The photo is of a mature male Particolor Dolphin Cichlid. Our Dolphin Cichlids, which presently come in several varieties including Particolor, Royal Blue, Blue OB, Gold OB, Red-Finned Blue, Skyblue OB, and Blue & Gold, are aquarium strains we’ve been working on since 2006. To develop these ... Read More
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Blue Empress Peacock Cichlid
The photo is of a mature pair of Blue Empress Peacock Cichlids. It should go without saying, but I’ll say it anyway, the top fish is the female and the bottom one the male. This is an aquarium strain fish of questionable origin and parentage; therefore, I don’t provide a scientific name. My ... Read More
Blue Peacock
The photo is a six-month ago male Blue Peacock. This fish has an interesting history and pedigree. In 2003, after Hurricane Claudette crushed our first greenhouse in Goliad and destroyed much of our breeding stock of rainbowfishes and livebearers, we decided to expand into cichlids, especially ... Read More
Dragon Blood Peacock
Today we processed our single vat of Dragon Blood Peacocks. The photo is one of our three breeding males. We got our starting breeders of this fish from Live Fish Direct the end of November last year. After growing up the juveniles, we found the fish to be more than advertised. They are ... Read More
Plecostomus
Today we processed our Sciaenochromis fryeri (commonly known as Electric Blue Ahli Cichlids). But, this blog isn’t about them; it’s about plecostomus. We put our breeding colonies of cichlids, usually 6 males and 40-50 females, in 300 gallon vats, where they stay for three to four months before ... Read More
Cherry & Cherry Marmalade Labeotropheus fuelleborni
Yesterday we processed some miscellaneous cichlids and got a pleasant surprise in a vat of Labeotropheus fuelleborni I’d set aside a while back. They were part of a group of juvenile Blue Marmalades I was keeping as potential breeders. Three of the fish turned out to be almost red, two non-marmalade ... Read More
Aulonocara jacobfreibergi ‘Lemon Jake’
This morning we processed Aulonocara jacobfreibergi ‘Lemon Jake’. It is a very pretty fish. The photo is one of our six breeding males. We got our beginning breeders (as 1-2” juveniles) last year in July from our customer Fish Gallery - Houston. They were grown up to form a breeding colony in ... Read More
Preparing for three days of talks
There are times I should do only what has to be done. But, things happen… This time I had three speaking engagements in Vermont and Montréal, Canada in just three days in May. The day before leaving I spent most of the day before getting ready for the trip. Susie had booked us on an early morning ... Read More