Malta Aquarist Society

 Hii Guys. I am planning to set up a medium sized aquarium with medium sized Central American Cichlid. . I had in mind fish such as

What's your medium sized aquarium in Litres?.

the tank is going to be 4 foot x 18 in x 15 in. .. and btw when I mentioned those fish I did not mean that I am going to stock all of them but I am still searching for those who are more compatable with each other.

martin

 As you might know i'm not knowledged about such fish but them seem to be nice fish... I will be interesting if i have some time to read a bit about them...

Good luck with your tank mate and i'm sure that you'll get more help from other members. Hope that we see some photos of this tank in the near future...

Yes i will post some pics. I have ordered the Sajica and waiting for a reply for the other species. I'll keep you updated.

martin

Is someone capable of telling me the name of the fish please. I reckon it is a central american but I cannot find the correct name.

 I can't tell you the name but they are very nice I like them.  I have noticed that most cichlids have that black spot in the middle does anybody know if it's just aesthetic or maybe it has a particular function (for instance to scare larger predators or something like that)

I think those fish are port acaras but i'm not that sure ..

Yes Rob they could be cichlasoma or Aquidens Portalegrense .... aka black acara or red port acara.  The thing is that when you try to check on the net and see some pictures of the fish, they all look so different than from you have in your tank. Even the colour variation varies from one site to the other although they are referring to the same species of fish...... The internet sometimes gets more confusing then solving the problem ehhhhhh ????

Well I just have to keep looking....... btw they are part of my central american set up.

martin

The what maybe called " Port Acara " laid eggs a few days ago. They laid on a piee of clay that I prepared for them. The mother was always attending to them and fighting off any intruders. About 3 days after laying the eggs I noticed that she was more and more abondoning them and the other inhabitants started nipping on them. That is when I decided to remove the clay and try to hatch them artificially. They are now in a plastic tub with an airstone close to them. I will keep you updated...... hope they hatch .....!!!!!!!!

martin

Congrats Martin! It's always excitng to breed such not so common species .. fingers crossed for the eggs XD

[btw those are really good pics! well done!] i need some photography lessons =/

thanks mate... i will keep ou updated on the hatching !!!!!!!!!!!!!

martin

 Well done mate and good luck with the eggs, hope they hatch and be a gift from your acara this christmas

Well done Martin & thanks for sharing those interesting pictures with us.

 Congratulations Martin , so many mouths to feed now