Paracyprichromis Nigri Pinnis "Blue Neon" F0

[TxCichlidBreeder]

Anyone out there

got a pointer they can throw my way on these guys I have had a Wild Caught Pr Full grown for about

6 months now, most definatly a Male and Female and I have done everything from frequent water

changes, Lake Salt, live food, Temp. Drops, putting them alone, putting them with others

Neolamp's. , and nothing seems to make them want to spawn. I even read some where that they

like to stay upside down on rocks so In the 30gal I put a Holey Rock that goes from the bottom of

the tank to the top and leans in over them, yeah they sit upside down now but thats it. The male

stays at one end while the female stays behind the underground filter tubing. I just thought of one

more thing I am going to try and thats put a back ground all the way around the tank so they can

only see whats at the top of the tank. But if anyone else has some pointers please Share. I know my

fair share of fish and how to spawn them I have about 600 fish I have raised myself its just these

are being stubborn but hey thats what you get when you go WILD....... http://cichlid.ipbhost.com/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad.gif

[bobrfish]

Place large slabs of slate

leaning against walls of tank. Leave middle open for cyps or featherfins. Shelldwellers are OK

too. Avoid Neolamps, Tropheus etc. Paracyps spawn up against the slate slab, they need a flat

nearly vertical surface.
Female can hide from male behind the slabs. Use multiple slabs so

male cannot possible find her unless she wants to be found. If he does catch her behind a slab and

she does not desire attention, then she will swim to another slab and hide. Continue with live

foods and frequent water changes.
They do not live forever so hoping you have success

soon.

[TxCichlidBreeder]

Hold up what do you

mean they don't live forever? http://cichlid.ipbhost.com/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/unsure.gif Whats their life span?
Anyone

want to buy a Awesome pair of Fish Wild Caught? http://cichlid.ipbhost.com/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif na j/k I am gonna get these suckers to

spawn.

[bobrfish]

My male kicked at four years.

Female is OK though.

[TxCichlidBreeder]

4 years is not

that bad I thought you were about to say 2yrs or something.
http://cichlid.ipbhost.com/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif Get this I didn't have school today and I was bored

this morning and I felt like doing a real good cleaning on my Nigri Pinnis tank which is a 30gal

well I moved the big holey rock towards the front of the tank and guess what I seen my first baby

that I spawnd off a Wild Caught pr. So I was real anxious to get it down enough to pull out the

rock and I did. Guess how many babies I got http://cichlid.ipbhost.com/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/unsure.gif http://cichlid.ipbhost.com/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad.gif 1 I got 1 freakin baby. But I am http://cichlid.ipbhost.com/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif I have been breeding for 6 years and I was

always unsure about buying wild caught pairs just because I have always heard that it was sometimes

hard to spawn F0 but I did.

[sturob]

Maybe you're trying too

hard . . . I had a group of the same fish, F0s as well, which wouldn't stop spawning in Houston

tapwater (dechlorinated, of course).

Where in TX are you? Most of our water is pretty

hard; I've had much better luck with F0 by letting them get acclimated to tapwater, rather than

adding salt and buffering up to Tanganyika (for example) pH. It seems like they like consistency

of pH.

Stuart

[TxCichlidBreeder]

No I am not trying

hard, its just some of the things I have done over the past 6 months. I just want to get these

babies movin. You know their is always someone out there that has a pointer on a certian species,

that might help. So why not ask. And also I should have gotten atleast a trio but it would have

been cool to get a group. I was buying other fish and those suckers don't come cheap. You

should know if you had a group. http://cichlid.ipbhost.com/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/cool.gif So I ended up getting a male and female. But anyways its

funny because everytime I have taken rocks out and looked for babies in my other breeding tanks I

have never just found 1 baby. But thats a sign that more should come. http://cichlid.ipbhost.com/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif

[sturob]

Hmm. . . I'm not

criticizing your question at all, but just saying that in my own experience getting them used to

the local (hard) tapwater, and keeping the tank pristine, they bred all on their own. pH around

here isn't 8, more like 7.6 or 7.7.

So, I guess . . . be patient. I think I did

feed them a fair share of live brine, too; but they just bred on their own.

Someone else

ate the babies, but they were breeding.

Stuart

[TxCichlidBreeder]

Was your pair

Wild Caught? I bought a full grown wild caught pair. Well anyways I got 1 so far. But for anyone

who wants to see here is a pic of my male. They are a shy fish but really neat looking. Sorry not

the best of pics.

new

[TxCichlidBreeder]

here is some

new pics of my male and female
http://pic4.picturetrail.com/VOL727/2687901/5602250/71819339.jpg


http://pic4.picturetrail.com/VOL727/2687901/5602250/71820024.jpg

Still only 1 fry http://cichlid.ipbhost.com/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/mad.gif

[TxCichlidBreeder]

Finally http://cichlid.ipbhost.com/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif my Para. Nigri Pinnis Female is finally

holding a mouth full. I posted a pic in this Forum in the gallery if anyone wants to see. http://cichlid.ipbhost.com/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/cool.gif

[Led]

That is nice, congrats! They

are a beautiful fish. I have never had any, are they as good as dithers as Cyps are?? I have

never asked my one friend that has them. Just curious.

[bobrfish]

Hi Led,

In my

expierence they are more aggressive than Cyps. However, aggression is concentrated on cyps and

featherfins if they are in tank. If not they will take on a lamp.