I'm looking for a new addition and was wondering about this fish. Seems like, from the little I've read they're most like a Severum. Also what's the deal? Is it a Herichthys bartoni or a Nosferatu bartoni, something else?
Anyone kept Barton's Cichlid?
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I have not kept them, but they are much more closely related to the other herichthys species (carpintis, cyanoguttatus, labridens, deppi) than severums. I believe they can be quite aggressive.
Nosferatu is the new name, because Herichthys has been relegated to the carpintus cyanoguttatus complex.
N bartoni is a very aggressive little cichlid from Mexico, that is more like other North and Central Americans such as labridens, beani, or islantum much more so, than the more placid South American severum group. I would not recommend them in a tank with cichlids their size or smaller, larger cichlids might be able to take their temperament.
I have kept, and had bartoni spawn for me, and would not put them close in temperament to severum, but more like a mini dovii. They could easily be called a mini-dovii, equally as much as grammodes is.
After mine spawned 3 times, I gave them to another club member who put them in a 55 because they were fairly small (5" male 3" female) in such a small tank, the pair bond broke and the male immediately killed the female.
I had kept them in a 6' tank.
N bartoni is a very aggressive little cichlid from Mexico, that is more like other North and Central Americans such as labridens, beani, or islantum much more so, than the more placid South American severum group. I would not recommend them in a tank with cichlids their size or smaller, larger cichlids might be able to take their temperament.
I have kept, and had bartoni spawn for me, and would not put them close in temperament to severum, but more like a mini dovii. They could easily be called a mini-dovii, equally as much as grammodes is.
After mine spawned 3 times, I gave them to another club member who put them in a 55 because they were fairly small (5" male 3" female) in such a small tank, the pair bond broke and the male immediately killed the female.
I had kept them in a 6' tank.
Dang beautiful pictures!!! Even more interested in keeping these with your comments. Mini-dovii, interesting. Would you consider these a slow/average/fast growing cichlid?Nosferatu is the new name, because Herichthys has been relegated to the carpintus cyanoguttatus complex.
N bartoni is a very aggressive little cichlid from Mexico, that is more like other North and Central Americans such as labridens, beani, or islantum much more so, than the more placid South American severum group. I would not recommend them in a tank with cichlids their size or smaller, larger cichlids might be able to take their temperament.
I have kept, and had bartoni spawn for me, and would not put them close in temperament to severum, but more like a mini dovii. They could easily be called a mini-dovii, equally as much as grammodes is.
After mine spawned 3 times, I gave them to another club member who put them in a 55 because they were fairly small (5" male 3" female) in such a small tank, the pair bond broke and the male immediately killed the female.
I had kept them in a 6' tank.
It is slow growing, and a great cichlid to keep, but not in a community of non-aggressive sorts. And even though it is small, it needs space.
I was able to keep them with the African rift lake species Lepidiolamprologus elongatus, probably because they were so different in appearance. They even spawned in the same tank, albeit with a divider, and the fry would pass back and forth.
I had an extra male I kept with large Malagasy cichlids, click on pic to run video.
I was able to keep them with the African rift lake species Lepidiolamprologus elongatus, probably because they were so different in appearance. They even spawned in the same tank, albeit with a divider, and the fry would pass back and forth.
I had an extra male I kept with large Malagasy cichlids, click on pic to run video.