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Zapins · 10-20-2007, 03:32 PM

Hmm, thought I'd update on this thread.

The female is in brilliant coloration and spends all day eating (I can see her stomach is bigger now so I suspect eggs are on the way). The male just sits in his little cave and seems to dig sometimes (there is a pile of substrate outside the cave). He is really odd, he doesn't venture out of the cave much at all I'm not really sure why. He seems sort of antisocial and she is very social, lol.

I recently added a pair of veijita apistos to the same tank to act as "dithers." The female pelvicachromis is the one that defends the cave territory she chases the intruders around the tank while the male just sits in his cave all day. Haha.

I got a good picture of the female and I'll post it later, the male is hard to photograph since he hardly ever leaves his cave.

10-20-2007, 03:32 PM	#7 (permalink)
Zapins Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: CT, Connecticut Posts: 2,561 iTrader Ratings: 49 iTrader Positive Rating: 100% Plant Points: 97720	Re: Just bought a pair of Pelvicachromis taeniatus Hmm, thought I'd update on this thread. The female is in brilliant coloration and spends all day eating (I can see her stomach is bigger now so I suspect eggs are on the way). The male just sits in his little cave and seems to dig sometimes (there is a pile of substrate outside the cave). He is really odd, he doesn't venture out of the cave much at all I'm not really sure why. He seems sort of antisocial and she is very social, lol. I recently added a pair of veijita apistos to the same tank to act as "dithers." The female pelvicachromis is the one that defends the cave territory she chases the intruders around the tank while the male just sits in his cave all day. Haha. I got a good picture of the female and I'll post it later, the male is hard to photograph since he hardly ever leaves his cave.