Alcolapia latilabris , A. ndalalani , Alcolapia alcalica - Natron soda cichlids NEW CICHLID 07/08

[@СветочДхармы]

Thank you for a very interesting and informative video!

[@michaela-be4le]

Your knowledge of fish and their environment is truly impressive :)

[@paulstingray]

Awesome video!

[@TazawaTanks]

Hi Oliver. I have actually been trying to reach you to see if we can speak about you presenting to our online membership (I work for Aquarium Co-Op). Is there a time that we may connect so that I can share more?

[@belowwater]

sure, email me from belowwater.com or write me on Facebook directly

[@vitaliyvyntu4566]

Very interesting

[@zeezee9653]

Thanks for this video. What amazing species.

[@plantesduzoo]

Very interesting. Thank you

[@NaturalBiotopes]

Thanks to you, this is the first time I see these fish in their natural habitat. Good video.

[@belowwater]

thank you, it is a beautiful place, even though there is barely space for 2 people in the creek

[@twasbrillig33]

Never heard of them or of any fish from that lake/region...amazing and informative (and heartbreaking in regards to the environmental issues) video as always. This channel is outstanding

[@apolloravindran]

Great video, i have seen a Alcolapia sp. alcalica during a fish auction long time ago. It was a breeding group and sold for good money. They are indeed stunning and unique species, never seen it after in the hobby probably because our market is being flooded by hybrid cichlids from rift lakes to the point people are forgetting there are stunning fish that are naturally occurring. I am glad there is conservation and importers that deal with unique species.

[@belowwater]

Sadly a lot of these really odd fish don't stay around for long.

[@richardreynolds9896]

Nice video!

[@davidbowman2501]

Very cool video. I'd love to try to breed A. ndalalani.

[@1816pinaki]

I am wondering the hard work that had been put to make this video .... traveling to different continent , remote location the list will go on ..... i wanted to thank you for ur efforts and in future will look forward to see more from u ..... stay blessed

[@belowwater]

This is before drones had intergrated cameras, which is why the aerial footage is not so cinematic, just an early GoPro strapped to the bottom! Today this would be easier.

[@1816pinaki]

@@belowwater will look forward to more from you .....

[@bridgeportfishkeeper7845]

Thanks for sharing this video. This is the first time coming across your videos and are very enjoyable.

[@belowwater]

thank you!

[@alekkoomanoff7281]

Have wanted to keep Alcolapia nadalani since I saw article in Amazonas a few years back. Fish room was destroyed 7/2020 but hopefully am moving 4 hours South to Comal County TX. Abundant hard water there. Maybe I'll find some at Triple Crown.

[@mraquaticnews5676]

Nice 🤘

[@stevenbisset8717]

must be a really tough cichlid, would do great on Facebook with those lips lol, thanks again 👍

[@belowwater]

yes, i think these extreme-tolerant fish can handle a huge range of water parameters.

[@joelupone3076]

Incredible content

[@belowwater]

thank you!

[@klausoxen6597]

Great Video, many thank's for sharing, Oliver👍 Greets to Canada

[@belowwater]

thank you!

[@apanhaesta]

Much thanks for this, Oliver! Trully amazing images and information.

[@Cgraseck]

Just Awesome😀👍🤙

[@belowwater]

Thanks ✌️

[@paulstingray]

Super interesting how the lips changed only after two generations

[@atkinsnatureaquariums3552]

This was really cool. Thanks Oliver 😃 another great informative video. I love learning about African cichlids, especially riverine cichlids. I'm working with a pair Enigmatochromis Lucanusi 😉 I love them so much. I hope to breed them one day 💪 have a great day

[@belowwater]

they can be a bit tricky, they need a lot of room for a small fish!

[@atkinsnatureaquariums3552]

@@belowwater thank you for that little tip, right now they are in a standard 20 high, I've been thinking of upgrading them because the male is being quite a jerk to his female. Now I'm definitely going to upgrade them, not alot of info I found on them. Thank you

[@giftofthewild6665]

Have you tried keeping them at 10ph? Maybe they need the higher pH to develop the lips?

[@belowwater]

The answer is likely rough surfaces lava with algae on it and no other food, a bit tricky to do in an aquarium setting. In nature they feed on the bedrock all day long, scraping algae. Their habitat is in the shadow of the volcano, so this bedrock is really rough former lava flow. It would be hard to mimic.

[@rowshambow]

Do you know what the PH was in the areas they were found in the wild? What range of PH did you find the 3 difference species living in their native habitat? Is that something you tested for?​@@belowwater

[@belowwater]

@@rowshambow - the pH was 8.9-9.1 but I think there is a huge variation, for one it depends on the rain in the surroundings, because the fish only occur in the springs that flow into the lake, but also the fish occur from the headwaters down to the "estuary" of those creeks, and the water could be much more alkaline as they get closer to the lake.

[@Constantine_Cvl8]

I guess there really are cichlids for everything

[@belowwater]

yes, Uaru fernandezyepezi in pH 4.0, and Alcolapia in close to pH10.0!

[@СветочДхармы]

Please say Alcolapia latilabris and Are Alcolapia ndalalani only found in this lake and nowhere else? Or meet somewhere else near this lake!?

[@belowwater]

the lake is too toxic, around the lake there are around a dozen springs, all have A.alcalica, i think 4 have ndalalani and 3 have latilabris. So just 3 or so have all 3 species.

[@СветочДхармы]

@@belowwater Thanks for the very rare and interesting information!!!

[@factsoverfeelings1776]

Earths climate is ALWAYS changing.

[@alekkoomanoff2536]

FWIW just saw Alcolapia on ndalalani

[@alekkoomanoff2536]

Wet Spot in Portland has Alcolapia alcalica listed currently for reasonable

[@sarcohuman8147]

Hey when u breed enough of these cichlids are u gonna be interested in selling them u. In order to keep there striking lips you should only breed the ones with the best lips as this is what happens in the wild dont let them freely breed

[@belowwater]

I have not kept them for years, the videos are filmed 7 years ago. The development of the hypertrophied lips is not genetic, there are no differences in individuals in the F1 nor F2 generations.

[@brockn7878]

What if you had a super powerful light and grew a bunch of algae for them?? Is that a stupid question? 😆

[@belowwater]

yes, if you have a lot of light, they will graze more, if you have rough stones, maybe that could help. but the rocks there are really like sandpaper (volcano nearby) - and i am not sure if you could grow enough algae that you do not have to feed them as well.