Re: Mazarunia

["Barrie Haughian" <phaughian@shaw.wave.ca>]

I keep these guys......I have 4 or 5 in my 230g tank, we have been
looking for them all over lately they are one of the best fish out there

Vinod Kutty wrote:
> 
> >i'm surprised that the recent discussion on this list does not include this
> >genera as a dwarf cichlid.  why is that?  why is Cleithracara maroni, a
> medium
> >size (over 7"), considered borderline but not Mazarunia which is less than
> 4"
> >long?
> >
> >also, is anyone keeping this fish?
> >
> 
> YOWZA! A 7-inch Keyhole?!
> 
> I wannit!
> 
> Actually Keyholes are smaller than that.  Geezers occasionally get 5 maybe 6
> inches.
> The reason they are probably included in the ASG menu is that these fish
> have a real complex - they think they are only 2 inches long.  They are one
> of the most 'well-behaved' cichlids around.
> 
> Mazarunia made it to Europe a couple of years ago and Willem Heijns in
> Holland was trying to breed them.  Dont know if he was successful.  They are
> supposed to be small and "not too aggressive".  I dont think they are found
> in the North American hobby.  Most collecting efforts in  Guyana are
> centered around Georgetown and since this fish has an extremely limited
> distribution in western Guyana, it is unlikely to make it back into the
> hobby unless one of us went down there ourselves.  Hmmm...
> 
> Vinny
> vkutty@prodigy.net
> http://www.geocities.com/NapaValley/5491/
> 
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