RE: Crenicichla regani?

["Max Gallade" <mgallade@hotmail.com>]

Hi Zapzap,
This is my first try at dwarf pikes. You might want to ask the more 
experienced pike keepers on this list what's best. Francine, Z-man can you 
help out ?
This is what I did so far:
I had my regani's in a group of six pairs in a small tank at first.It was 
fun to watch their interaction as a group.The pair that I got originally 
from my LFS bonded in the small tank .
I moved my bonded breeding pair to it's own 20g long after their first 
breeding attempt.
The 20g  is set up as a typical Apisto breeding tank with terra cotta 
saucers as spawning caves and some plant cover.  FYI, I use pure R/O water 
for all my breeding tanks.
The female occupied one of the larger saucers immediately after I moved them 
two weeks ago.
I don't think regani are very picky about where to deposit their eggs.
I watched the female this morning leading her huge school of fry out of a 
terra cotta saucers right after the lights came back on. The male is 
unbelievable ,very protective. He keeps an eye on the surrounding area all 
day long and seems to warn the female if there's any sign of trouble(our 
cat).    He attacked my hand when I cleaned the tank last weekend.
Our hobby is sometimes very frustrating but this is what keeps you going.
HTH
Max
P:S. : I'll post the first fry pictures later today on the Digital Aquarium

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> From: Patrick 'ZapZap' Lin <zapzap@zwf.net>
> Reply-To: apisto@v2.listbox.com
> To: apisto@v2.listbox.com
> Subject: RE: Crenicichla regani?
> Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2003 21:26:04 -0400
>
> Congrat for your fry Max.
> I plan to get a group of regain, now I am in the process getting all info I
> can have.
> Do you think it is better have a couple ou trio ou something else ?
> What tank size are recommend ?
>
> Do you use ABS tube or something else ?
>
> Sorry for all the questions.
> Regards,
> Zapzap
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-apisto@v2.listbox.com [mailto:owner-apisto@v2.listbox.com] On
> Behalf Of Max Gallade
> Sent: 28 juillet 2003 09:20
> To: apisto@v2.listbox.com
> Subject: Crenicichla regani?
>
>
> Wow, what a surprise. This morning I found about 200 fry swimming around my
> pair of  C. regani(?) . I knew something was up. I haven't seen the female
> for a few days. She used to come to the front of the tank around feeding
> time but was missing for a few days.
> Question for all of you:
> I'm currently keeping two different kind of what I think are C.regani. The
> pair with the fry was bought from my local store. The male has a bright red
> line in his dorsal fin ,very pretty.
> I also have wildcaught pairs of C. regani "Alenquer". The Alenquer males
> don't have any color like my breeding male in their dorsal fins. I'm not
> sure if my breeding pair is C.regani. All photos on the web look like my
> Alenquer's. Any ideas? What forms of C.regani are known so far?
> TIA
> Max
>
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