Show your dwarf cichlid!

[DeepMetropolis]

Did not found a similar thread so here is one.
Post pictures, all dwarf cichlids are welcome!

To kick off, here is my Apisto baenschi inca:

 

[Matt @ ScapeEasy]

Great photo
I'm into dwarfs too... here are some of mine!

I'd like to try Bolivian Rams next but would need a new tank if that was going to happen anytime soon... to be honest I can barely keep up the the water changes and maintenance on the 4 I've got!...

 

[DeepMetropolis]

Great fish, what is the little orange fellow?
I know what you mean there are more nice fish then I ever could take care of in my entire life..

 

[Edvet]

35598534_00003990 by Ed Prust, on Flickr

DSC_6601_copy by Ed Prust, on Flickr

DSC_6994_copy by Ed Prust, on Flickr

 

[Matt @ ScapeEasy]

Great fish, what is the little orange fellow?
I know what you mean there are more nice fish then I ever could take care of in my entire life..

Female flame red apisto

 

[mow said]

Long fin german blue ram still young

 

[dw1305]

Hi all,
I haven't got any at the moment, when I see some suitable fish I like I will get some more, probably Apistogramma panduro or A. baenschi.

These are the ones I have photographs of.

Dicrossus maculatus, <"these were gorgeous"> and this the male of the pair I kept. I failed to feed them carefully enough (too many Black and Grindal worms) and they both eventually bloated

This is Apistogramma cacatuoides, I had them for ~10 years, this is <"my original male">.

The last fish I had were these Apistogramma agassizii, they were just a Czech bred fish, but they were a bit different. Apologies for the quality of the video.

This male was an offspring of my original male, but they had similar markings (all the males did) so I assume they had been line-bred.



cheers Darrel

 

[PAYN3Y]

I haven't got many pictures of mine but here's a video of them hounding a poor shrimp.

 

[dw1305]

Hi all,

here's a video of them hounding a poor shrimp

They really like cherry shrimps once they get a taste for them. Have a look at <"Are there any Dwarf Cichlids.....">.

In either "South American Dwarf Cichlids" Author: Hans J. Mayland & Dieter Bork or "American Cichlids I - Dwarf Cichlids" Author: Horst Linke & Dr. Wolfgang Staeck it talks about Apistogramma eating "crayfish" in black-waters where there were no mosquitoes. I was intrigued by this, and eventually found that it is slightly inaccurate English translation, and that the "crayfish" were actually Macrobrachium spp. shrimps.

cheers Darrel

 

[Nigel95]

Mikrogeophagus ramirezi by Nigel Aquascaping, on Flickr

 

[zozo]

Is it realy true that these fish can't be kept at pH around 8+? That's what i read all over the place and the reason i never tried.. Since it would be to much hassle for me to mainain a constant low pH parameter..

 

[Edvet]

Tankbred ones can apparently. You can try cacatuides colormorphs.

 

[mow said]

Is it realy true that these fish can't be kept at pH around 8+? That's what i read all over the place and the reason i never tried.. Since it would be to much hassle for me to mainain a constant low pH parameter..

Mine are kept at 7.5 ph no problem here

 

[zozo]

Tankbred ones can apparently. You can try cacatuides colormorphs.

Realy!?.. Well i know this wholesaler states the origine of the fish, if it's not labeled "wild" it is tank bred.
https://www.ruinemans.com/en-GB/353/dwarfcichlids.html
That's about the intire collection.

 

[sparkyweasel]

I've kept several species in my tap water, pH7.8, DH around 16.
Some would regularly breed in it too, including Apistogramma cacatuoides and Nannacara anomala.
I've also had A. trifasciata, A. kleei, A. nijseni, A. agassizi, A borelli, A. steindachneri ( I think that's called something else now) Dicrossus filamentosus, Rams and Bolivian Rams. I'm sure there were more too, can't remember.
hth

 

[Conort2]

Are there any species that can be kept with cherry shrimp? Any of the dicrossus small enough? I'm guessing the answer would be no.

Would love to keep dwarfs again for the interesting breeding behaviour but unfortunately have about 300 orange Sakura shrimp.

Cheers

Conor

 

[Edvet]

Dicrossus are quite small. If you have 300 in one tank i am sure they wont eat all, maybe the odd shrimplet.

 

[Tommy]

35598534_00003990 by Ed Prust, on Flickr

DSC_6601_copy by Ed Prust, on Flickr

DSC_6994_copy by Ed Prust, on Flickr

Awesome apisto's Ed, what kind are they? Is the first one a Hongsloi? Do you have these in the same tank? Thanks

 

[zozo]

I'm guessing the answer would be no.

Depends a bit in your setup.. I kept hunting barbs with the cherries and they got regularly hunted and eaten.. Just make sure you first start out with enough shrimps.. Give them cover and dense patches of moss to breed. This is where the fry will hide out and survive. Once you have enough Cherries than 1 couple (As i understand that is usual Ram setup 1 couple) of occasional shrimp hunter are not up to the task to eraticate them all..

I kept a school of 10 Oreichtys cosuatis and also they weren't up to this task. The barbs are long gone died of old age and the shrimps are still around.

 

[Tommy]

Here's a pic of my male fire red apisto, he will be joined by another 5-6 different species male apisto's when I can source the ones I want.