Benthochromis Tricoti

[jriggs256]

Picked up some fish from

a friend today and he gave me some Benthochromis tricoti. Figured I might share. Excuse the poor

photography I just snapped a quick shot while they are acclimating in a 10 gallon.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v649/7mgtemk3/100_4673.jpg

[DogFish]

Did your friend breed these

himself? I always thought these were beatiful fish. You just don't see very many of them. Good

luck with them.

[jriggs256]

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thought these were beatiful fish. You just don't see very many of them. Good luck with them.<!

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He did, I think he has another female that is

holding right now. He has an amazing male and I believe 3 or four females.

[buntbarsch]

Wow, I sure am jealous.

These fish are very difficult to breed. I am waiting for a friend of mine to finally get some fry

from his group. They have spawned for him but the females always made a meal of the eggs.

Here is what you can look forward too:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v208/buntbarsch/Tanganjika%20Cichlids/Tricotti-2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v208/buntbarsch/Tanganjika%20Cichlids/Tricotti-1.jpg

[jriggs256]

I will want to breed

them in the future, how long until the reach sexual maturity? I will also need some other

bloodlines to introduce to my tank because all of these fry appear to be from the same father.

[bobrfish]

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{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'>I will want to breed them in the

future, how long until the reach sexual maturity? I will also need some other bloodlines to

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This is an interesting thought.

IMO, it is somewhat

dangerous to cross bloodlines. That is if cichlid X is collect at point X and is same species as

cichlid Y collected at point Y; X and Y maybe location morphs. Thus unless the collection

location for each bloodline is known, i do not cross bloodlines.
Ad has written about

Labidochromis caeruleus morph. A single pair of that cichlid is responsible for the vast numbers

of yellow morph L. caeruleus in the hobby. There are some culls but majority of each spawn remain

beautiful cichlids.

[jriggs256]

So I would be better

inbreeding than if I were to introduce more bloodlines?

[bobrfish]

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{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'>So I would be better inbreeding

than if I were to introduce more bloodlines?</div>
I speak only

for myself. If two bloodlines come from same collection location, i will cross them. If not or

unknown, then i will not cross them.
Some examples are Neolamprologus mustax, at one time no

one suspected that location morphs exist but they do. Same for Sciaenochromis freyeri and many

other species that were imported without location names only to find out later that location morphs

exist in native waters.

[jriggs256]

So I guess I need to get

in touch with my friend and find out the collection point of his and try to find some that were

collected from that same area?

[bobrfish]

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{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'>So I guess I need to get in touch

with my friend and find out the collection point of his and try to find some that were collected

from that same area?</div>
One approach yes. Another is to

inbred them, closer the fish are to F0, the less to worry about culls.

On another note,

two or three folks around town here have attempted to bred these fish. Thus far they all have

females holding but none have obtained fry at two months old. It will happen soon but it seems

working B. tricoti requires some patience.

[jriggs256]

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></a></div><div class='quotemain'>One approach yes. Another is to inbred them,

closer the fish are to F0, the less to worry about culls.

On another note, two or three

folks around town here have attempted to bred these fish. Thus far they all have females holding

but none have obtained fry at two months old. It will happen soon but it seems working B. tricoti

requires some patience.</div>


So I have read.