Greets peeps

[dwarfpike]

Been lurking for a spell while I am currently banished out in Monroe here ...

*waits for the laughter to finish* :suspect: 

As the handle suggests, I am a huge dwarf pike cichlid fan even though I am currently lacking any at the moment, since part of the banishment entails all my tanks being in storage except for a single 20 long which currently holds a breeding pair of Laetacara araguaiae ... aka purple Buckelkopf dwarf acaras.

I was directed here from a few peeps from MFK where I use a slightly different handle, since well dwarf doesn't sound very monster.

Um ... so ... yeah.

Chris

 

[Anonymous]

Welcome.:welcome!:  its kinda slow today its the weekend and also Washington state fair and Seattle aquarium swap was today.

 

[Anonymous]

:iagree: 


:welcome!: - Glad to see u finally make an intro. Would love to see your dwarf acaras! Got picts?!?

 

[dwarfpike]

Welcome.:welcome!:  its kinda slow today its the weekend and also Washington state fair and Seattle aquarium swap was today.

No worries. Any responses are welcome, not expected. I figured it was slow due the Husky game being on though.

:iagree: 

:welcome!: - Glad to see u finally make an intro. Would love to see your dwarf acaras! Got picts?!?

I don't own a camera, but I borrow a roomies point and shoot sometimes. So what few pics I have aren't good. Here's the male moving the wigglers a couple nights ago.

 

[Kaosu]

you made the trip over to wa fish box ^_^

 

[Anonymous]

I don't own a camera, but I borrow a roomies point and shoot sometimes. So what few pics I have aren't good. Here's the male moving the wigglers a couple nights ago.

Nice. When you have selling age frys would you be selling some to us? Id be interested. :spoton: 

 

[DMD123]

:welcome!:  dwarfs are welcome here, MFK is anti dwarf. :tongue: 

 

[dwarfpike]

you made the  trip over to wa fish box ^_^

I did. Well finally stopped lurking at least.  

Nice. When you have selling age frys would you be selling some to us? Id be interested. :spoton: 

If they survive, sure. Bad timing that I have to house sit way up north just as they hit freeswimming. As you can see from the pic, there is a fair amount of algae (I had just started dosing Excel two days before I found the hidden eggs), several plants and some moss balls ... so they might, will just have to cross my fingers and see.

 

[dwarfpike]

:welcome!:  dwarfs are welcome here, MFK is anti dwarf. :tongue: 

Tell me about it!!! Even anti - medium sized cichlids too I've noticed.

 

[Madness]

Where are all the BIG cihlid people?????????????????????????

Oh, and welcome. : 

 

[dwarfpike]

Where are all the BIG cihlid people?????????????????????????

Oh, and welcome. : 

Well, I'd be a bigger cichlid person if I had the room ... but most of life spent in apartments usually means smaller tanks. One day though!!!

And thanks!

 

[Anonymous]

I don't own a camera, but I borrow a roomies point and shoot sometimes. So what few pics I have aren't good. Here's the male moving the wigglers a couple nights ago.

Nice. When you have selling age frys would you be selling some to us? Id be interested. :spoton: 

lus1: 



Very nice dwarfpike!

 

[Gryphon]

Welcome aboard!

 

[dwarfpike]

Very nice dwarfpike!

Thanks!!! They did all the work though.  

Welcome aboard!

Thanks!!!

 

[BillHN]

Sup sup sup

 

[cichlid-gal]

:welcome!: .... dwarf cichlids ROCK THE CASBAH!

 

[dwarfpike]

Sup sup sup

Sup! Nice av btw. Despite being a cichlid guy, I am a closet labyrinth (wild bettas, chocolate gouramis) and badis guy too.

:welcome!: .... dwarf cichlids ROCK THE CASBAH!

Indeed they do!!! Big ones are good too, but when you are short on space, it's fun to watch a little 3" cichlid flare and glassbang.

 

[PokeSephiroth]

Welcome to fishbox!! dwarf cichlids are awesome, I'm still trying to get my head around them though. Still wondering if I can be succesful with them or not. So far, not so good. hahahaha! But I am determined!

 

[dwarfpike]

Welcome to fishbox!! dwarf cichlids are awesome, I'm still trying to get my head around them though. Still wondering if I can be succesful with them or not. So far, not so good. hahahaha! But I am determined!

Well, they don't like fire ...  

Which ones have you tried? Ironically, some of the most common ones are the hardest to keep (blue rams come to mind).

Dwarf acaras are probably the easiest ... curviceps, dorsigera, araguaiae ... plus, dwarves love plants. I can never set up a tank with at least some anubias in them.

 

[PokeSephiroth]

dwarfpike: Well shoot... yeah, Blue Rams are the ones I'm trying with at the moment. I miiiiiiight try Apistos, I'm still deciding if I want to fork over that much money for a fish ($14-$17 per fish, is a lot to me. lol. Heck, I think $5 per fish is teetering on the expensive side, but that's because I'm frugal, and cheap. LOL!!!) But yes, my Blue Rams have laid eggs three times now, but the eggs end up getting eaten by snails and whatnot. They are still young and not experienced with breeding and keeping the eggs, but I think after several tries, then they will become successful at it.

Pretty much all of my plants are planted now (thank goodness), so yeah, they have lots of cover and swimmy places to lay eggs on

Here are some videos of the tank where I currently have the breeding pair of Blue Rams in. First video is the most oldest one, while the last one is the latest video. The latest video has the most video footage of my Blue Rams, IIRC.

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