Victorian Cichlid Society Incorporated Victorian Cichlid
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Victorian Cichlid Society Incorporated Victorian Cichlid
Volume 28, #5 June 1999 cichlid the $1 PREMIUM FLAKE FOOD QUALITY PRODUCTS FOR THE AUSTRALIAN FISHKEEPER AUSTRALIA’S PREMIER BRAND B Y A U S T R A L I A P O S T P P 3 4 2 7 8 0 / 0 0 2 4 Drawing: SCOTT HAYMES Wardley Total Tropical is the ultimate freshwater flake food, created to provide an extraordinary diet that considers not only your fishes health of today, but their nutritional needs for tomorrow. Better metabolic responses, faster attraction to the food, brilliant color and improved overall health and vitality are only a few of the benefits of feeding Total Tropical as your everyday staple food. Total Tropical begins where all other staple foods leave off. R E G I S T E R E D monthly JOURNAL OF THE Victorian Cichlid Society Incorporated Certificate of Incorporation No A12794D ^ ^ ^ May Table Show Results: Check out our Web page: have some wWe ww .bla z e .special n e t . afriends u / ~ d athat rylh you might like to meet also ... Keith Patford Show (Lake Malawians) Species Cond Fins Shape Scales 1 Chilotilapia rhoadesii 26 26 A fish that did not show well. Hard to judge. 2 Metriclima lombardoi 26 26 Showed well. Pity about the fin damage. 3 Labidochromis caeruleus 28 28 Very nice fish. Showed well. Age Total Entrant 17 7 9 85 P. Robinson 16 7 9 84 G. Lacey 16 8 8 88 M Bell Fins Shape Scales Age c ontent s Kevin Archibald Show (South Americans) Species Cond 16 7 6 Total Entrant 79 P. Robinson l SUPPORT OUR ADVERTISERS SUPPORT OUR ADVERTISERS SUPPORT OUR ADVERTISERS SUPPORT OUR ADVERTISERS SUPPORT OUR ADVERTISERS SUPPORT OUR ADVERTISERS SUPPORT OUR ADVERTISERS SUPPORT OUR ADVERTISERS SUPPORT OUR ADVERTISERS SUPPORT OUR ADVERTISERS SUPPORT OUR ADVERTISERS SUPPORT OUR ADVERTISERS SUPPORT OUR ADVERTISERS SUPPORT OUR ADVERTISERS SUPPORT OUR ADVERTISERS SUPPORT OUR ADVERTISERS SUPPORT OUR ADVERTISERS RENT 24 Wardley Table Show Calendar 1999 FOR 1 Geophagus surinamensis 26 Did not show well. Very hard to judge. S U P P O R T O U R A D VE R T I S E R S CICHLID SOCIETY INC THIS SPACE Kevin Archibald Show Keith Patford Show February Angels, Uarus and Discus Lake Malawians March South Americans Lake Tanganyikans April Central Americans African Riverines and Lake Victorians May South Americans Lake Malawians June Dwarf Americans Dwarf Africans July Central Americans Lake Tanganyikans August Pairs (American) Pairs (African) September South Americans Lake Malawians October Central Americans African Riverine and Lake Victorians November Angels, Uarus and Discus Lake Tanganyikans December American of Your Choice African of Your Choice NOTE: Asian Cichlids may be entered in any show, but of course they must meet the special requirements in June (dwarfs) and August (pairs). 20 V I C T O R I A N cic hlid Scene EASTERN DISTRICTS AQUARIUM SOCIETY Meets on the 4th Friday of month at the Willis Room, Nunawading Civic Centre, Whitehorse Rd, Nunawading. Ring 9802 3968 for more information or write to: 502, Ringwood 3134. Upcoming MeetingPO . . Box ...è Aims of the Society . . . . . .2 THE NEXT MEETING will be held on 11 June at 8 pm sharp Editorial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 (Trading Table opens earlier) in Minutes of the Previous the Courtyard Room at the Nunawading Civic Centre, General Meeting . . . . 4-5 Ring 9725 3665 for more information write to: Whitehorseor Road, Mitcham. 502, Ringwood 3134. Jawlockings . . . PO . . . . Box . . 6-7 Visitors are very welcome. MINI TALK: Plants -- Robbie Toth. Spying on the Cyprichromis MAIN TALK: Home Show 1999. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-11 (Robert Coghlan postponed.) Rowemin’ ‘Round . . . 12-13 DOOR PRIZES: Wardley. Meets on the last Thursday of the month DRAW PRIZES: Collecting in the at 29 Grant Street, Clifton Hill. Aquarium voucher. 1. $40 Malvern NigerRing River9478 Delta 6028 . 14-18 for more information write to: 2. Wetlandsor frozen food. 3. Plant. PO Box 140, Clifton Hill 3068. May Table Show Results 20 TABLE SHOWS Wardleys Table Show KA -- Dwarfs. KP -- Dwarfs. Calendar . . . . . . . . . . 20 AUSTRALIAN & NEW GUINEA FISHES ASSOCIATION AQUARIUM SOCIETY OF VICTORIA Victorian Cichlid Society MEMBERSHIP APPLICATIONS or Reprints other enquiries beCichlid directed to:Inc 1999. © Copyright, may Victorian Society The Secretary, Rowe Anyone wishing to reprint materialGraham from `The Cichlid Monthly’ for non-commercial may do so Drive, (unless the Mulgrave article is copyrightVic by the3170 author) provided due 23reasons, Mangana credit is given to the author and `TCM’ and one copy of the relevant publication You can to call or fax on 9560 is forwarded the author, care ofhim the Secretary. Enquiries7472 re the use of material any other publications also be directed to the Secretary (see page 2). orine-mail him atmay [email protected] ^ THE CICHLID MONTHLY 1 were the best days of my life, old River (pronounced eebo). These enough to enjoy life and young were delightful fish with great colenough to not have any cares. oration and a very acceptable dispoThe purity, peace and serenity of sition. They were fed live mosquito The locale Victorian haunt Cichlid Society was this formedday. by cichlidophiles thus becoming the first the me to larvae,in March live 1972 bloodworms and live specialist aquarist group in having the State of Victoria. aims are: (Author’s note 1998: been to Its main earthworms; all foods were collected the article was daily from my backyard. These fish 1. ToAmazon promote thesince keepingthis of cichlids; written, I think I can add a couple learned eat earthworms my 2. To gain and disseminate knowledge of cichlids, their habits andtoattributes through the usefrom of slides, of other places that practical I woulddemonstrations, rather be local fingers within three articles daysbyofmembers being films, books, lectures, and overseas magazines, as well.) and discussions with fellow members or experts in moved the field; from the wild! They seem to have become a part of the hobby in Besides pulcher , I and/or maintenance 3. To assist, Pelvichchromis in any way possible, the establishment of approved public aquaria; the US, but I feel they deserve a did not see any others of the genus. 4. To be involved in the education of the general public regard to the benefits of fishkeeping widerwith audience. I am sure it was because I did not Aims of the Societ y darylh@ blaze. net.au Fax: 9872-3225 ANNUAL O DINNER OOPS I slipped up again and printed the masters for last month’s magazine at too fine a resolution for good quality copying -- ruining TheofAnnual Dinner will be some the pictures. Sorry about held at the Hotel that. Although it isMonash not the first time that2077 I haveDandenong done it, in this instance Road,I am claiming overwork, underpay, Clayton, at 7.00 on stress, and a little-known pre-Y2K thingamajig in conjunction with a significant alignment of the planets. The above boner did have the This effect of venue masking boasts one little good mistake food sensible prices -in that theat Home Show was advertised$13-15. in June. ItIt also will actually be for held caters onchildren Sunday 25 July. of with anRecipients extensive color copies (whose copies are perplay area and children’s fectly legible) please note. (particularly cichlids), and the potentially harmful effects of animal mismanagement; look in the right places ... perhaps, I An interesting observation about 5. To promote fellowship between members; did not understand their preferred Tilapia zilli: I had a pair and some 6. To further the conservation of species and their natural habitats; of this fish in a 40-gallon habitats. The same thing happened juveniles 7. To Chromidotilapia further the identification, distribution, breeding,tank. maintenance enjoyment of speciesreason in the with guenther i; the The and male for some Cichlidae. I saw were nearonlyFamily specimens would panic and bash into the sides dead adults with some local boys of the tank or attempt to jump out if who had just caught the fish. Oh well, the tank All was aerated. I to: considered Disclaimer: Opinions expressed herein are correspondence maybe time. and are not necessarily the possibility that the air those ofnext the authors, THE SECRETARY bubbles were frightening the SOCIETY fish butINC the those of the Editor of TCM or the committee VICTORIAN CICHLID Another species of Hemichromis I of the Victorian Cichlid Society Inc. You are above mentioned negative reactions c/23 Mangana Drive, Mulgrave, Victoria, kept was H. elongatus. For additional encouraged to write to, or e-mail the Editor on Australia 3170 15 minutes would only occur about information onherein. this species, see any subject raised Fax 9560-7472. E-mailwas [email protected] after the air pump turned on. `Buntbarsche Bulletin’ #162 from the AUGUST 21 The female had no problem and summer of 1994. If you happen to FELLOW THE please SOCIETY: Graham Rowe. after an hour or so from turning off the look up thatOF article, remember air pump, the male would go back to that theMEMBERS: photos were mislabelled as LIFE behaving I don’t know if it H. fasciatus , defeating the purpose of Graham Rowe, Heinz Staude, Kevin Archibald, Keith Patford,normally. and Danny Genovese. the article. Fry from their spawn were was the increased oxygen or the HONORARY MEMBER: Max Davenport. distributed around the Tampa Bay decreased carbon dioxide that the area in Florida where I lived COMMITTEE MEMBERS: at the fish found objectionable. So, to keep time. Unfortunately, I have yet. . to see enough in the tank, I would PRESIDENT Aussie Magnussen 9546-2974 VICE-PRES oxygen Peter Robinson . . . . 