Convict cichlids in nature: Amatitlania and Neetroplus in Costa Rica!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 24 ก.ค. 2024
- Convict cichlids ( Amatitlania nigrofasciata and Amatitlania kanna ) are some of the most popular Central American fishes in nature. Check out convict cichlids in their natural habitat , a crater lake in Costa Rica. Video shows breeding convict cichlids , neets ( Neetroplus nematopus ), mollies ( Poecilia gilli ), guapote ( Parachromis dovii ) , Alfaro cultratus and Brycon costaricensis in nature in the Laguna Rio Cuarto, Costa Rica!
Index:
0:00 Introduction cichlid habitat in Costa Rica
0:12 Poás Volcano
0:40 crater lakes with fish: Laguna Ulé and Laguna Rio Cuarto
1:04 Alfaro cultratus in natural habitat
1:39 Poecilia gillii , wild mollies in nature
2:07 Brycon costaricensis
2:37 Guapote cichlid in nature, Parachromis dovii
3:09 Amatitlania kanna southern Amatitlania nigrofasciata in nature
3:29 Convict cichlid breeding in nature
5:05 neets - Neetroplus nematus in nature breeding
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Your Documentation videos and conservation efforts are highly appreciated by the aquarium fish community. Thank you.
Very insightful. Thank you for showing us some wonderful fish in their natural habitat.
Convict cichlids are a awesome fish 🐟
🤣🤣🤣 that’s a good one! You can’t GIVE these cichlids away for free as far as I’m concerned.
Yessss!!! I love convict cichlids so much, they are my favorite animal of all time!
Apparently you haven’t seen many animals
@@harrisonhanson2998 the fact that i even know what a convict cichlid is should tell you I have seen plenty
Convicts, my first cichlids bred!
Had Honduran red points and somewhere in my channel I have pictures of how they bred and coexisted.
Had Dalmatians for a while.
A few years back I noticed amongst the pink convicts that there are some with orange patterning that comes and goes, I still have one mature male who only shows his orange when another with the orange is in the tank with him, over the years I've only seen five of them, there's an old Axelrod book or someone like that who mentions the k o n g o variety which was an orange bodied pink convict, love your stuff, thank you
I love your videos , we have covictos in mexico i love that fish i have one and just one because whey they are breeding they are really agresive and atack my hand when i clean the tank … super cool video sorry for my english …big fan of the chanel from mexico
Gracias!
I have a single male convict cichlid as well! His name is Pedro and he destroyed all my plants! Haha
Your knowledge continues to impress Oliver; I eagerly await future content.
Thank you for your time. I really enjoyed this
My pleasure!
Very interesting 👍
Many thank's for sharing, Oliver.
Very awesome
It’s nice to see what lives in different places after keeping fish for years in a different country.
Wow so much information just amazing
thank you
It’s great! I wish I could see something more about them.
We will do more Central American videos in time, I do not have much more video, but we have plans!
35 years ago all I wanted was to see we’re Central Americans lived in the wild…now here I am watching you’re videos! I love to see more in-depth videos if possible!
thank you. We will try to do some more Central American videos in the future.
Wow, a dwarf convict cichlid! That's mind blowing. It would be worth a study to determine why they choose to mature at such a small size, perhaps the need to hide in the tight spaces between rocks? I wonder what they found to eat in such a rocky habitat.
they just breed early because there is not that much food, i am sure in normal conditions they will grow to the normal size.
@@belowwater Thank you. It would still be useful to conduct a study to see if that is the case. Did you bring any back?
@@belowwater interesting! Thanks for the Convict video!
Very nice!! I think they are easiest fish in the world to breed, even more than Guppies!
You could put them in a radioactive toilet and they'd breed
Great video
Thanks!
Amazing video. Thanks.
WOW!
Класс !👍🏻
WOW thank you very much 👍👍💯
Another great video. I would love to see the adult dovii in a future video.
I am so happy I found this channel and consider me a huge fan of your work. I will fully support you as best I can !
thank you for the kind words!
This is awesome ❤
thank you!
Pure Aqua Genius!
I love this... Keep it coming :D
Thank you! Will do!
Thank you for this video that I find myself come back to watch from time to time. I bought my pair as "nigro" last year but recently I realized that they should be kanna (smaller size, no obvious head lump). Now I have more than 50 of them in one single tank as they are indeed successful parents. As you mentioned in the video, they look quite grey most of the time, that's why I am planning to add some livebearers to make the tank a bit less boring but still loosely correct in region. I don't think i can find the "wide forms" of molly or platy or guppy in my local fish stores and I indeed need some colors ! :)
Actually, you should be able to find _Alfaro cultratus_ from some breeders, that is the fish in the video and i think the ideal choice
@@belowwater Yes I did notice that and checked. Never saw them before in my local store which is a big one. Neither are they available on several online shops/hobby platforms here. I guess they are less common here in Europe. I plan to buy several types of blue platy to breed out a decent group to put in with the kanna, to bring out the blue tone of the latter.
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Great share but as always with this type of video there is a concern that too many people might think it's a good idea to explore their favourite fish's natural habitat and ruin the last remaining wild breeding grounds.
It's a popular weekend bathing spot for hundreds of locals, and none of these species are endangered. They are literally breeding to the entrance of the swimming area and boat rental.
I would LOVE a dwarf convict cichlid!!
in an aquarium they will likely grow to normal size.
Is this for real? Man some of their natural environment reminds me of a Malawi setup. This is nuts and very interesting
a lot of the Central American habitats look a bit like Malawi with boulders and few plants.
@Below Water I had no clue. This is game changing
Hello, love the footage. I keep Alfaro Cultratus (Greg Sage line) in a Costa Rican biotope. Do you happen to have any footage of Herotilapia Multispinosa?
no, but it is something that may come up here in the future. thanks for watching!
@@belowwater Sounds good, thank you!
@The Biotopes how big is your colony of Alfaro and what size tanks do you have them in? My fish are also from Greg. I have had my knifes for 8 years now. I would love to hear how you raise them and how they are doing. Thanks Norm
@@nrfishinman009 Hello Norm! My current colony is of 7 adults (one big female) and about 10 adolescence. I have them in a 75 gallon display tank with H. Multipsinosa and one female H. Nicaraguensis. As you can imagine, I haven't seen any fry since moving them into the display tank. When I was breeding them I had them in a 20 high with Val and Java Fern. I would pull about 6-10 fry every 30 days or so. I've only had them for under a year. I'm hoping some of the young ones turn into females. I gave a bunch of fry to Josh Cook, a fellow club member to also raise up.
@@thebiotopes thank you for the reply. I started with 9, 3 trios. I now have two 50 gallon tanks full. Java fern and guppy grass seem to be the best plants for me. They are a very neat fish.
Abramites hypselonotus Marbled head stander ?
what about it?
Is there a way to support you financially?
buy a book "Amazon Below Water" and a copy of "Xingu Below Water" when we release it in October! - other than that, spread the word about this channel!
Why aren't they as popular as they used too be ?
I think the beginner hobby has moved more toward smaller colourful fish, rather than fish with interesting behaviour.
I like mine but his very aggressive
Notifications are turned off for your channel apparently because the content has been marked as safe for kids. Just mentioning in case you didn't know.
I changed it long ago, but the only way to fix it your side is unsubscribe, then resubscribe, it should fix the problem.
@@belowwater Ah. I tried what you said and it does indeed work. Thanks.