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Species- Aequidens rivulatus (Gold Saum, Green Terror)

Family- Cichlidae

Location- South America, Ecuador and Peru

Size- 8 in

Tank Size/Set up- 55G for a single. 75 for a pair but bigger is always better.

Temperamant- Green terror cichlid is a highly aggressive species. It is not considered dangerous to humans, but it can be very violent towards fish.

Sexing- Sexing Green terror cichlids is not difficult at all, since the adult male develops a distinct hump on his forehead. The male is also typically larger than the female.

Diet- The Green terror cichlid can typically be trained onto a wide range of different foods, including flakes and pellets, since it is an omnivore opportunist. Larger specimens will naturally prefer large food particles like big pellets or big live food, rather than tiny pieces of flake food. A varied diet is recommended and live food is always appreciated.

Other Info- Typical to most Cichlids the Green terror is a Hardy and easy to care for fish if their needs are met. They are omnivorous and will accept all types of food and relish anything live. The tank should be large and have plenty of caves and nooks to hide in. driftwood, rockwork and Live plants although helpful may be uprooted. When young they may be kept in cichlid community but as they mature they live up to their name and will terrorize all but the largest fish. It is best to keep them in a species tank. Provide good filtration and do frequent water changes.

 

[HardCandy]

Species- Aequidens rivulatus (Gold Saum, Green Terror)

Family- Cichlidae

Location- South America, Ecuador and Peru

Size- 8 in

Tank Size/Set up- 55G for a single. 75 for a pair but bigger is always better.

Temperamant- Green terror cichlid is a highly aggressive species. It is not considered dangerous to humans, but it can be very violent towards fish.

Sexing- Sexing Green terror cichlids is not difficult at all, since the adult male develops a distinct hump on his forehead. The male is also typically larger than the female.

Diet- The Green terror cichlid can typically be trained onto a wide range of different foods, including flakes and pellets, since it is an omnivore opportunist. Larger specimens will naturally prefer large food particles like big pellets or big live food, rather than tiny pieces of flake food. A varied diet is recommended and live food is always appreciated.

Other Info- Typical to most Cichlids the Green terror is a Hardy and easy to care for fish if their needs are met. They are omnivorous and will accept all types of food and relish anything live. The tank should be large and have plenty of caves and nooks to hide in. driftwood, rockwork and Live plants although helpful may be uprooted. When young they may be kept in cichlid community but as they mature they live up to their name and will terrorize all but the largest fish. It is best to keep them in a species tank. Provide good filtration and do frequent water changes.

They can get larger than 8".

 

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They can get larger than 8".

Well at least he posted something useful to this forum.

Satanoperca jurupari

Location
amazon area

Size
7 inches

Tank setup
A fairly large tank at least 55 gallons. the tank should have sand and some cover in the form of driftwood and rocks. it need lots of swimming space.

Behaviour and characteristics.
This fish is a eartheater and commonly stick its snout into the sand then sifting food particles through the gills. this fish has a large mouth and large eyes. as it matures the fins become more colorful.

food
this fish enjoys live food such as worms and artemia but it can be trained on to live foods.

 

[Irbanjaxed]

Common Name:

Bolivian Ram.​

Other Names:

Butterfly Ram and Red Ram.​

Scientific Name:

Microgeophagus altispinosa.​

Family:

Cichlidae.​

Class:

South American Cichlid.​

Distribution:

South America,Bolivia, Brazil.​

Size:

Males up to 4 inches with females slightly smaller.​

Diet:

These fish are omnivores and readily accept most dry and live foods. You should give a variety such as Brine Shrimp, pellets, Spirulina tablets, etc.​

Water Temperature:

77-82 degrees Fahreheit (25-28degrees Centigrade).​

Water Chemistry:

dH 1-10, Softwater is favoured.​

pH:

pH 6.8-7.0 is favoured, although they can be acclimated upto pH 7.8.​

Life Span:

Approx 2-4 years.​

Housing:

The tank should have a length of at least 24" (the length of a 20g high) with a lot of plants and other hiding places.​

Breeding:

These fish are biparental, open substrate spawners. After a pair forms, the male will begin courting the female. Usually courting consists of mouthing certain objects in the courtship area. After a few days, the pair will clean around a rock or some object in the substrate. At this point, the male may become more aggressive than usual, chasing tank mates around, without damaging them, just warning. During the beginning of the spawning ritual, the female will lay a few eggs and move out of the way, while the male quickly follows up and fertilizes them. They will continue doing this until there are 100-200 fertilized eggs. After the spawning, the male will usually guard the territory while the female fans the eggs with her pectoral fins. This happens for most of the time, except when the male will occasionally relieve the female. While passing each other, they give a reciprocal lateral display signaling the 'shift change'. The female will usually come back within 30 seconds and reclaim her duty, although no display is shown during her re-entry. After the eggs hatch and the fry are wigglers, the pair tends to change color, showing yellowish bodies, intense eye stripes and lateral blotches. It is known that Rams make poor parents and while it is not unusual for them to be decent parents, you should still remove the fry if you plan to raise them.​