9807-8196 imported specimens of H. . turn on theDaryl air pump for. .15 SECRETARY Graham Rowe . . .fasciatus . . . 9560-7472 EDITOR Hutchins . . .minutes 9872-3225 a TREASURER Keith Patford . . . . . . . .9716 2425 few times during Facsimile . . . . .I. would .9872-3225 Unless otherwise demanded, local the. .day. like Leewill Ashton . . . .out . . . . attrac9561-5131 to SOCIAL SECany Glenn Lacey . . . . . .that . 9512-6706 fishLIBRARIAN collectors throw hear explanations any of SHOW SEC Robbie Toth and . . . . .continue . . 9808-4668 you TRADout TABLEthere Johnmay McCormick tively colored species have. . . . 5944-3502 OMMITTEE Stuart Gray . . . . . . . . . .9758-1154 Granville Lawrence . . .9564-7247 C exporting common (in the hobby) not been to Nigeria AT-LARGE: Maurice Breward . . . . .9752-2103I have Jason Taylor . . . . . .back . .9569-3772 species. since 1987 and I sure miss the inno- meals. Regarding the aforementioned color copies you might to There are-- pokies forwant those get your qualifying original article in who run out of fishy soon as I am not sureand how long the conversation don’t offer will last. Printing them takes mind a the flutter. quite a while and cost is not insignificant, though costs have Don’t miss a great evening. been reduced with the purchase of a color refill kit for the printer rather than new cartridges. Refilling is cheap but of course takes even more time -- something that is at a premium these days. Sub-Committee Chairpersons: Mailing: Peter Robinson. BAA: Daryl Hutchins; I Constitution: also keptDaryl Hemichromis cristatus cence, purity and most of all, the Hutchins. Species Maintenance: Graham Rowe. Handbook: Daryl Hutchins. collected from pools near the Igbo wilderness ... or what is left of it. l 128 V I C T O R I A N CICHLID SOCIETY INC editorial ^ The Annual Dinner is coming up on 21 August and will be held at the Monash Hotel. Although it has pokies (not my favorite pastime), this hotel is well-known for its good food and is popular with the kids as it caters for them in providing a good activities area to keep them amused. They even have motel units if you plan to make a real evening of it (get the kids a video that is). This year’s Home Show will be judged on Sunday 25 July, so you should be putting those finishing touches to your entry now. Please notify the Secretary that you want to be in it as soon as possible. Don’t leave it until the last minute, there is no real point in doing so, it only makes organising the event more difficult. S TO P P R E S S : Robert Coghlan is unable to do his advertised presentation at the June meeting. He is off helping roofless Sydneyites I believe -- but he will be attending the July meeting so don’t miss that one. Completely ruined my “Two Ronnies” introduction. l THE CICHLID MONTHLY 139 Previously ... at a VCS Meeting begin urinating blood, look into the island of Buguma, south of Port Bilharzia treatment. Harcourt. If you get off your boat on to mudskipper “flats”, you quickly sink It is difficult not to appreciate the about 60 cm into the clay; it’s an origimportance of non-cichlid aquatic inal way to lose shoes. fauna and flora when in the wild. When acquiring cichlids from a pet As far as cichlids, I saw large numstore it is easy to ignore other groups bers of Tilapia nilotica and of fish and purchase cichlids. But in Hemichromis fasciatus. These two the are partopened of the atbig species share an interesting history. THEwild, Maycichlids 1999 meeting 8.18 pm with the President in the chair. He picture. I also collected Synodontis, Hemichromis fasciatus have been welcomed all those present. Apologies were received from Scott Haymes, John Clarias and Hicks, Malapterus speciesSamknown attack guarding fry Reeves, Ernie Peter Mander, Iredaletoand KeithTilapia Patford. The mag(Electric I grabbed an and consume theirshould fry. They are italso azine had Catfish.) been received by most present. The remainder receive on Electric caught using hookto be The solitary, vicious animals Monday,Catfish the reason being it was posted reputed Wednesday. minutes of the April and-line withaccepted my wet hands. but from mybyexperience observing meeting were as read on a motion moved John McCormick and Enthusiastic foolish.Lawrence. these predators, I found them to wanseconded bybut Granville der around in packs or in breeding The only Reports: Anabantid I caught Treasurer’s pairs. fish seem to form repeatedly kingsMarch . .was . . . .Ctenopoma . . . . . .Opening Balance . . . . These . . .1697.05 staleyae (a nice, brown, wiener-looking Income . . . . . remarkably . . . . . . . . . .312.50 fish). Of course, you run into a lot of . . ble Expenditure . . . .pair . . . . bonds, . . . .2.44 wild Aphyosemion and Epiplatys species Closing Balanceboth . . .in. .the . .2007.11 and in captivity. butApril since room Balance to . . .I. .did . . .not . . . have . . .Opening . . . . . . .2007.11 house killies, (ahem) I just fed them Income . . . . . Very . . . . .rarely . . . . have .200.40 to my prized HemichromisExpenditure fasciatus. . . I. . seen . . . . . solitary . .1001.17 individuals The Killi Police has been(Includes on my tail printing envelopesin for the magazine; black carwild. I wish I knew about this for 10 years! All tridge I have for to printer; insurance and books; normal if theyand are posting pack hunters; one distracts say is: perspective! As expenses; far as printing magazine; supper.) Tilapia and the others in Characins, the most common Closing fish Balancethe. parent . . . . . .1206.34 and eat the fry. I do was Brycinus longipinnis. Auction I think they realisedthe . . pack . . . . .attack . .555.05 not know of such behavior reported by in are “Long Finned This sold reportas was received on aAfrican motion moved by Stuart Gray and seconded cichlids but I also do not know of anyTetras” in the pet trade. I am still Jeffrey Staude. one conducting field available studies of feedamazed at how these fish make itIndustries to Correspondence: Aquarium List of cichlids ing habits of bill this fish in the wild. I the pet stores; I could not keep themManark Printing have seen aquarium literature claimalive long enough to take them home. Sonya Clarkson Membership application ing their maximum size In my opinion, they were the hardest RSL Queensland Art Union tickets to be about 30 cmBreeding but the largest fish to transport. I knew there were Jeff Staude claim specimen I saw was 18 TL. aquarium-fish collectors Whitehorse operating inCentre Hallcm hire billThese fish are the Velociraptors of the cichlid family: the area but to obtain contacts and Aquarama 99 Information fast, vicious, medium-sized and highphone numbers I would have had to Keith Patford Treasurer’s report ly “intelligent”. bribe a few people. No thanks. I also Outgoing: Manark Printers Cheque managed to collect a fine Instrat specimen are extremely intolerant of InsuranceTheyCheque of Polypterus species a fewon a conspecifics of by theDaryl sameHutchins sex in capThea correspondence was and accepted motion moved and Mudskippers tivity ... I wish I knew the sex ratios of seconded by (Periophthalmus Maurice Breward.sp) on 41 6 V I C T O R I A N CICHLID SOCIETY INC the A brief roving Mini pack Auction of these wasfish thenI held. saw in Thanks killed, to the but Trading not eaten! Table and Whythe are Editor two for theDonations. wild. I