Re: Pelvicachromis sacrimontis- again

[Frauley/Elson <fraulels@minet.ca>]

Steven J. Waldron wrote:
> 
> Hi folks,
> Recently came across some beautiful but bedraggled wild P. sacrimontis. I
> have 2 males and a female. Appreciate any suggestions with these, I've done
> well with P. taeniatus and P. subocellatus. Curious to know how P.
> sacrimontis' care might differ from aforementioned? Plans to put a pair
> with dithers in a 24" long 20 gal- is this sufficient? Any help with these
> purple beauties would be much obliged....
> - Steve
Hi Steve,
I never spawned mine, as they never got along for long enough to
reproduce. I found them aggressive. Behavior-wise, they reminded me more
of P. humilis than taenies, pulcher or subocellatus. I've never kept
wild kribs, but my two pairs of purples were brawlers in all possible
combinations. My feeling was my 36 inch tanks were small for them, but
since my pairs were wild from the same location (Cross River), maybe not
all purples are like that.
Good luck with them.
- -Gary