Description:

The Bolivian Ram reaches up to 4" in length. Females are a little smaller. The male is slimmer than the female and has more coloration along with extensions on its upper and inner caudal fin rays. These fish are bottom to middle dwellers. They are great additions to community setups for 'personality'. The cichlid interaction has no equal besides loach companionship. I have seen these fish kept with Guppies, Discus, Angels, Tetras, Barbs, Loaches or just about anything not too aggressive. They are especially great for planted communities and are a very peaceful species. The possible exception to this is breeding, when some of the typical cichlid aggression is displayed, though they are not as nasty as some of the other family members, like Convicts).​

Requirements:

These guys enjoy soft water with a slightly acidic pH of 6.8 to neutral, although if bred and raised in certain conditions, it's not unheard of to keep them in water with pH as high as 7.8. They appreciate temperatures between 77 and 82 degrees Fahrenheit.​

Nomenclature:

I've decided to go through the nomenclature because of the various scientific names this species has been under. Originally the Bolivian Ram was called Crenicara altispinosa in 1911. Dr. Axelrod put the Bolivian Ram in the genus Microgeophagus, the same as the Venezuelan and Colombian Ram. The Ramirezi (Venezuelan or Colombian Ram) was originally placed in the genus Apistogramma genus but was put in Microgeophagus because its morphology and spawning behavior was different from that of the Apistogramma spp. The Bolivian Ram, with morphology and spawning behavior more like that of the Venezuelan ram, was then put in the Microgeophagus genus as well. Then Kullander came along to make things more complicated in 1977. He gave birth to a new genus, one that would have both Ram species because of the theory that Microgeophagus was nomen nudum. The genus was called Papiliochromis. There are still confrontations between experts as to which name has precedence but a lot of people are in favor of Microgeophagus. Anyone doing research should use the Microgophagus or Papiliochromis genera.

 

[Big_D_Breezy]

Common name: Blue Dempsey, Electric Blue Dempsey

Scientific name: Archocentrus octofaciatus, var. blue

Origin: Veracruz, Mexico to Honduras (aquarium accidental discovery by Hector Luzardo)

Adult Length: 8 to 10 inches

Minimum Tank Size: 55 gallon

Sexing: Difficult without vent examination

Diet Requirements: Not a picky eater...typical carnivore faire will do just fine. Cichlid pellets, earthworms, beefheart, feeder fish, etc...

General Information: Easily labeled as one of the most beautiful freshwater fish in the hobby, not much scientific data is available for the Blue Dempsey also commonly called the Electric Blue Dempsey. As a result, internet "hearsay" including falsehoods have spread and become prevalent beliefs. One of these falsehoods is the belief that this fish is a hybrid which is not true. Electric Blue Dempseys are a natural occurring variant of the Jack Dempsey, a popular aquarium fish from Central America. The fact is that the variant was not recognized and developed until recent years after being accidently discovered in an aquarium by Hector Luzardo. It is thought that the species was missed previously due to early breeders of Jack Dempseys considered the smaller "blueish" fry to be runts and were generally culled from their spawns. What is known now is that the blue variant fish grows somewhat smaller than the regular Dempsey and while still a territorial cichlid, they are less agressive than the other.

The principle reason that Electric Blue Dempseys are not widely available on the market, and that prices remain high for the species ($30-$60), is due to the fact that breeding Jack Dempseys to achieve Blue Dempseys is a tricky proposition. Two blues bred together will not produce a full blue offspring. To achieve full blue offspring, you must first start with a blue male and breed him with a regular color female Jack Dempsey. The offspring that this pair creates will appear as regular Jack Dempseys, but the difference is that they will carry the blue gene. This group of fish must now be grown out to the size where a female can be determined and selected and bred back to the original blue male. The offspring of this pairing will produce an indeterminant number of true blue variant fish. Obviously a project like this is not for the faint of heart and will require enormous growout type of facilities.

5" Ebjd

 

[Eric A]

Acarichthys heckelii

Common names:
Threadfin Acara, Threadfin Geophagus

Family:
Cichlidae

Distribution:
South America (from ponds and rivers in the Essequibo drainage of Guyana and the northern Amazonian River system from Peru eastward into Brazil)

Ecosystem:
Shallow lakes with a sand substrate (PH = 6.00-7.80 native waters)

Temperment:
Aggresive towards conspefics in the home aquarium. Adult pairs should not be housed with other breeding geophagus in the same aquarium.