once released a captive characins of the same size treated specimen backthen into the Ahoada differently? parents Stuart Gray spoke aboutRiver Convicts. A vote ofThe thanks was “recognise” carried by and watched After it sit still for almost an interesting potential discussion predators of offspring, acclamation. a short break an ontheir filtration took hour until a pack of conspecifics but what characteristics do they base place. swam by, at which time it joined the their “judgements” on? The other Robi Toth then announced the Wardleys Table Show results. pack. They will consume Tilapia juvecichlids, meanwhile, were beaten into Draw Prizes a third First their body Heater Peter niles almost size submission so that theRobinson Pike fry could Second Wetlands Lawrence and the relationship of this fish with Frozen almost Food graze onGranville the mucous on the John McCormick Tilapia nilotica Third in captivity isPlant thorback of the Biotodoma. oughly captivating. Bothof these fishProducts, Door Prizes, courtesy Aqualife were won by: Maurice Back to Nigerian cichlids. Breward, I unfortuseem toHynes, possess a Toth, large Shannon vocabulary Stacey Robi Loughnan, Leo Clarke and Trisha Grills. of nately did not see many species ofGlenn mutually comprehensible body lan- thatPelvicachromis. Lacey then announced a date is a must for your August, I diaries: collected21some of guage. Constant for the Annual Dinner communication at the Monash Hotel. the blue morph of Pelvicachromis pultakes places even if the two species cher . These found with The president that of instead using the carfish parkwere for after-meeting aresuggested at either end the ofHemichromis cristatus, Brycinus discussions, participants might wish to retire to “Macca’s”. aquarium. Tilapias longipinnis, Ctenopoma kingsleyae, Next Committeeseem Meeting 23 Mangana Drive Mulgrave on 19th May. Peter to at recognise and a few species of Epiplatys. The Robinson Host. H. fasciatus and habitat was not black water. The c o n s eatq 9.57 u e npm t l yfor supper. The meeting adjourned l water was clear, cool (24ºC), and soft pounds on the latter, with a pH of 6.5. They preferred the but pounder and same habitat as H. cristatus, sifting poundee appear resigned mulm A COMPREHENthrough SIVEtheRA NGnear E vegetation. to this fate. They would venture out into the open FObeen R TH E DISsimilar CERNsandy ING HO BBbitYbut ISretreat T into areas a little I have observing the vegetation if I approached. The H. recognition (?) behavior in one of my * African and American Cichlids Pike Cichlids (Crenicichla proteus) at cristatus were a little more comfort* Selected Tropical and home. The Pikes spawn frequently able remaining over the light-colored * Imported Goldfish and are housed with some relatively sand. I almost always saw these two peaceful cichlids like Biotodoma cf species in the northern delta region in * Range of Discus cupido and Laetacara thayeri . I had riverside pools and the best place to * Marine Fish added two species of tetras into observe them was near Lake Oguta * Aquatic Plants the tank, Black Neons and a microabout 50 miles north of Port Harcourt. * Tankstetra * Stands * Rocks predatory (Crenuchus spilurus) I vividly remember a rock I perched All Accessories Frozenonand Live Foods of* the same size. While* both while I watched these fish. I used characins would make a convenient to sit there for hours with the equatomouthful for the Pikes, the Black rial sun beating down on my bare Neons were eaten and the back. Somehow, I don’t remember Crenuchus left alone ... until the Pikes anything about the heat and the spawned. Once they spawned, the humidity. I would still rather not be predatory tetras were harassed (more 9803anywhere 3109else in the world. Those than the cichlids) andPh: eventually HI-FIN AQUARIUM 257 BLACKBURN ROAD, SYNDAL 3147 ^ THE CICHLID MONTHLY 157 Collecting in the Niger River Delta JAWLOCKING S Reprinted from `Cichlidae communique’ #92, Oct/Nov 1995, publication of the Pacific Coast Cichlid Association. Interested parties are invited to write: PCCA Membership Chairman, PO Box 28145, San Jose, CA 951598145 (USA). THE following are the events leading to the Article: eventand thatlived everyone is •THE 1980big - visited in Nigeria preparing for should be “Cichlidaze” for a year; the 1999- visited ACA Convention hosted •...1982-87 Nigeria almost on byanMichigan CA from July 8-11th. annual basis; on [email protected] •Contact 1990 - Jan managed to keep matters orhush 00 11 at 1 248the 685 Chicago 1317 for further ACA details. Some of the speakers are Convention; Cardwell, Ad •Jeff 1991 - Zadnik Laif finds DeMason, about my trips Konings, Wayne Leibel, Bing Seto and begins campaign of harassRusty Wessel andanthe inimitable ment about writing article for him Charley Grimes. What a weekend! (International Cichlid Conference II If you require more time to save up at Orlando); the time of your •for1992 - Article not(cichlid) written.life,I then skip pencil July 19-23rd 2000. It due will be ACA inLouisville Convention to held Cleveland guiltinand shame;Ohio. Contact John 00 11 1 440 tracks 355 6358 more •on1993 - Zadnik me for down at details. ACA Minneapolis Convention and Unfortunately I only received notice continues relentless jabs about my offailure this meeting the event, to writeafter the article. I gobut intoI know that(California-style) it would haveto been therapy help extremely popular bothand here and in me deal with my guilt shame; Bill Schwartz spoke on •Cleveland. 1994 - Brimming therapy-boosted “Mercenary Fish Keeping (NewACA and pseudo-confidence I brave 164 I was a lucky teen. My parents worked for the United Nations and as a result, I travelled with them to many countries, different lanUpdated)” soaking on Mayup15th at Great guages and cultures. I had kept your Lakes CS meeting. bread-’n’-butter aquarium fishes TANC will be holding their Biannual since the Auction early 70s and16th-18th. when I Show and on July arrived in Nigeria, I was quite Call George on 00 11 1 440 428disap7792 pointed to find the country quite for more information. devoid of pet stores and their usual Call Dave on 00 11 1 330 270 9198 stock of guppies and mollies. So, I for more information about Youngsfocused my attention on non-fishy town Area TFS Show and Auction on flora and fauna back in 1980. Soon July 24th and 25th. after that, I began attending Purdue July 31-August 1st US, is the University back in the andtime thatfor is Greater Akron the AScichlid “Ultra-Aqua `99”. when I caught bug. I went Bud on 00 11 1during 330 848 3856 for back to Nigeria the summers details. on a yearly basis till 1987. On August and 22nd MCAS is The exact21st location was Port holding its Show and Auction. Phone Harcourt, a large, modern city in the ThorneyDelta, on 00 11 1 330 483from 4745 for Niger flourishing oil more information. money. It is in south-eastern Nigeria, For 5º those Frequent about northwith of the EquatorFlyer and points 100 or their you may about milesown fromplane, the Cameroon make Ted talk muggy on “Secrets to border. It Coletti’s is hot and 10-11 Successful Tanks months of the year,Myths exceptand for aFacts few VICTORIAN CICHLID SOCIETY INC Drawing: SCOTT HAYMES V. Kutty San Antonio Convention having heard a rumor that Zadnik was going to be absent. Alas! My nemesis (turned up)! • 1995 - Therapist says “Give it up son, wouldn’t it be easier if you just wrote the damn article?” weeks in December and you January near Aluu. and 942 Ahoada Revealed!!” This may give the Laura on 00 Aluu 11 1 732 7621 are for wheninaour dry, dusty Saharan wind about 20 miles apart and have thouedge Home Show Competition. details. called coolsplane thingsyou down sands creeks (If you Harmattan have your own defi-a That of is pristine enoughstreams, diary fillers for and this bit. It then looks foggy it is actualrivers, all ofjust them withEnvy black water. nitely would have the but edge). Phone month. Now enjoy Corner: ly fine dust particles. This is a good The dark waters give some of the time to collect because the pools and larger rivers an ominous look. I often Aulonocara “Blue Dorsal Flavescent” . . went . . . . .5” . . . .1M 4F . . . . in . .$25.00 puddles are shallow. collecting alone remote Aulonocara “Orange Flavescent” . . . . . places . . . . .5” and . . . .1M 4F while . . . . . .$25.00 once mucking While mostjacobfreiberg of you probably think of . . . . . . . .3” . . . . . .Pair . . . . . .