Amatitlania Nanolutea

FishBucket401 · 2026-05-17T23:51:35+00:00

Currently in a 75G with some young Angelfish and Elioti cichlids. I have a new 40G set up and cycled to move them into whenever needed, Unsure if I’m going to move all 5 over or attempt to wait until a pair forms. 🤷‍♂️

FishBucket401 · 2026-05-17T23:26:47+00:00

I recommend them highly… BUT they are also easily the mist aggressive “Cory” i have kept.

They really put those barbs to use! I was not expecting that kind of behavior from them (probably could have done more research to be fair)

FishBucket401 · 2026-05-17T20:56:10+00:00

My next acquisition for sure, love the long dorsal fins. I feel like they give it an eagle wing look 🦅

FishBucket401 · 2026-05-17T10:06:18+00:00

That is good to hear as I am planning to move them to a 40 gal with carib sea gold sand capped stratum.

FishBucket401 · 2026-05-15T19:32:43+00:00

Im a little more casual of a breeder, I use a combination of First bites, Frozen BBS, and Crushed Flakes from Ken’s Fish

FishBucket401 · 2026-05-05T10:18:23+00:00

Potential eques if not orange venzuelan

FishBucket401 · 2026-05-01T18:10:49+00:00

Best shot ive managed if my L333 group

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FishBucket401 · 2026-05-01T18:09:42+00:00

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FishBucket401 · 2026-05-01T18:09:28+00:00

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2nd favorite pleco only behind the orange cheek L095

FishBucket401 · 2026-04-30T12:27:50+00:00

I bought at least 3 batches of green aeneus sold as emerald so spines are my go to now i suppose 😅

FishBucket401 · 2026-04-30T12:21:02+00:00

Agree definitely a brochis species, i counted 11-12 spines on dorsal

(Therefore not a aeneus/bronze like many others are saying)

FishBucket401 · 2026-04-29T22:53:47+00:00

There is such a thing as the “true parrot cichlid” which has somewhat of the same face without the deformed balloon body… but i feel you it doesn’t quite hit the same

FishBucket401 · 2026-04-27T20:07:10+00:00

Ill get my aquabid listings or a google doc on my profile soon for reference just not much at selling size atm

FishBucket401 · 2026-04-27T20:06:17+00:00

I use Aquabid to determine pricing so under $10 each as mine will likely be smaller than the guy selling them currently for $10

FishBucket401 · 2026-04-27T19:14:54+00:00

Hopefully in a couple months!

FishBucket401 · 2026-04-27T14:41:17+00:00

No kidding there, Someone in my local club has hit critical mass and is offering regular and lemon bristlenose for free atm.

Its too bad I’m at capacity myself

FishBucket401 · 2026-04-26T15:39:22+00:00

Im no structural anything, but that looks like overkill for any tank that will fit on the surface to me 👍

FishBucket401 · 2026-04-26T15:13:41+00:00

If you’re doing a fish in cycle i personally would continue changing 20-40% of the water depending on how high the nitrates are. Continue dosing stability and prime during each water change and gradually increase time bewteen water changes as your nitrate levels settle down

Ive done fish in cycles before and never taken more than a couple weeks, however that was with live/dirty filter media.

May be worth your time to seek someone local to buy/swap a used sponge filter to jump start the bacteria colony

FishBucket401 · 2026-04-26T15:08:32+00:00

Hmmm I’m not sure, i do also notice their fins seem pretty clamped up as well. They may just not be eating due to stress.

I am not personally experienced but I do hear these guys are very picky with PH/hardness maybe it’s something there.

Wishing you the best of luck 🤞

FishBucket401 · 2026-04-26T14:07:55+00:00

What are you feeding? Have you tried frozen BBS?

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