Natural History & Care Guide Ptychochromis grandidieri. Spawning Eastern Madagascar Gold Cichlids
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- čas přidán 26. 07. 2022
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Today we're taking a look at the Ptychochromis grandidieri or East Coast Malagasy Gold Cichlid.
So Here we have a truly remarkable fish. This is a fish found only in the rivers and coastal estuaries of central madagascar. Not only is this fish said to be a predominantly brackish fish, but all of the current reports I could find, said this fish only spawns in brackish waters. Interestingly, this is also the only fish within the entire Genus- that is brackish or salt tolerant at all.
SO the WHOLE reason we are getting to learn about this increasingly rare and charming cichlid- is because my buddy, Dan (the owner of the fish store, in Seattle - managed to spawn this pair in our local tap water which has a ph of 6.8 and a tds of 10 to 30ppm... so, not hard water, not alkaline and certainly not Brackish.
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This cichlid just might be my unicorn. I could not stop looking at their eyes. The facial structure is such that there is a distinct optical illusion of eyebrows even though it is a distortion through the eyeballs. Gives them a uniquely intelligent appearance. Thanks Alex 👍👍
Yeah they look incredible in person...that light just glows on their eyes!
really like this one specific fish deep dive vid....extremely informative yet still short enough to enjoy in between daily tasks. thanks for the spotlight on a species i didnt know about and all you do for the hobby Alex
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Thank YOU I wrote a script for this one...and it helps me not go on and on about how much I want to cram in, in theory haha. I'm trying to improve on that
Thanks for sharing.I like learning new things.You are a great teacher.Have a great day.
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Woo hoo spawn! You got the right tank baby, uh-huh!
oh Brackish Water keep on rolling 🎶🙏🤠❤️🤣
I'm liking the look of that fish. it looks like what my minds eye sees as a fish 😉❗️ cool video 👍👍
Right?Right?
they are amazing fish!!!
Great video beautiful fish
Hehe thanks. I was actually thinking of you, as I first saw these guys...now Ive been checking up on them every 2 days
What a fabulous fish Great video Alex loved it 😀 ❤️ 🤗
Thanks...I thought they were quite cute
given enough time, organism populations should be able to adapt to whatever limiting factors are in their environment. Good job to the breeders. Hopefully, the future generations' immunity will also keep up with aquarium keeping conditions.
True that
Thanks!
Good video.. nicely done Alex!
Thank you
I love your fantastic species profile videos... I also hate them because they always make me go "I want that fish!" and I have no space for more fish tanks...
Haha thank you...if you feel any better about it, I do these because I got obsessed and ran into/sought out some new species I don't have room for too lol
AWESOME 👌🏾
Thanks
Adorable!
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Fish will always surprise you with the conditions they can live in and reproduce.
Nice vid Alex ! Only thing for me was I felt seasick of the speed+zoomings.. Was this in real time or was the vid in higher speed?? Oh well . it might just be me.. LOL :D
Sorry, I tried using this dumb gimbal lol...I don't think I have the controls down. But I'm trying some higher production investment into the channel
A brackish madagascar cichlid? Neat fish, the olive coloration is pretty nice but that's a bit big for tank size for me atm. Sad because I'm always looking for true brackish species but can't upgrade from 20gal atm and they have to play nice with the celebese rainbows and guppies already in the tank ^^' think a pair of molly sized fish would be nice for centerpiece, but definitely not molly breeding behavior lmao, I already have plenty of guppies to feed atm ^^'
Oh check out the pseudomogils that are brackish...or just about any livebearers too :)
@@Fishtory wasn't aware of any psudomagils that were brackish, I'll definitely have to look since I've really only seen one thing at our LFS that wasn't a livebearer and the internet claimed was true brackish. Sadly I can't say what it was because it was last year and the only time in my life I've ever seen them, so idk why but it was definitely a one off sale
how are the fish holding up in the Heat? Lost a Dwarf Gourami and a Sterbai Cory .
hoping it was just the heat.
I have lost several white clouds , a female badis and 2 chocolate gouramis also :( heat
My man. I need help xD. I added aquasoil to my main high tech highly planted 200L tank last month. My pH now is around 6.3 and since I keep snails i wanted to raise it to at least 6.8. I already tried using that calclcium for turtles, but it didnt work, i only change my gH level to 8dH. What can i do to change that? I am gonna introduce 10 malawa shrimp to that tank and Im a bit afraid.
Regards from portugal
So you'll wanna add crushed coral and or shells... about a half a cup per 10g of water I'd guess (for a 7.0-7.3) ish adjustment :)
Which are easier to breed: Chilli and Explanation Point Rasboras, Green Neon Tetras or Red Neon Blue-eyed Rainbows? I just found a tiny fry in their tank and it's too small to tell what kind of nano fish it is..... 🤔
I really hope it's a Green Neon Tetra, they're my favorite 🥰🥰🥰
Hehe it's definitely the rainbows by far. Using a spawning mop
@@Fishtory I might try making a spawning mop for them but right now I just have a huge pile of Java moss in there for them to spawn in