I finally found a place that sells my dream fish herichthys labridens. I am debating on getting 5-6 and growing them out to attempt getting a pair. Problem is I only have a 55 gal. Max size is only about 8.5 inches so I would assume that they would be fine until I could sex them or a pair forms. Also post pictures if you have these awesome (and endangered) fish!
herichthys labridens dilemma...
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I have kept at least 3 species from the labridens group, they need very clean flowing water, so lots of water changes (I was doing at least 30% every other day).
I have found they are very territorial and aggressive with each other, so need for space seems imperative.
A 55 might work a while, but my experience is ...not for very long.
My "yellows" started intimidating, and thus killing each other at a very young age
"yellow"above.
The ones below, I smartened up, and keep only compatible pairs to a tank.
Pantostictus below
Below "white labridens" or now H.pame
same kind of thing with a close cousin, Nosferatu ( H) bartoni
below female pame' in spawning dress, with courting male.
I have found they are very territorial and aggressive with each other, so need for space seems imperative.
A 55 might work a while, but my experience is ...not for very long.
My "yellows" started intimidating, and thus killing each other at a very young age
"yellow"above.
The ones below, I smartened up, and keep only compatible pairs to a tank.
Pantostictus below
Below "white labridens" or now H.pame
same kind of thing with a close cousin, Nosferatu ( H) bartoni
below female pame' in spawning dress, with courting male.
I was aware of such as I know they are endemic to only media Luna. And would rig the tank for auto water changes like the rest of my aquariums. Two 300 gph flow canisters and a power head would also be equipment I would use. The only issue I have is space. The aggressiveness would be the only thing holding me back because I 100 percent want a pair of the yellows and death might get in the way of that. Do you think if I scraped it so they were able to hide a lot and divide territory that would work better?I have kept at least 3 species from the labridens group, they need very clean flowing water, so lots of water changes (I was doing at least 30% every other day).
I have found they are very territorial and aggressive with each other, so need for space seems imperative.
A 55 might work a while, but my experience is ...not for very long.
My "yellows" started intimidating, and thus killing each other at a very young age
"yellow"above.
The ones below, I smartened up, and keep only compatible pairs to a tank.
Pantostictus below
Below "white labridens" or now H.pame
same kind of thing with a close cousin, Nosferatu ( H) bartoni
below female pame' in spawning dress, with courting male.
Mine were in a 6 ft tank, with lots of wood, and rock, and they seemed to search each other out.
My aim was to end up with a pair, out of the 8 "media luna" I started with.
I ended up with 1, hope you have better luck than I did.
I will admit, I expect this from almost every cichlid I try, and am pleasantly surprised when it goes better than I expect.
My aim was to end up with a pair, out of the 8 "media luna" I started with.
I ended up with 1, hope you have better luck than I did.
I will admit, I expect this from almost every cichlid I try, and am pleasantly surprised when it goes better than I expect.
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I don't think a 55 is a good solution, regardless of your set up and filtration. Years ago, i had a group of the blue labridens in a 180. The fish were relatively young, only around 3"-4", and they were rough on each other. In a smaller tank, I think that the dominant fish would have killed the others quickly.
Reviving my dead thread to ask if these still even exist within the hobby? My research alone says no, I’ve stumbled upon Bartoni, Tamasopoensis, and of course the variants of “Texas” but those seem to be the only Henrichthys in the hobby