$10.00 Aulonocara i “Domwe” around in one of these ominous Pelvicachromis, when you Callochromis stappers i . .think . . . .about . . . . . . . rivers, . . . . .1.5” . . .chest . . . . in . . water, . . . .$3.50 up to. .my I saw collecting in Nigeria, Cyprichromis tricolorI found . . . .these . . . . .fish . . . . . a. .crocodile . . .1.5” .slide . . . .into . . . the . . . water . . . .$5.00 on the difficult to locate. It was Yellow a lot easier to . . . . . . .2” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$10.00 Enantiopus sp “Kilesa Throat” opposite bank. A couple of seconds observe and study Ophthalmotilapia boopsHemichromis “Tempwe” . . . . later, . . . . .1.25” . . . .object . . . . .brushed . . .$10.00 giant .dark past species and assorted Tilapiines - they. . . . . . . . a.1.5” Ophthalmotilapia nasutus “Yellow” . . . . . . . . . . . . .I found . .$8.00 my thighs. After panicking, out were everywhere! species Tropheus duboisi Tilapia “Maswa” . . . . .are . . . . . that . . . .the .1.5” . . . . was . . . .just . . . a. . large . .$8.00 object tree found all overanagenys the tropics. now, Exochromis . . . . due . . . .to. . . . trunk. . . . . .1.5” . . remember . . . . . . . . .if. I. .$10.00 I don’t “peed” in introduction it is no “Benga reason to treat Aulonocarabut baenschi Sunshine” . . . . .1.5”+ . . .I. .remembered . . . . . . . . .$3.00 my pants but that I this interesting of fish Aulonocara spgroup Mbenji” . . . in . . a. .sub. . . . . . never . . . . .1” . . . . .how . . . .to . . swim . . . . .$2.00 learned when I cichlid Aulonocara manner. sp “Lwanda” . . . . . . . . . . . . .was . . .1” . . . .I .struggled . . . . . . . .back . . .$3.00 a kid! to the HAulonocara e m i - c h r osp m i“Maleri s “ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1” . . . . . . . . . .shore, . . . . . .$1.00 dried certainly are sp popAulonocara “Mamalela - Lemon Jake” . . . .1” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . m . .$5.00 y s elf, ular but the most hecqui . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$3.00 Neolamprologus d r o ve common varieties h o m e, are line-bred Well the that should be enough drooling for one month. a n d aquarium strains often t a u g h t sold as time“Turquoise Until next ... m y s e l f Jewels.” how to swim The joys of collecting are immense, and went back to the same location but there is a definite freedom in with a first aid kit and a big knife. I knowing that you don’t have to get was enthusiastic but foolish. back to the US for another three My enthusiasm for travel and colmonths. This gave me an opportunity lecting may match Heiko Bleher’s but to observe groups of fish in the wild I am no Heiko Bleher. Things often and then after a few weeks, collect a get spooky when alone in the jungle few of them and place them in my for hours and your mind begins playaquarium for observation of behaving tricks on you. When I felt that way, ioral changes brought on by “domesI almost always got out of the water tication”. and settled for observing the fish from Most of my collecting locations above the water, on solid ground. I were around the Niger Delta, near the escaped Bilharzia but an acquainresort of Lake Oguta, near the village tance did not; it is a parasite transmitofn Ahoada numerous ted If you are in Africa and E t r i e sand t othet h e S e cstreams retar y A Svia A Psnails. . HOME SHOW 1999 2 5 J U LY ^ THE CICHLID MONTHLY 1 57 All Aquarium & Pet Supplies P/L Rowemin’ (Cichlidarium) ‘Round MRIFL: `All Cichlids’ Nov Michigan CA `All Cichlids’’’ Dec Michigan CA `All Cichlids Feb Michigan CA ® `Cichlid Blues May Pacific Coast CA `Cichlid Chatter’ May Greater Chicago CA `Cichlid Evening Post’ May Great Lakes CS `Revue Française des Cichlidophiles’ May Association France Cichlid `DISCUSsions’ Apr Australian Discus Association `Cichlid Circular’ May New South Wales CS `Buntbarsche Bulletin’ Dec American Cichlid Association Ocean Starinvitations. International We did haveIntroducing a couple of “cichlid unfriendly” These were: `Fishtales’ Apr Eastern Districts innovative Cichlid and Spirulina AS `Finchat’ Apr Aquarium Society of Victoria floating/sinking pellets well as AS the `The Shoreline’ Apr – as Jersey Shore `The Shoreline’ May Jersey Shore AS THE NEXT GENER ATION 8 Dunoon Court, Mulgrave, Victoria 3170 (off Police Road) We specialise in CICHLIDS, NATIVES, KILLIFISH, MARINES IN FISH FOOD HAS ARRIVED! and all other rare species. EVERYTHING FOR THE AQUARIUM Phone: (03) 9546 1025 Business Hours: Mon-Sat 9am-7pm; Sunday 11am-5pm; . I personally will present a FirstClosed Wednesday. OUR trip this month is brief ... proba- bus Bred Certificate to any VCS member bly too brief to absorb all the informawho manages to breed them. tion included in the Must Read In Our last stopover is Hamilton & Flight Literature. District AS in answer to the double Our first stop is the Sunshine Coast invitation in the March and April AS in answer to the Invitation includissues of `Hamilton & District ed in the April issue of `Sunfish’. Aquarium Society Monthly Bulletin’. They were quite impressed with (Why don’t they take a leaf out of John McCormick’s notes on “My Sunshine Coast’s book and come up Experience with Cyrtocara moorii” Map 41 B9 with a shortMelways catchyRef: name?) * Expert from the July 1996 issueadvice of The Road Charlie Drew Geelong explains his experiCichlid Monthly. Soand impressed * We buy sell tanksthat and fish ence with “Neetroplus nematopus ... they included a little “poem” entitled Rd Cichlid”. Francis St are Lake If you * Specials every week The LittleService “Who Said That?” thinking of getting them remember Our *next stoprange is The A wide of Federation Cichlids at of reasonable that they have been called “The New Zealand Aquatic prices Societies in Living Aquatic Shar Pei” in that they are Picture answer to the invitation in May born with the aggression of a 7-inch Aquarium `Aquarium* Cichlids World’. * Tropicals Mark Farran * Goldfish is here fish and eventually reach that size. details the Cichlids of the genus show that Charlie is no “Johnny OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEKTo Pelvicachromis. Come Lately” to this fish-breeding I believe Martin Kelly will have diffigame, the article highlighted in the Geelong Brooklyn 3025 culty 555A breeding his new Road, acquisition column “20 Years Ago” is Charlie’s Phone/Fax: 9314a 7711 that he mentions in “Keeping experiences with Apistogramma ortSeasonal Fish” ... Peesacod incrummanni. best flake food available. Well that’s it for another month. See you next trip. Victoria’s First and Original Cichlid Centre ASK AT YOUR FAVORITE RETAILER Living Picture Aquarium BAA REGISTRATIONS: Labidochromis freibergi Heros severum (Gold form) MALVERN For all yourAQUARIUMS signwriting & Pet Supplies requirements WAAND N TGOLDFISH ED IMPORTERS OF TROPICALS Milla rs R d COMPUTER-CUT SIGNS TANKS MADE White-Edge TO ORDER CAR, TRUCK, BOAT and FULL RANGE OF PET ACCESSORIES Aequidens RANGE OF “BETTACARE” PRODUCTS FACTORYEXTENSIVE SIGNS WEDNESDAY Factory 1, 11 SwiftOPEN Way,6 DAYS – CLOSEDrivulatus 182 V I C T O R I A N CICHLID SOCIETY INC Carl Bentin Dandenong South 54-56 Glenferrie Road, Malvern 9706 5916 Phone: 95099380 11415577 Present your VCS Membership Card and receive a 10% discount. ^ THE CICHLID MONTHLY 193 IT all started a few months ago, when I was bullied into trying African Cichlids again. Actually I made the decision to get back into Africans and the bullying was about what I was going to have. See if you recognise the people in this little part of the saga: A. I would like some leleupis - the bright-yellow ones. Perhaps halfa-dozen little ones. B. No worries, I can get you some on Tuesday. I’ll ring you. A. Did you get those leleupis for me? B. Yes. I couldn’t get little ones, so I’ve got magnificent large ones. The bloke owed me a favor. A. Sounds expensive. B. They are great value. For you, I can do them at $X per pair. A. Sounds all right. (Big mistake!) Later, on arrival at B’s place: B. What price did I quote you on the leleupis? I can’t do them for less than $2X. A. Bother!