Diet:
Omnivorous - Eats meaty foods such as aquatic crustations and will nibble at plant foods sometimes. Feed bloodworm, blackworms, pellets, larger flake, and live water crustations. Place bloodworm in the substrate under a 1cm layer of sand as to provide the fish with natural feeding environment.

Ph:
6.0-8.0

Temperature:
24-28C (72-81F)

Hardness:
10-30 dH

Potential size:
20cm (10")

Water region:
bottom-mid

Sexing:
males: Large trailing filaments from the dorsal fin, smaller in stature.
females: Heavily built, smaller filaments from the fins.

Breeding:
Provide a young group of six with soft acidic water and expect to see courtship when they reach 12cm (5") in size. Remove the other fish and keep the pair. Feed richly, with live or frozen foods being feed 5 days out of 7. They are cave spawners, digging crevices out of under rocks or in large diameter terracotta pots. Female lays about 800-2000 eggs, that hatch in about 4 days. Take note that young pairs may require a few attempts to get it right. Keep a close eye on young pairs as they like to beat on one another when things go wrong.

 

[headbanger_jib]

hi
the female cuban pic is wrongly linked,thus i am posting the correct pic of the fish in question.

Can the mods please see to that it is corrected with the right pic.

 

[Tongue33]

hi
the female cuban pic is wrongly linked,thus i am posting the correct pic of the fish in question.

Can the mods please see to that it is corrected with the right pic.
View attachment 364331

Why didn't you just fix it? Easy to fix.

 

[siebertn]

Super work guys.

 

[Eric A]

'Cichlasome' bocourti

Common names:
Bocourti, Golden Mojarra, Chiseltooth Cichlid

Synonyms:
Hericthys Bocourti

Family:
Cichlidae

Distribution:
Central America - Belize, Guatemala

Ecosystem:
Lakes and rivers. Cenotes as well.

Temperment:
Moderatly aggressive towards conspefics such as pearsei and vieja species.

Diet:
Mostly herbivourous. Feeds on aquatic plants. Also eats pellets, flakes, frozen foods, and of course lettuce leaves.

Ph:
6.0-8.0

Temperature:
24-28C (72-81F)

Hardness:
10-30 dH

Potential size:
45cm (18")

Water region:
bottom-mid

Sexing:
Males - More brightly coloured usually, beautiful golden colour on body. Larger body.
Female - Smaller and more duller colours, also visably different behaviour patterns.

Breeding:
"What a stroke of luck! The six fish I received turned out to be two males and four females. What are the odds?

Breeding colors in H. bocourti include a dark black ventrum from under the mouth to the base of the anal fin. The peppery ground color disappears, and the black bars intensify over a bright red-orange (to red-brown) or golden-yellow body. All other colors also intensify, including the light-blue in the fins.
The dominant male in my colony is approximately fourteen inches long and six inches high while the females are much smaller at eight to ten inches in length and over four inches tall.

Again, this beautiful large fish is very secretive. Upon returning from a trip I was surprised to see the male patrolling the length of the 125-gal tank where the colony is housed, and a few of his tankmates a bit torn up, but nothing life threatening. This was the first time I had seen the male's spawning tube extended, so I began to look for his mate to see if her tube was also visible. I thought: spawning imminent! I was shocked but very excited to find the female already tending a very large spawn of wrigglers not more than a day or two old. The pair must have spawned while I was on my trip! Overall, this fish is not overly aggressive and rarely hassles its tankmates, unlike other heroines. Out of site, out of mind seems to be their credo. If they don't see the opposition, they don't try to destroy them. Of course it helps that I had supplied them with six 4" diameter pipes to hide in.

The parents were diligent in the care of the young, moving them several times prior to their becoming free-swimming and protecting them from all other tank mates. Once the fry were free-swimming, I removed about three-fourths of the brood, leaving the rest for the parents to raise.

I immediately began feeding the fry de-encapsulated brine shrimp and live baby brine shrimp. What are de-encapsulated brine shrimp? They are Artemia cysts that have had the shells removed (dissolved) in a weak bleach and water solution. I had experimented with this food on other cichlid fry with success so I fed it to the H. bocourti young. As the fry grew, I began feeding crushed flake food, Spirulina disks, and crushed pellet food. I often feed the adults frozen delights such as krill, plankton, and mosquito larvae. Like the adults, the fry are not overly aggressive. I lost few to cannibalism within the spawn.

I urge you to try this beautiful fish yourself. Thanks to the efforts of Rusty, Ross, and Dr. Specht I have had the opportunity to raise and spawn this rare species from Lake Isabel, and it has become one of my favorite cichlids. Additionally, thanks to Oliver Lucanus for encouraging me to write my story."

Taken from Cichlid-Forum

Videos:
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