Dicrossus sp.
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- Dicrossus sp. Rio Negro
by Mike & Diane Wise <apistowise/bewellnet.com> (Sun, 05 Mar 2000)
- Dicrossus sp. Rio Negro
by Fi205sh/aol.com (Sun, 5 Mar 2000)
- WIDE span of behaviors across Dicrossus
by Stuart Hall <sturob/swbell.net> (Fri, 26 May 2000)
by Mike & Diane Wise <apistowise/bewellnet.com>
Date: Sun, 05 Mar 2000
To: apisto/majordomo.pobox.com
This is a fish that I got at the 1984 Detroit ACA Convention. I believe Dolores
Sherr (probably wrong spelling) had spawned them. Unfortunately they didn't
handle the 2 day trip back to Denver well and lost most of them. Consider them a
difficult species requiring extreme blackwater conditions for breeding. Wolfgang
Windisch wrote an excellent article on this fish, including natural history &
breeding, in: Windisch, W., 1992, Dicrossus sp. „Rio Negro, D.A.T.Z. 45(12):
767-770. ASG members can get a copy of this article + an English translation from
me.
Mike Wise
Fi205sh@aol.com wrote:
> Hi all
>
> I just purchased 6 wild caught Dicrossus sp. Rio Negro and the only
> information I can find is Aqualog pictures and that they haven't been spawned
> in Link & Staeck book. Can anyone give me more info? Has anyone had success
> with this species? Should they be handled like other Dicrossus?
>
> Thanks
>
> Tom Wojtech
>
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by Fi205sh/aol.com
Date: Sun, 5 Mar 2000
To: apisto/majordomo.pobox.com
Hi Mike
Thanks for the info, I set them up in the same manner as I had success with
filamentosus and maculatus. They look real good for fresh imports and are
eating well. I happened to be there when a local wholesaler was delivering
them and took the whole bag & ordered all the rest he had to insure I would
end up with some that would live expecting them to be delicate. How can I get
a copy of the D.A.T.Z. article and translation? (I am an ASG member) I have
the Romer book also but German is not my language (barely English).
Thanks
Tom Wojtech
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by Stuart Hall <sturob/swbell.net>
Date: Fri, 26 May 2000
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Just a question/observation for those of you out there who've kept
any of the various Dicrossus spp.
D. filamentosus: quite shy and retiring.
D. maculatus: less so.
D. sp. "Red-finned Rio Negro": almost aggressive!
I'm keeping seven adolescent (4M 3F) wild-caught D. sp. Rio Negro in
a 58G with 8 Nannostomus espei, 6 sailfin tetras (Crenuchus
spilurus), 6 Hyphessobrycon robertsi, 6 Mimagoniates microlepis, and
a single flat flyer pleco (L235-ish). I've got a friend who kept
about 10 D. sp. Rio Negro along with C. spilurus, until he saw the
Rio Negro attack a C spilurus and kill it. This is someone who's
kept and bred fish for many years, and I think the story is reliable.
My Rio Negro have never been that mean. As a matter of fact, there's
not even very much male-male strife. However, they're far from shy:
never do they run and hide, even when a net's in the tank. They swim
boldly up to anything in the tank to check it out.
Has anyone bred these fish? My only reference is the Tetra Dwarf
Cichlids book (Horst and Linke) and it mentions that they're the
hardest to breed of the known Dicrossus spp. I've got them in
peat-filtered pH 6.5 water, and they're really coloring up nicely.
Even some purple in the caudal fin. Anyway, any tips or tricks would
be appreciated.
Also, I've added some Marc Weiss Instant Amazon as directed on the
bottle. I have no idea if it does anything, but it hasn't hurt.
Stuart
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Stuart Hall
(sturob@swbell.net)
(gasdocstu@my-deja.com)
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