(?) OK, let’s have a look at them. B. They’re not Neolamprologus leleupi leleupi, they’re N. leleupi melas. `Melas’ means `honey’, so they’ve got that beautiful honeycolored body (read a dull fawn) with the bright-yellow fins. You really need two pairs, just in case you lose one of them! A. Oh, OK. (I’m glad this guy’s my friend, what must he do to his enemies? Any resemblance to Arkwright in the “Open 10 V I C T O R I A N plaining), and spent a little longer with the fish. I noticed one of the females swimming at the male, more or less hitting him on the flank and then swimming away. All Hours” series with Ronnie Barker and David Jason is purely coincidental.) There was a similar case at another time - I ended up with a colony of Tropheus (when I thought I wanted lombardoi) and wondered what would be good to put in the tank with my new treasures. Hence the suggestion of the Neon Heads, Cyprichromis leptosoma. (See, I am getting to the point in the heading.) The reports said these were mid-water swimmers and very peaceful, which they have proven to be. Having had them grow up for a couple of months, I had one of those rare Friday nights at home (I am not com- Now I am rather fond of this male, he has a bright-yellow tail, a metallicblue body with a bright-blue head and a very pretty mottled blue dorsal. So I did not want her damaging him. Why was she bouncing off him like that? The action was similar to fish that have an irritation on their scales and flick off the side of a leaf or a rock. Then I had a closer look. The male flared his fins and intensified his color Spying on the Cyprichromis CICHLID and then as she approached him from underneath and behind, he clamped his fin and I noticed a small stream of white fluid come out of his vent. When the female swam right up to him, some of this milt went into her mouth. Why she actually swam right up to him about half way between the pectoral and anal fins was not clear. I did not see her lay any eggs, but a week or two later, when she was not eating at all, I caught her up and she spat out two fry that were still almost all egg. I could not get any more out. It’s a nerve-racking experience firstoff (for a long time) for a person with big clumsy hands. A week later they are nearly freeswimming, but the female still has some in her mouth. (While I was writing this I thought it is ridiculous to leave the remaining fry in her mouth, so I got out another two. They do not seem to be any different in size from the two that have been out for a week, and still have a bit of the egg sac to go.) I am really looking forward to them taking the next step. As a returnee to the Cichlidiot Group, how about some of you experts putting pen to paper and suggesting fish for the ideal Malawi tank and for the ideal Tanganyikan tank? The issue of fish compatibility is important, as is size, diet, temperature, biotype, color, availability, cost, etc. Cuz 12/5/1999 SOCIETY INC ^ THE CICHLID MONTHLY 11 All Aquarium & Pet Supplies P/L Rowemin’ (Cichlidarium) ‘Round MRIFL: `All Cichlids’ Nov Michigan CA `All Cichlids’’’ Dec Michigan CA `All Cichlids Feb Michigan CA ® `Cichlid Blues May Pacific Coast CA `Cichlid Chatter’ May Greater Chicago CA `Cichlid Evening Post’ May Great Lakes CS `Revue Française des Cichlidophiles’ May Association France Cichlid `DISCUSsions’ Apr Australian Discus Association `Cichlid Circular’ May New South Wales CS `Buntbarsche Bulletin’ Dec American Cichlid Association Ocean Starinvitations. International We did haveIntroducing a couple of “cichlid unfriendly” These were: `Fishtales’ Apr Eastern Districts innovative Cichlid and Spirulina AS `Finchat’ Apr Aquarium Society of Victoria floating/sinking pellets as well asAS the `The Shoreline’ Apr – Jersey Shore `The Shoreline’ May Jersey Shore AS THE NEXT GENER ATION 8 Dunoon Court, Mulgrave, Victoria 3170 (off Police Road) We specialise in CICHLIDS, NATIVES, KILLIFISH, MARINES IN FISH FOOD HAS ARRIVED! and all other rare species. EVERYTHING FOR THE AQUARIUM Phone: (03) 9546 1025 Business Hours: Mon-Sat 9am-7pm; Sunday 11am-5pm; . I personally will present a FirstClosed Wednesday. OUR trip this month is brief ... proba- bus Bred Certificate to any VCS member bly too brief to absorb all the informawho manages to breed them. tion included in the Must Read In Our last stopover is Hamilton & Flight Literature. District AS in answer to the double Our first stop is the Sunshine Coast invitation in the March and April AS in answer to the Invitation includissues of `Hamilton & District ed in the April issue of `Sunfish’. Aquarium Society Monthly Bulletin’. They were quite impressed with (Why don’t they take a leaf out of John McCormick’s notes on “My Sunshine Coast’s book and come up Experience with Cyrtocara moorii” Melways Ref: Map 41 B9 with a short catchy name?) * Expert advice from the July 1996 issue of The Road Charlie Drew Geelong explains his experiCichlid Monthly. impressed * We buySoand sell tanksthat and fish ence with “Neetroplus nematopus ... they included a little “poem” entitled Service Rd St Lake Cichlid”. Francis If you are * Specials every week The Little “Who Said That?” thinking of getting them remember Our* next stop is The of A wide range of Federation Cichlids at reasonable that they have been called “The New Zealand Aquaticprices Societies in Livingthey are Aquatic Shar Pei” in that Picture answer to the invitation in May born with the aggression of a 7-inch Aquarium `Aquarium World’.* Tropicals Mark Farran * Cichlids * Goldfish is here fish and eventually reach that size. details the Cichlids of the genus To show that Charlie is no “Johnny OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK Come Lately” to this fish-breeding Pelvicachromis. I believe Martin Kelly will have diffigame, the article highlighted in the Geelong Brooklyn 3025 culty 555A breeding his newRoad, acquisition column “20 Years Ago” is Charlie’s Phone/Fax: 9314a 7711 that he mentions in “Keeping experiences with Apistogramma ortSeasonal Fish” ... Peesacod incrummanni. best flake food available. Well that’s it for another month. See you next trip. Victoria’s First and Original Cichlid Centre ASK AT YOUR FAVORITE RETAILER Living Picture Aquarium BAA REGISTRATIONS: Labidochromis freibergi Heros severum (Gold form) MALVERN For all yourAQUARIUMS signwriting & Pet Supplies requirements WA N T E D IMPORTERS OF TROPICALS AND GOLDFISH Milla rs R d COMPUTER-CUT SIGNS TANKS MADE White-Edge TO ORDER CAR, TRUCK, BOAT and FULL RANGE OF PET ACCESSORIES Aequidens RANGE OF “BETTACARE” PRODUCTS FACTORYEXTENSIVE SIGNS WEDNESDAY rivulatus Factory 1, 11 SwiftOPEN Way,6 DAYS – CLOSED 81 2 V I C T O R I A N CICHLID SOCIETY INC Carl Bentin Dandenong South 54-56 Glenferrie Road, Malvern 9706 5916 Phone: 95099380 11415577 Present your VCS Membership Card and receive a 10% discount. ^ THE CICHLID MONTHLY 13 9 Collecting in the Niger River Delta JAWLOCKING S Reprinted from `Cichlidae communique’ #92, Oct/Nov 1995, publication of the Pacific Coast Cichlid Association. Interested parties are invited to write: PCCA Membership Chairman, PO Box 28145, San Jose, CA 951598145 (USA). San Antonio Convention having heard a rumor that Zadnik was going to be absent. Alas! My nemesis (turned up)! • 1995 - Therapist says “Give it up son, wouldn’t it be easier if you just wrote the damn article?” THE following are the events leading to the Article: THE event and thatlived everyone is • 1980big - visited in Nigeria preparing for should be “Cichlidaze” for a year; ... the 1999- visited ACA Convention hosted • 1982-87 Nigeria almost on byanMichigan CA from July 8-11th. annual basis; Contact on [email protected] • 1990 -Jan managed to keep matters or hush 00 11 1at248the 685 Chicago 1317 for further ACA details. Some of the speakers are Convention; Jeff Cardwell, Ad • 1991 - Zadnik Laif finds DeMason, about my trips Konings, Wayne Leibel, Bing Seto and begins campaign of harassRusty and anthe inimitable ment Wessel about writing article for him Charley Grimes. What a weekend! (International Cichlid Conference II Ifatyou require more time to save up Orlando); for the time of yournot (cichlid) life,I then • 1992 - Article written. skip pencil July 19-23rd 2000. It due will be ACAinLouisville Convention to held in and Cleveland guilt shame;Ohio. Contact John on 00 11 1 440 355 6358 more • 1993 - Zadnik tracks me for down at details. ACA Minneapolis Convention and Unfortunately I only received notice continues relentless jabs about my of failure this meeting the event, to writeafter the article. I gobut intoI know that(California-style) it would haveto been therapy help extremely both and hereshame; and in me deal popular with my guilt Cleveland. Bill Schwartz spoke on • 1994 - Brimming therapy-boosted “Mercenary Fish Keeping (New ACA and pseudo-confidence I brave 6 14 V I C T O R I A N I was a lucky teen. My parents worked for the United Nations and as a result, I travelled with them to many countries, soaking different lanUpdated)” on May up15th at Great guagesCS and cultures. I had kept your Lakes meeting. bread-’n’-butter aquarium fishes