Taeniacara candidi

**genes** · 15th Oct 2007, 21:34

A picture of a male Taeniacara candidi to share. This guy is around 2cm big.
No sure anyone have similiar experience as me, i feel candidis are quite elusive in a tank and they do not pose in their threat position for long. Or maybe its just that all my T. candidis are always like that...

**PLee** · 15th Oct 2007, 21:37

nice cute fish there... needless to say your photography skills

**genes** · 15th Oct 2007, 22:04

Thanks Plee

Not a good pic actually, as you can see, tank glass is rather dirty

Oh, and if you are still interested in dwarf cichlids, T. candidi is one of the species whereby their finnage colours and patterns retain even when they are in neutral mood. Upon flaring, they just turned slightly more reddish like in the picture.

**juggler** · 15th Oct 2007, 22:58

It's a very beautiful fish. I tried to keep it once.

**genes** · 15th Oct 2007, 23:07

What happen then? Keep them again?

**PLee** · 15th Oct 2007, 23:12

If I keep them in a 1 ft tank is it ok??

**hanz0my** · 15th Oct 2007, 23:35

Beautiful looking fish you have there Eugene

**Cacatuoides** · 16th Oct 2007, 01:29

Hi Eugene,

Nice fellow you got there

Do you mean 2inch instead of 2cm?

**trident** · 16th Oct 2007, 08:34

Eugene,
You seem to have an endless supply of nice fishes.
This one is so slim, very nice.
Richard

**valice** · 16th Oct 2007, 10:11

Originally Posted by PLee

If I keep them in a 1 ft tank is it ok??

Although they are small sized dwarf cichlids, they need much bigger tank size surprisingly.
When they are breeding, a 2ft tank will be the minimum, else the male will suffer as the female is very very protective of her eggs and fries.

Originally Posted by trident

Eugene,
You seem to have an endless supply of nice fishes.
This one is so slim, very nice.
Richard

Richard, they are slim body by nature.

**genes** · 16th Oct 2007, 20:59

Originally Posted by Cacatuoides

Hi Eugene,

Nice fellow you got there

Do you mean 2inch instead of 2cm?

No, its 2cm. A fry still.

**Cacatuoides** · 16th Oct 2007, 22:15

Wow!! I still can't imagine a fry of 2cm with such nice colors and finnage growth

2cm is really very very small

**PLee** · 16th Oct 2007, 22:43

thanx valice for the reply .

**tcy81** · 16th Oct 2007, 23:15

Very nice colouration for a 2cm Taeniacara Candidi.
Used to keep it in my 2ft planted before.

**valice** · 17th Oct 2007, 09:33

How long did your lone fry take to reach this size?
My batch seemed to have stopped growing...

**yorky** · 17th Oct 2007, 09:45

Hi Eugene, great colouration, i like!
Just me being picky as usual, the dorsal seems to have slight problem.
Its something I noticed being quite common among bred dwarf cichlids.

**CacaManiac** · 17th Oct 2007, 11:33

really suprised that it's only 2 cm. stunning colours on that little one.
just a question.. is that a spine at the front of the dorsal fin or is it normal?

**genes** · 17th Oct 2007, 21:02

Not sure how many months it took to reach this size. Got it from someone sometime back. So didn't keep track. But i see these guys grow pretty fast compared to other species, came at maybe 2-3mm, skinny, fragile looking, but now, its bigger then some of my other fries!

The spine on the dorsal is not normal. Some slight deformation. Since this guy is not a wild caught nor an F1, so maybe the deformed finnage. But then again, i don't think its even possible to find wild-caught T. candidis here right Yorky?

**yorky** · 17th Oct 2007, 23:55

Yup Eugene.. so sad hor?..
Last time, I could scoop from contaminants from Gan's.. sigh.

**benny** · 17th Oct 2007, 23:58

Originally Posted by yorky

Yup Eugene.. so sad hor?..
Last time, I could scoop from contaminants from Gan's.. sigh.

I remember the good old days at Gan's..... Still got Francis, Mervin, Julian75, etc. I still see francis in the forum once in a while, but he never seem to post anymore.

Cheers,

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