Re: Laetacara Sp.apisto V1 #294

[Kim Hay <khay@v-wave.com>]

John:

I picked up 5 juvenile Laetacara sp. "Araguya - Buckelkopf" some months
ago from Henry at DADs FishRoom. They also came from Biotope in
Montreal. Beautiful fish! The only reference source I have seen with
photos close to my fish is Aqualog - S. American Cichlids III. They have
several shots of "Laetacara sp. 'Buckelkopf'" which are definitely my
fish. I can't give you the page number as that particular volume of
Aqualog is still on my wish list :-). Linke and Staeck discuss a similar
species on Page 198, however the colouration is far too red compared to
mine. This could simply be a result of the printing process.

Two of the 5 paired off after 6 months (they were only .5 in. when they
came in) and have spawned 3 times. The water conditions they seem to
prefer are: 27ºc, 6 - 6.5 pH, and quite soft water (< 8º dgH). After
pairing off I had to remove the remaining 3 fish to another tank as they
were being chased to death, this in a 66 gal.!

I hope this is of some assistance to you, and if 20 other people have
already answered your question, I apologize. (I'm a little behind with
my e-mail :-) ).

-- Kim

apisto wrote:

> Date: Mon, 1 Mar 1999 10:49:26 -0500 (EST)
> From: BigJohnW@webtv.net (John Wubbolt)
> Subject: Laetacara Sp.
> 
> Hello All
> I could use some info on a species of fish I picked up at an auction in
> Ottawa yesterday.
> There was a bag of 6 juvenile fish labeled
> Laetacara sp. Araguya.    I looked up the fish in the Aqualog and all
> the Dwarf Cichlid books I own , which is quite a few, and couldn't find
> any fish with such a name, not even an undescribed fish with that region
> listed near its name.   Does anyone have any info on this fish.   I'm
> sure that it probably came into Montreal by one of the Importors.   Gary
> if you're reading this, do you know if Oliver imported this new species.
> I picked them up from one of the guys from the French Club.    Any help
> any one could give me would be appreciated.   Thanks
> John Wubbolt
> 

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H.K.Hay                     Edmonton, AB
khay at v-wave dot com      Canada
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