TANC will be holding their Biannual since and the Auction early 70s and16th-18th. when I Show on July arrived in Nigeria, I was quite Call George on 00 11 1 440 428disap7792 pointed to find the country quite for more information. devoid of pet stores and their usual Call Dave on 00 11 1 330 270 9198 stock of guppies and mollies. So, I for more information about Youngsfocused my attention on non-fishy town Area TFS Show and Auction on flora and fauna back in 1980. Soon July 24th and 25th. after that, I began attending Purdue July 31-August the time University back in 1st the is US, and thatfor is Greater Akron the AS cichlid “Ultra-Aqua when I caught bug. I `99”. went Bud 00 11 1during 330 848 3856 for back on to Nigeria the summers details. on a yearly basis till 1987. On and 22ndwas MCAS is TheAugust exact21st location Port holding its Show and Auction. Phone Harcourt, a large, modern city in the Thorney on 00 11 1 330 483 from 4745 for Niger Delta, flourishing oil more information. money. It is in south-eastern Nigeria, For 5º those Frequent about northwith of the EquatorFlyer and points or their you may about 100 milesown fromplane, the Cameroon make Ted talk on “Secrets to border. It Coletti’s is hot and muggy 10-11 Successful Tanks months of the year,Myths exceptand for Facts a few CICHLID SOCIETY INC Drawing: SCOTT HAYMES V. Kutty weeks in December near Ahoada Revealed!!” This may and give January you the Laura Aluu. on 00 Aluu 11 1 and 732 942 7621 are for when dry, dusty Saharan wind about edge inaour Home Show Competition. details.20 miles apart and have thoucalled thingsyou down a sands creeks (If youHarmattan have your cools own plane defiThatofispristine enoughstreams, diary fillers for and this bit. It then looks foggy it is actualrivers, of just them withEnvy black water. nitely would have the but edge). Phone month. all Now enjoy Corner: ly fine dust particles. This is a good The dark waters give some of the time to collect because the pools and larger rivers an ominous look. I often Aulonocara “Blue Dorsal Flavescent” . .went . . . . .5” . . . .1M 4F . . . .in. .$25.00 puddles are shallow. collecting alone remote Aulonocara “Orange Flavescent” . . . . .places . . . . .5”and . . . .1M 4F while . . . . . .$25.00 once mucking While most jacobfreiberg of you probably think of . . . . . . . .3” . . . . . .Pair . . . . . .$10.00 Aulonocara i “Domwe” around in one of these ominous Pelvicachromis, when you Callochromis stappers i . .think . . . .about . . . . . . .rivers, . . . . .1.5” . . chest . . . . . in . .water, . . . .$3.50 up to. .my I saw collecting in Nigeria, I found Cyprichromis tricolor . . . .these . . . . fish . . . . . .a. crocodile . . . .1.5” .slide . . . .into . . .the . . .water . . . .$5.00 on the difficult to locate. It was a lot easier to . . . . . . .2” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$10.00 Enantiopus sp “Kilesa Yellow Throat” opposite bank. A couple of seconds observe and study Hemichromis Ophthalmotilapia boops “Tempwe” . . . .later, . . . . .1.25” . . . object . . . . . brushed . . . .$10.00 giant .dark past species and assorted Tilapiines - they. . . . . . . . a.1.5” Ophthalmotilapia nasutus “Yellow” . . . . . . . . . . . . I. found . .$8.00 my thighs. After panicking, out were everywhere! species Tropheus duboisiTilapia “Maswa” . . . . are . . . . . .that . . . the . .1.5” . . . .was . . . .just . . . a. .large . .$8.00 object tree found all over anagenys the tropics .now, Exochromis . . . . due . . . to . . . . .trunk. . . . . .1.5” . . remember . . . . . . . . .if. I. “peed” .$10.00in I don’t introduction it is no reason treat Aulonocarabut baenschi “Bengato Sunshine” . . . . .1.5”+ . . . . . . . . . . . . . my pants but I remembered.$3.00 that I this interestingspgroup of fish Aulonocara Mbenji” . . . in . . a. .sub. . . . . .never . . . . .1” . . . . .how . . . .to. .swim . . . . .$2.00 learned when I cichlid Aulonocara manner. sp “Lwanda” . . . . . . . . . . . . was . . . .1” . . . I. .struggled . . . . . . . back . . . .$3.00 a kid! to the HAulonocara emi-chrom spi s“Maleri “ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1” . . . . . . . . . .shore, . . . . . .$1.00 dried certainly are popAulonocara sp “Mamalela - Lemon Jake” . . . .1” . . . . . . . . . . . . . .m . .$5.00 y s elf, ular but the most hecqui . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$3.00 Neolamprologus d r o ve common varieties h o m e, are Wellthe that line-bred should be enough drooling for one month. a n d aquarium strains often t a u g h t sold as time “Turquoise Until next ... m y s e l f Jewels.” how to swim The joys of collecting are immense, and went back to the same location but there is a definite freedom in with a first aid kit and a big knife. I knowing that you don’t have to get was enthusiastic but foolish. back to the US for another three My enthusiasm for travel and colmonths. This gave me an opportunity lecting may match Heiko Bleher’s but to observe groups of fish in the wild I am no Heiko Bleher. Things often and then after a few weeks, collect a get spooky when alone in the jungle few of them and place them in my for hours and your mind begins playaquarium for observation of behaving tricks on you. When I felt that way, ioral changes brought on by “domesI almost always got out of the water tication”. and settled for observing the fish from Most of my collecting locations above the water, on solid ground. I were around the Niger Delta, near the escaped Bilharzia but an acquainresort of Lake Oguta, near the village tance did not; it is a parasite transmitof Ahoada tedSvia If you are in Africa and En t r i e sand t othet numerous h e S e cstreams retar y A A Psnails. . HOME SHOW 1999 2 5 J U LY ^ THE CICHLID MONTHLY 1 57 Previously ... at a VCS Meeting begin urinating blood, look into the island of Buguma, south of Port Bilharzia treatment. Harcourt. If you get off your boat on to mudskipper “flats”, you quickly sink It is difficult not to appreciate the about 60 cm into the clay; it’s an origimportance of non-cichlid aquatic inal way to lose shoes. fauna and flora when in the wild. When acquiring cichlids from a pet As far as cichlids, I saw large numstore it is easy to ignore other groups bers of Tilapia nilotica and of fish and purchase cichlids. But in Hemichromis fasciatus. These two the are part of theatbig species share an interesting history. T HEwild, Maycichlids 1999 meeting opened 8.18 pm with the President in the chair. He picture. I also collected Synodontis, Hemichromis fasciatus have John been welcomed all those present. Apologies were received from Scott Haymes, Clarias Ernie and Hicks, Malapterus speciesSamknown attack guarding fry Reeves, Peter Mander, Iredaletoand KeithTilapia Patford. The mag(Electric Catfish.) I grabbed an and consume their fry. They are italso azine had been received by most present. The remainder should receive on Electric Catfish caught reputed to beThe solitary, vicious animals Monday, the reason beingusing it washookposted Wednesday. minutes of the April and-line were withaccepted my wet hands. but from observing meeting as read on a motion movedmy by experience John McCormick and Enthusiastic foolish.Lawrence. these predators, I found them to wanseconded by but Granville der around in packs or in breeding The only Reports: Anabantid I caught Treasurer’s pairs. fish seem to form repeatedly kingsMarch . .was . . . . Ctenopoma . . . . . .Opening Balance . . . . These . . .1697.05 staleyae (a nice, brown, wiener-looking Income . . . . . .remarkably . . . . . . . . .312.50 fish). Of course, you run Expenditure into a lot of . . .ble . . . pair . . . . bonds, . . . .2.44 wild Aphyosemion and Epiplatys species Closing Balanceboth . . .in. . the . .2007.11 and in captivity. butApril since room Balance to . . . I. .did . . . not . . . .have . .Opening . . . . . . .2007.11 have house killies, (ahem) I just fed them Income . . . . . .Very . . . .rarely . . . . .200.40 to my prized Hemichromis fasciatus. . . .I . .seen Expenditure . . . . .solitary .1001.17 individuals the The Killi Police has been(Includes on my tail printing envelopes in for magazine; black carwild. I wish I knew about this for 10 years! All tridge I have for to printer; insurance and books; normal if theyand areposting pack hunters; one supper.) distracts say is: perspective! Asexpenses; far as printing magazine; the. .parent Tilapia and the others in Characins, the most common fish Closing Balance . . . . .1206.34 and eat the fry. I do was Brycinus longipinnis.Auction I