Lateral Line March 2011 - Hill Country Cichlid Club

2The HCCC is a proud member ofthe Federation of TexasAquarium Societies.The HCCC is a proud member ofthe Federationof American AquariumSocieties.Contents:Cares Species Sheet Iranocichla hormuzensis 3Fish Rooms: Managing the CostChapter 3: Lighting - Making LED affordable- Dan Schacht 4Do You Know? Aulonocara sp. “stuartgranti Maleri” (Maleri Island)- Kory Watkins 16My experience with Ancistrus cf. cirrhosus- Walter Wooton Jr. 24Spring has sprung in South Texas. Unfortunatelywe have had a lack of rain which willsurly affect the annual wild flowers. I haven’tseen a single blue bonnet yet.The fish have started getting spring feverthough and some great spawns are in theworks. I hope the rest of you HCCCer’s areexperiencing the same thing.In April we will head on up to Austin for theannual Amazonia cichlid Symposium. Thisyears speakers are Dave Hansen, WalterWooton and Caroline Estes. This is going tobe a great event! Next up will be the ACAin Washington DC. Looks like we’ll havegood representation from the club. Hey,what about that auction? Great crowd, gooddeals and lots of super fish, plants andequipment! I’m not sure when the next auctionwill be but certainly by September we’llput another on.FOTAS CARES is coming up fast! There’sstill lots of work to do. The facility is incredible.I’m really looking forward to this.This issue of the Lateral Line is going to bewell read. Walt gives us the benefit of someof the tricks he employs to breed bristlenoseplecos. Kory Watkins writes a breeding accounton Aulonocara sp. “stuartgrantiMaleri”. It’s been a while since I’veworked with peacocks and this is one I’venever tried. We continue highlighting a CA-RES species in each issue. This month isIranocichla hormuzensis. I would absolutelylove to work with that fish!The talk in the club as of late, has been LEDlighting. Dan relates cost comparisons betweenrunning LED’s against other types oflighting.. He then explains how to acquire,and assemble LED’s.The BAP is coming to life lately too. Therehas been a huge resurgence in reports andnew entrants scoring some big points. Therace for Breeder of the Year is certain to beworth watching. Benjamin set the bar highlast year. Will anyone be able to top his singleyear point total?