IVANACARA BIMACULATA

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A short video showing Ivanacara Bimaculata. A rare South American Dwarf Cichlid only recently becoming more available in the aquarium hobbly. Commentary is by Thomas Lai-Fook of Shoreline Aquatics LLC. Shoreline Aquatics produces small amounts of high quality fish with full attention to the process.
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[@thequietearthgardens]

Thank you for posting this I have just ordered a trio of these

[@majorbruster5916]

Wow! What a strikingly attractive species. You are so lucky to have gotten some, and bred them. We don't see this species in the UK. Thanks for posting this video, and the useful advice.

[@JTPerformanceSynthetics]

Awesome video! I want to get a pair of these next

[@sebastianmockrish8956]

Thank u so much for making this video!!! Really helpful and informative

[@shorelineaquatics5210]

Glad it was helpful!

[@Constantine_Cvl8]

Always love the colors of Ivanacara

[@cichlaguru]

Beautiful

[@shorelineaquatics5210]

Thank you❤

[@DesktopAquatics]

I also have a pair from the same breeder! Mine are growing out their first batch of fry that are about a month old glad to see you also putting in good work in breeding these little dudes!

[@shorelineaquatics5210]

I follow you on Instagram.. your tank looks great! Thank you so much

[@pornnatchalai-fook877]

Amazing fish and video. Thanks!❤

[@Apistogramma]

That's fantastic! I have many pairs of Ivanacara Adoketa, but I've never had the chance to own Ivanacara Bimaculata because I've never seen them sold in Japan before.
Hopefully, in the future, I can keep a pair of Ivanacara Bimaculata.

[@shorelineaquatics5210]

I believe sometimes F1 pairs are available on aquabid shipped all over the world from Sweden. I'm not sure what this would cost with import regulations and duties going into Japan, but, to get this started over there for everybody it might be worth it. Shoreline Aquatics is not currently setup for export. In the next few years that can change possibly. Thank you so much and happy fish keeping!

[@SpinsterSister]

I ordered a trio and am expecting them next Tuesday. Will 2 females and 1 male be ok with each other in a 20 long?

[@shorelineaquatics5210]

Yes they would but I think the extra female would be that, an extra. 1 pair would get along better

[@JuanBisono]

Planning on keeping 6 of these in my 185 gallon planted tank with some vampire and bamboo shrimp with no other fish (maybe a school of congo tetras?) do you think I can manage to have 8 of these or is six in this size tank enough. Do want them to be comfortable. It is fully and densely planted! Also, do these jump?

[@shorelineaquatics5210]

You can keep many of these in the tank. I have a 150 gallon planted with more than a dozen. I'm not sure if they would attack your inverts are not but it would be a risk for sure

[@shorelineaquatics5210]

Also I've seen these to be jumpers especially when they're just getting established into the aquarium

[@JuanBisono]

@@shorelineaquatics5210you think I can keep this with 18-20 congo tetras and maybe a congo puffer?

[@JuanBisono]

What about with 8 German Blue Rams? Is 6 of these, 18 congo tetras, and the 8 GBR’s doable in the 185?

[@paulsherstan4071]

Wow I heard there was another Ivanacara
Now I see a beautiful pair .
Questions answered ;
Also Mr Shoreline your videos on the Altums spawning( a few years back) were by far the best clearest concise ; so much bullshit on Altums and you cut thru that ;

[@shorelineaquatics5210]

Thank you so much

[@josephvaldez5000]

What are your water parameters?

[@shorelineaquatics5210]

5.5 / 18

[@LiamsManual]

Man i want these guys so bad!!! Sadly I have SUPER hard tap, and alkaline water (Bay Area, California) im sure after a while they will adjust, but these fish are so expensive I kinda dont want to risk it lol.
EDIT: on second thought I must just do an RO tank, I work at an aquatic pet store so It wont be too annoying to use only RO

[@shorelineaquatics5210]

Absolutely I would recommend reverse osmosis in your case. These fish do not require a large amount of space so this helps. In another month or so I would fully expect these fish to be sexable so if you don't want so many fish you'll be able to pick up a male-female pair

[@LiamsManual]

@@shorelineaquatics5210 Awesome!! Ill be waiting to get a pair for my science classes blackwater tank im doing

[@luiscarranza8005]

I would love to pick up a male-female pair of these.

[@shorelineaquatics5210]

As soon as these fish become sexable I will sell them as pairs.

[@luiscarranza8005]

Any updates?