think they realisedthe . . .pack . . . .attack . .555.05 not know of such behavior reportedby in are report sold as Finned This was“Long received on a African motion moved by Stuart Gray and seconded cichlids but I also do not know of anyTetras” in the pet trade. I am still Jeffrey Staude. one conducting fieldavailable studies of feedamazed at how these fish make itIndustries to Correspondence: Aquarium List of cichlids ing habits of bill this fish in the wild. I the pet stores; I could not keep them Manark Printing have Membership seen aquarium literature claimalive long enough to take them home. Sonya Clarkson application ing their maximum size In my opinion, they were the hardest RSL Queensland Art Union tickets to be about 30 cmBreeding but the largest fish to transport. I knew there Jeff wereStaude claim specimen I saw was 18 aquarium-fish collectors Whitehorse operating inCentre Hallcm hireTL. bill These fish are the Velociraptors of the cichlid family: the area but to obtain contacts and Aquarama 99 Information fast, vicious, medium-sized and highphone numbers I would have Keith had toPatford Treasurer’s report ly “intelligent”. bribe a few people. No thanks. I also Outgoing: Manark Printers Cheque managed to collect a fineInstrat specimen are extremely intolerant of InsuranceThey Cheque of acorrespondence Polypterus species and a few conspecifics theDaryl same sex in capThe was accepted on a motion movedofby Hutchins and Mudskippers (Periophthalmus tivity ... I wish I knew the sex ratios of seconded by Maurice Breward.sp) on 41 6 V I C T O R I A N CICHLID SOCIETY INC theA roving brief Mini pack Auction of these wasfish then I saw held.inThanks killed, to the butTrading not eaten! Table Why and the areEditor two the for Donations. wild. I once released a captive characins of the same size treated specimen backthen into the Ahoada differently? The parents Stuart Gray spoke aboutRiver Convicts. A vote of thanks was“recognise” carried by and watched After it sit still for almost potential discussion predators of offspring, acclamation. a short break an an interesting ontheir filtration took hour but what characteristics do they base place.until a pack of conspecifics swam by, at which time it joined the their “judgements” on? The other Robi Toth then announced the Wardleys Table Show results. pack. They will consume Tilapia juvecichlids, meanwhile, were beaten into Draw almost Prizes a third First their body Heater Peter niles size submission so that the Robinson Pike fry could Second Wetlands Lawrence and the relationship of this fish with Frozen almost Food graze on Granville the mucous on the Third John McCormick Tilapia nilotica in captivity isPlant thorback of the Biotodoma. oughly Bothofthese fishProducts, Door captivating. Prizes, courtesy Aqualife were won by: cichlids. Maurice IBreward, Back to Nigerian unfortuseem possess a large StaceytoHynes, Robi Toth, vocabulary Shannon Loughnan, Leo Clarke and Trisha Grills. of nately did not see many species of Glenn mutually comprehensible body lan- thatPelvicachromis. Lacey then announced a date is a must for your diaries: 21some August, I collected of guage. Constant for the Annual Dinnercommunication at the Monash Hotel. the blue morph of Pelvicachromis pultakes places even if the two species cher . These found with The president thatofinstead using the carfish parkwere for after-meeting aresuggested at either end the ofHemichromis cristatus, Brycinus discussions, participants might wish to retire to “Macca’s”. aquarium. Tilapias longipinnis, Ctenopoma kingsleyae, Next Committeeseem Meeting at 23 Mangana Drive Mulgrave on 19th May. Peter to recognise and a few species of Epiplatys. The Robinson Host. H. fasciatus and habitat was not black water. The c o n s e at q u9.57 e n pm t l y for supper. The meeting adjourned l water was clear, cool (24ºC), and soft pounds on the latter, with a pH of 6.5. They preferred the but pounder and same habitat as H. cristatus, sifting poundee appear resigned near A COMPREHENthrough SIVEtheRmulm ANG E vegetation. to this fate. They would venture out into the open FObeen R Tobserving HE DISsimilar CERNsandy ING HaOlittle BB ISretreat T into areas bitY but I have the vegetation if I approached. The H. recognition (?) behavior in one of my * African and American Cichlids Pike Cichlids (Crenicichla proteus) at cristatus were a little more comfort* Selected Tropical and home. The Pikes spawn frequently able remaining over the light-colored * Imported Goldfish and are housed with some relatively sand. I almost always saw these two peaceful cichlids like Biotodoma cf species in the northern delta region in * Range of Discus cupido and Laetacara thayeri . I had riverside pools and the best place to * Marine Fish added two species of tetras into observe them was near Lake Oguta * Aquatic Plants the tank, Black Neons and a microabout 50 miles north of Port Harcourt. * Tanks Rocks) predatory tetra* (Stands Crenuchus* spilurus vividly remember a rock I perched All Accessories FrozenonIand Live Foods of * the same size. While* both while I watched these fish. I used characins would make a convenient to sit there for hours with the equatomouthful for the Pikes, the Black rial sun beating down on my bare Neons were eaten and the back. Somehow, I don’t remember Crenuchus left alone ... until the Pikes anything about the heat and the spawned. Once they spawned, the humidity. I would still rather not be predatory tetras were harassed (more 9803anywhere 3109else in the world. Those than the cichlids) and Ph: eventually HI-FIN AQUARIUM 257 BLACKBURN ROAD, SYNDAL 3147 ^ THE CICHLID MONTHLY 157 were the best days of my life, old River (pronounced eebo). These enough to enjoy life and young were delightful fish with great colenough to not have any cares. oration and a very acceptable dispoThe purity, peace and serenity of sition. They were fed live mosquito The locale Victorian Cichlid formedday. by cichlidophiles thus becomingand the first the hauntSociety me was to this larvae,in March live 1972 bloodworms live specialist aquarist in the State ofbeen Victoria. aims are: (Author’s note group 1998: having toIts main earthworms; all foods were collected the article was daily from my backyard. These fish 1. ToAmazon promote thesince keeping this of cichlids; written, I think I can add a couple eat earthworms my 2. To gain and disseminate knowledge of cichlids, theirlearned habits andtoattributes through the use from of slides, of other places that practical I woulddemonstrations, rather be localfingers within three articles daysby of being films, books, lectures, and overseas magazines, members as well.) moved and discussions with fellow members or experts in the field; from the wild! They seem to have become a part of the hobby in pulcher , I and/or maintenance 3.Besides To assist, inPelvichchromis any way possible, the establishment of approved public aquaria; the US, but I feel they deserve a did not see any others of the genus. 4. To be involved in the education of the general public withaudience. regard to the benefits of fishkeeping wider I am sure it was because I did not Aims of the Societ y darylh@ blaze. net.au Fax: 9872-3225 ANNUAL O DINNER OOPS I slipped up again and printed the masters for last month’s magazine at too fine a resolution for good quality copying -- ruining TheofAnnual Dinner willabout be some the pictures. Sorry held at theit is Monash Hotel that. Although not the first time that2077 I haveDandenong done it, in this instance Road, I am claiming overwork, underpay, Clayton, at 7.00 on stress, and a little-known pre-Y2K thingamajig in conjunction with a significant alignment of the planets. The above boner did have the Thisof venue effect masking boasts one littlegood mistake food sensible -in that theat Home Show prices was advertised in June.ItIt also will actually befor held $13-15. caters onchildren Sunday 25 July. of with anRecipients extensive color copies (whose copies are perplay area and children’s fectly legible) please note. (particularly cichlids), and the potentially harmful effects of animal mismanagement; look in the right places ... perhaps, I An interesting observation about 5. To promote fellowship between members; did not understand their preferred Tilapia zilli: I had a pair and some 6. To furtherThe the conservation of species and their natural habitats; of this fish in a 40-gallon habitats. same thing happened juveniles 7. To Chromidotilapia further the identification, distribution, maintenance enjoyment speciesreason in the with