well. Different Anubias species, Nymphaea zenkeri, Ammania senegalensis, Bolbitis heudelotii, Crinum calamistratum. Limnophila sessiliflora and the brown Cryptocoryne are from Asia. These are in because they are easy and beautiful plants. To help get rid of the algae.

@@marcdunord Thanks! Which species would you suggest?

@@JarMaster Thanks! I think you mean Labeo cyclorhynchus. Also known as Labeo variegatus. Beautiful species with a bad reputation for their agression. Here they are nowhere near as agressive. I hope this group stays this peacefull.

@@BjornV1983 They reming me of minecrafts gilded blackstone

❤❤