Re: P. taeniatus 'Nigerian Red' / A. borelli / Regular Krib Questions?!

[Jacques BESSON <jbesson@club-internet.fr>]

I kept a pair of the same fish :red nigeria taeniatus ( but , in fact , in Europe
red nigeria could be different, it's perhaps only a commercial name ). The
differences in my couple  are very clear :
- male is bigger
- the end of the dorsal fin is more sharper and longer  in the male and you have
a little red line in the upper part of  it and it is not the case for the female.

Your water is fine for they.
I've put a coconut for breeding but they prefered dig under a big root!
They are with nannostomus beckfordi as dithers but I'm not sure that is necessary

J.Besson
PS the female is really very beautiful  during the spawning  time, but babies ,
in my case ,grow very slowly .

Raymond Wong a écrit:

> Hello everybody,
>
> I recently received some credit from my LFS for trading in some plants (i
> know this is not the plants list..) these are the things I received...
> 1)15 gallon tank
> 2)300 watt heater
> 3)I suppose a pair of P. taeniatus 'Nigerian Red'
>
> here goes the question :
> How do I sex them? does the male have red markings on his face whereas the
> female have yellow markings? or am I totally wrong? or is it just 2 differnt
> color species of the fish and i made a terrible mistake.. (ahh...)
>
> I've placed them in the 15 gallon tank along with a few plants and also give
> them a few pots hopefully they'll breed in them.. right now I never see them
> they're always hiding in the pot...
> the water's pH is around 6.7 and is very soft...
>
> Any specific hints on breeding them? (Have been reading over thekrib.com
> lately)
>
> The male's around 2 inches in length and the female's a little bit
> smaller... (i hope that's a female)



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