Tanganyikan Cichlids - Fish Room Tour 

Great seeing an update on the fish room. Thanks Jason!!!

Great stuff, Jason! I always look forward to your fish updates. Like you, I love the tank full of Calvus! Those guys are getting BIG!

Thanks for the update, Jason. Love seeing whats going on in the fish room.

7am Sydney Time 🙌🙌🙌🙌 That Calvus grow out tank is a sight to behold

Excellent

Right on mate! Completely agree with you on why not good to strip fry. This is also know with chickens. If a hen goes broody and raises her chicks the offspring will almost guarantee do the same. I have witnessed this first hand with my flock

Is there multiple generations of Ocellatus in that tank? Been thinking of breeding a Tang that I can rear multiple generations with.

Great update

If you put the Similis on black sand they'll get really dark, the silver turns almost a purplish and the black bands darken. I moved a breeding colony from a 20 gal long with light sand to a 60 breeder with black and they look way better on the black.

I'm so jealous of your White Calvus & Furcifers, they are extremely nice !!! They are very hard to find available here in the USA and going for $50 to $100+ at the 2" to 3" size that yours are...even at those prices they are sold within a day or two after they are posted. Thanks for sharing !!!

Hi Jason. Great video as always. I can see caudopunctatus in the community tank. One of my favourite small fish. Are you planning on a breeding program with these guys?😊

I would think it normal for females to lose some broods as they reach sexual maturity and size and depending on water quality, fish community, etc. Choosing to keep fry only from females that successfully rear them is a great idea for retaining this behavior in the captive population. In nature, females that can't hold fry would never have their genes passed on, so by artificially rearing them, one could be weakening that trait inadvertently. At the same time, that trait should be extremely hard-wired since it is so critical. I'm curious whether anyone has done the experiment but not sure I want to dive into the literature! I think it is nice that you are doing it that way - the fry that survive a more natural rearing like that should be stronger overall. I bought a 180-gallon specifically for featherfins and never got it set up - long story. They need a TON of space, so it's great to see you taking on the challenge and getting fry from the females.

Hi Jason..thanks for all your informative videos...really encouraging for hobbyists. I had a query...i have calvus around 15 or more.. of them...3 years old i guess...but they love hiding....do the presence of bigger synodontis featherfin...decorus.. affect there coming out...are they scared of them?? They used to come out before but now less.They hiding mostly... I have few other dither fish like our indian barbs that are always moving....and they are 3 inches and bulky... i need your advice....thanks..

Jason your fish room is an Aladdin cave!

Is that big adult in the Gold Occy tank a female? Thats quite a big female, makes me wonder if i have a female but was always fighting with the male i traded away because I thought i had 2 males.

red sea reef base?

he said that he keeps the fry with the parents to dont stress the fishes, but it is more stressful for them stay without feeding for weeks and fight to the death for their fry mate, For me this doesnt have any sense