guenther i; breeding, the tank. The and male for of some Cichlidae. I saw were nearonlyFamily specimens would panic and bash into the sides dead adults with some local boys of the tank or attempt to jump out if who had just caught the fish. Oh well, the tank All was aerated. I to:considered Disclaimer: Opinions expressed herein are correspondence maybe time. and are not necessarily the possibility that the air bubbles those of next the authors, THE SECRETARY were frightening theSOCIETY fish butINC the those of the Editor of TCM or the committee VICTORIAN CICHLID Another species of Hemichromis I of the Victorian Cichlid Society Inc. You are above mentioned negative reactions c/23 Mangana Drive, Mulgrave, Victoria, kept was H. elongatus. For additional encouraged to write to, or e-mail the Editor on Australiaabout 3170 15 minutes would only occur information this species, see any subject raisedon herein. Fax 9560-7472. E-mail was [email protected] after the air pump turned on. `Buntbarsche Bulletin’ #162 from the AUGUST 21 The female had no problem and summer of 1994. If you happen to FELLOW THE please SOCIETY: Graham Rowe. after an hour or so from turning off the look up thatOF article, remember air pump, the male would go back to that photos were mislabelled as LIFEthe MEMBERS: behaving I don’t know if it H. fasciatus , defeating the purpose of Graham Rowe, Heinz Staude, Kevin Archibald, Keith Patford,normally. and Danny Genovese. the article. Fry from their spawn were was the increased oxygen or the HONORARY MEMBER: Max Davenport. distributed around the Tampa Bay decreased carbon dioxide that the area in Florida where I lived at the fish found objectionable. So, to keep COMMITTEE MEMBERS: time. Unfortunately, I have yet to see enough in the .tank, I would PRESIDENT Aussie Magnussen . . 9546-2974 VICE-PRES oxygen Peter Robinson . . . 9807-8196 imported specimens of H. . turn air Hutchins pump for. . 15 SECRETARY Graham Rowe . . . fasciatus . . . 9560-7472 EDITORon theDaryl . . . minutes 9872-3225 a TREASURER Keith Patford . . . . . . . .9716 2425 few times during Facsimile . . . . . I. .9872-3225 Unless otherwise demanded, local the. . day. would like Leewill Ashton . . . .out . . . . attrac9561-5131 to SOCIAL SECany Glenn Lacey . . . . . . that . 9512-6706 fishLIBRARIAN collectors throw hear explanations any of SHOWcolored SEC Robbie Toth and . . . . . continue . . 9808-4668 you TRAD out TABLEthere John may McCormick tively species have. . . . 5944-3502 - Stuart(in Graythe . . . . .hobby) . . . . .9758-1154 Granville Lawrence . . .9564-7247 COMMITTEE exporting common not been to Nigeria AT-LARGE: Maurice Breward . . . . .9752-2103I have Jason Taylor . . . . . . back . .9569-3772 species. since 1987 and I sure miss the inno- meals. Regarding the aforementioned color copies you might to There are--pokies for want those get your qualifying original article in who run out of fishy soon as I am not sureand how don’t long the conversation offer will last. Printing them takes mindand a flutter. quite a while the cost is not insignificant, though have Don’t miss a greatcosts evening. been reduced with the purchase of a color refill kit for the printer rather than new cartridges. Refilling is cheap but of course takes even more time -- something that is at a premium these days. Sub-Committee Chairpersons: Mailing: Peter Robinson. BAA: Daryl Hutchins; I Constitution: also keptDaryl Hemichromis cristatus cence, purity and most of all, the Hutchins. Species Maintenance: Graham Rowe. Handbook: Daryl Hutchins. collected from pools near the Igbo wilderness ... or what is left of it. l 21 8 V I C T O R I A N CICHLID SOCIETY INC editorial ^ The Annual Dinner is coming up on 21 August and will be held at the Monash Hotel. Although it has pokies (not my favorite pastime), this hotel is well-known for its good food and is popular with the kids as it caters for them in providing a good activities area to keep them amused. They even have motel units if you plan to make a real evening of it (get the kids a video that is). This year’s Home Show will be judged on Sunday 25 July, so you should be putting those finishing touches to your entry now. Please notify the Secretary that you want to be in it as soon as possible. Don’t leave it until the last minute, there is no real point in doing so, it only makes organising the event more difficult. S TO P P R E S S : Robert Coghlan is unable to do his advertised presentation at the June meeting. He is off helping roofless Sydneyites I believe -- but he will be attending the July meeting so don’t miss that one. Completely ruined my “Two Ronnies” introduction. l THE CICHLID MONTHLY 19 3 ^ ^ ^ May Table Show Results: Check out our Web page: have some wWe ww .bla z e .special n e t . afriends u / ~ d athat rylh you might like to meet also ... Keith Patford Show (Lake Malawians) Species Cond Fins Shape Scales 1 Chilotilapia rhoadesii 26 26 A fish that did not show well. Hard to judge. 2 Metriclima lombardoi 26 26 Showed well. Pity about the fin damage. 3 Labidochromis caeruleus 28 28 Very nice fish. Showed well. Age Total Entrant 17 7 9 85 P. Robinson 16 7 9 84 G. Lacey 16 8 8 88 M Bell Fins Shape Scales Age c ontent s Kevin Archibald Show (South Americans) Species Cond 16 7 6 Total Entrant 79 P. Robinson l SUPPORT OUR ADVERTISERS SUPPORT OUR ADVERTISERS SUPPORT OUR ADVERTISERS SUPPORT OUR ADVERTISERS SUPPORT OUR ADVERTISERS SUPPORT OUR ADVERTISERS SUPPORT OUR ADVERTISERS SUPPORT OUR ADVERTISERS SUPPORT OUR ADVERTISERS SUPPORT OUR ADVERTISERS SUPPORT OUR ADVERTISERS SUPPORT OUR ADVERTISERS SUPPORT OUR ADVERTISERS SUPPORT OUR ADVERTISERS SUPPORT OUR ADVERTISERS SUPPORT OUR ADVERTISERS SUPPORT OUR ADVERTISERS RENT 24 Wardley Table Show Calendar 1999 FOR 1 Geophagus surinamensis 26 Did not show well. Very hard to judge. S U P P O R T O U R A D VE R T I S E R S CICHLID SOCIETY INC THIS SPACE Kevin Archibald Show Keith Patford Show February Angels, Uarus and Discus Lake Malawians March South Americans Lake Tanganyikans April Central Americans African Riverines and Lake Victorians May South Americans Lake Malawians June Dwarf Americans Dwarf Africans July Central Americans Lake Tanganyikans August Pairs (American) Pairs (African) September South Americans Lake Malawians October Central Americans African Riverine and Lake Victorians November Angels, Uarus and Discus Lake Tanganyikans December American of Your Choice African of Your Choice NOTE: Asian Cichlids may be entered in any show, but of course they must meet the special requirements in June (dwarfs) and August (pairs). 20 V I C T O R I A N cic hlid Scene EASTERN DISTRICTS AQUARIUM SOCIETY Meets on the 4th Friday of month at the Willis Room, Nunawading Civic Centre, Whitehorse Rd, Nunawading. Ring 9802 3968 for more information or write to: 502, Ringwood 3134. Upcoming MeetingPO . . Box ...è Aims of the Society . . . . . .2 THE NEXT MEETING will be held on 11 June at 8 pm sharp Editorial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 (Trading Table opens earlier) in Minutes of the Previous the Courtyard Room at the Nunawading Civic Centre, General Meeting . . . . 4-5 Ring 9725 3665 for more information write to: Whitehorseor Road, Mitcham. 502, Ringwood 3134. Jawlockings . . . PO . . . .Box . . 6-7 Visitors are very welcome. MINI TALK: Plants -- Robbie Toth. Spying on the Cyprichromis MAIN TALK: Home Show 1999. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-11 (Robert Coghlan postponed.) Rowemin’ ‘Round . . . 12-13 DOOR PRIZES: Wardley. Meets on the last Thursday of the month DRAW PRIZES: Collecting in the at 29 Grant Street, Clifton Hill. Aquarium voucher. 1. $40 Malvern Niger River Delta . 14-18 Ring 9478 6028 for more information write to: 2. Wetlandsorfrozen food. 3. Plant. PO Box 140, Clifton Hill 3068. May Table Show Results 20 TABLE SHOWS Wardleys Table Show KA -- Dwarfs. KP -- Dwarfs. Calendar . . . . . . . . . . 20 AUSTRALIAN & NEW GUINEA FISHES ASSOCIATION AQUARIUM SOCIETY OF VICTORIA Victorian Cichlid Society MEMBERSHIP APPLICATIONS or Reprints other enquiries be Cichlid directed to:Inc 1999. © Copyright, may Victorian Society The Secretary, Rowe Anyone wishing to reprint materialGraham from `The Cichlid Monthly’ for non-commercial may do soDrive, (unless theMulgrave article is copyrightVic by the3170 author) provided due 23reasons, Mangana credit is given to the author and `TCM’ and one copy of the relevant publication You can call or fax on 9560 is forwarded to the author, care ofhim the Secretary. 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