Tanks.
11 | 38 Liters | 54 | 60 | 260

- Measures: 50x25x30cm
- Internal filter.
- 50w heater
- Serial lights.
- Gravel: 3 liters of coralline & 5 liters of desert sand.
- Water parameters: Gh 29, Kh 7, pH 8.1, 26º.
- Plants: Anubias.
-Dwellers: 4 Lamprologus Ocellaatus.

 

Now we are in lucky... already I have 4 Lamprologus Ocellatus! I have prepared them a specify aquarium for single them by two reasons.

First it is the aggressiveness that demonstrates towards other fish that go up to around another one or its species or his territory. That I say fish... Making a small change in the aquarium one of them bit my hand when happening near its shell. Naturally it did not do anything to me but I am surprising the so aggressive character. It is not strange to me that it survives in the lake with other cichlids of greater size.

The second is that I want to be able to observe them with detail and if I have luck to get to reproduce them.

It is fascinating as they open the nutgalls to make but its head great to intimidate the opponent. It really gives to a prehistoric worthy aspect of Jurasic Park movies

 

Another Thing to emphasize is the form to excavate that they have, like buldocers nails the mouth in the sand and take impulse moving the tail with great force moving it with the tail towards the shell. They do not make a hole and they bury the shell but they accumulates earth around the shell until burying it.

The aggressiveness of this species is demonstrated in the ferociti that shows in the defense of the territory. They bites my hand when I put it near the shell.

In the inferior photos we can see the sequence of a fight to throw to an intruder, the poor man when leaves one falls in the territory of which it seems to be a female that does not receives it either very well...

In view of the aggressiveness which they show among them I raise to introduce some other species of fish of free swimming that distracts a little to them its continuous confrontations. I have tried it with a young cylindricus and it has not given result. The first day the cylindricus was distressed but to the following day he was the master and any ocellatus was able to stand up to him expensive. I decide to remove it and to give back it to the shop... Some friends recommend to me to introduce Chinese neons but I am not sure that the neons hold envites of ocellatus... So far it will wait a little to see as the behavior of ocellatus evolves before making a decision.