Re: Pseudocrenilabrus (was:Vierke definition)

[IDMiamiBob@aol.com]

In a message dated 10/17/98 10:18:12 PM Mountain Daylight Time,
apistowise@bewellnet.com writes:

<snip>> The ASG places more emphasis on behavior than on size. For this reason
we 
> don't include haplochromine
>  fish like those in the genus Pseudocrenilabris (Dwarf Egytian Mouthbrooder 
> types)

Really?  Because of behavior?  I kept P. multicolor for almost two years in
both breeding setups and community tanks.  Except for the female starving
herself till her bellybutton wrapped around her spine while brooding the eggs,
I found them to be ideal community fish.  Was I fortunate in having a
particularly docile pair of fish which passed it on to their progeny for the
several generations I kept?

While the ASG concentrates on fish of S. America and West Africa, do fish like
shell dwellers and julies meet this dwarf behavioral pattern?

Bob Dixon


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