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Volume 28, #5 June 1999
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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
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88 M Bell
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Species
Cond
16
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79 P. Robinson
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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
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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
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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
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author) provided due
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credit is given to the author and `TCM’ and one copy of the relevant publication
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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).
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him atmay
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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
hgrowe@blaze.net.au
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
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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
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. . . . attrac9561-5131 to
SOCIAL
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Glenn
Lacey . . . . . .that
. 9512-6706
fishLIBRARIAN
collectors
throw
hear
explanations
any of
SHOW
SEC Robbie
Toth and
. . . . .continue
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TRADout
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species
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exporting common (in the hobby)
not been
to Nigeria
AT-LARGE: Maurice Breward . . . . .9752-2103I have
Jason
Taylor
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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
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
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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
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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
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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
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in Nigeria
preparing
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should
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“Cichlidaze”
for a year;
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hosted
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on
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CA from July 8-11th.
annual basis;
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of
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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.
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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
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to
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guiltinand
shame;Ohio. Contact John
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•on1993
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down
at
details.
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I only received
notice
continues
relentless
jabs about
my
offailure
this meeting
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to writeafter
the article.
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intoI
know
that(California-style)
it would haveto been
therapy
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me deal with
my guilt
shame;
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spoke on
•Cleveland.
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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
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on 00 11
1 440
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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
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.
.
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We specialise in
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Phone: (03) 9546 1025
Business Hours:
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. I personally
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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
Àquarium* 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
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Living Picture Aquarium
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9706 5916
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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
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
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
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THE
CICHLID
MONTHLY
11
All Aquarium & Pet Supplies P/L
Rowemin’
(Cichlidarium)
‘Round
MRIFL:
Àll Cichlids’
Nov
Michigan CA
Àll Cichlids’’’
Dec
Michigan CA
Àll 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
Àquarium
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
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 phil@netquest.com
• 1990 -Jan
managed
to keep matters
or hush
00 11 1at248the
685 Chicago
1317 for further
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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
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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
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to
find
the
country
quite
for more information.
devoid of pet stores and their usual
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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
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330 848
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back on
to Nigeria
the summers
details.
on a yearly basis till 1987.
On
and 22ndwas
MCAS
is
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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
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talk on
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to
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is hot and
muggy
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Tanks
months of the
year,Myths
exceptand
for Facts
a few
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thingsyou
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sands
creeks
(If youHarmattan
have your cools
own plane
defiThatofispristine
enoughstreams,
diary fillers
for and
this
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it is actualrivers,
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them
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month. all
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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
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certainly
are popAulonocara
sp “Mamalela - Lemon Jake” . . . .1” . . . . . . . . . . . . . .m
. .$5.00
y
s
elf,
ular
but the most hecqui . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$3.00
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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
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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
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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
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
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to this fate.
They would venture out into the open
FObeen
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HE DISsimilar
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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
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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
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blaze.
net.au
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printed the masters for last month’s
magazine at too fine a resolution for
good quality copying -- ruining
TheofAnnual
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willabout
be
some
the pictures.
Sorry
held
at theit is
Monash
Hotel
that.
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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
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maybe
time. and are not necessarily
the possibility
that the air bubbles
those of next
the authors,
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were
frightening
theSOCIETY
fish butINC
the
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of
the
Editor
of
TCM
or
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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.
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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
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Peter Robinson
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imported
specimens
of H.
.
turn
air Hutchins
pump for. . 15
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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
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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
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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
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Age
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Kevin Archibald Show (South Americans)
Species
Cond
16
7
6
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Entrant
79 P. Robinson
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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).
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are very welcome.
MINI TALK: Plants -- Robbie Toth.
MAIN TALK: Home Show 1999.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-11
(Robert Coghlan postponed.)
Rowemin’ ‘Round . . . 12-13
DOOR PRIZES: Wardley.
Meets on the last Thursday
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DRAW PRIZES:
Collecting in the at 29 Grant Street, Clifton
Hill. Aquarium voucher.
1. $40 Malvern
Niger
River
Delta
.
14-18
write
to:
2. Wetlandsorfrozen
food.
3.
Plant.
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Box
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KP -- Dwarfs.
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