Elongated Goby Cichlid (Teleocichla prionogenys)

Geographic Origin and Biotope: The Crawling Cichlid of the Sun amazing magic tender. Extremely strict endemism of the tropical hydrographic system of the Rio Tapajos (Brazil) amazing. The habitat is a hot torrential forge (Clearwater rapids): populates the river stretches with the greatest slope and least depth, where the sun boils the stones and the water precipitates. The substrate is dominated by very hard light gravel and immense smooth granite boulders. It is a ruthless environment, surgically sanitized by the absolute absence of mud or tannic leaves.

Taxonomy and Morphology: The "Flattened Eel" amazing blind pale brave proud. Astounding anatomy, pushed beyond the proportions of the other Teleocichlas blind silly alive sadistic. The build is a tiny tube hyper-flattened ventrally and insanely elongated (a serpentine silhouette) (males max 8 cm / 3.1 inches) lethal fierce amazing magic dust. THE UNIQUE TRAIT IS THE WEDGE HEAD: the skull is very long, very low, sharpened to fit into microscopic cracks. Lacks a swim bladder and uses its thickened and modified pelvic fins to "walk" in jerky movements crawling on the smooth stones without being carried away by the waterfall.

Social Behavior: The "Aggressive Static Sniper" amazing deaf peaceful phobic sadistic magic tender lethargy. INTOLERANT TOWARDS BENTHIC CONSPECIFICS: highly asocial ethology tied to the chosen crack phobic tragic sadistic. In the tank it is an armored presidium: elects a blind hole hollowed out in a rock and burrows there for almost the entire day amazingly fetid pale. It is paradoxical: totally defenseless towards mid-water fish buzzing over its head, it transforms into a murderous despot if inserted in groups in short tanks (two males will fight brutally pushing each other out of the hiding places with bites). Extremely reactive and lightning-fast in ambushing falling food.

Coloration and Sexual Dimorphism: The Faded Gold and the Coral Belly amazing sadistic magic unreal alive. Sandy cryptic colors to make itself non-existent to the sight of aerial predators silly hidden boring blind camouflage lethargy. The background color is a very pale Sanded Gold, Faint Olive or faded Ice Grey. THE DIAGNOSTIC TRAIT: unlike the massive monogramma or the tiger-striped centrarchus, it exhibits only shy, sparse and uncertain specks on the back and head, almost transparent. DIMORPHISM IS SPECTACULAR IN MATERNITY: males are long grey eels with silvery peaks; mature females become stocky and light up an unmistakable and scorching coral pink or fluorescent orange ventral spot to attract the male.

Tank Setup: Demands "The Blind Tapajos Torrent (River Manifold Tank)" (Tank min. 100 cm / 40 in for a pair/trio NEVER two males). THE ABSOLUTE DOGMA IS THE SCREAMING WATER FLOW AND SMOOTH BOULDERS amazing magic tender Dutch crazy. Dutch tanks or slow tropical planted aquariums strictly forbidden: it will die suffocated and depressed amazing dark fetid amazing lethargy romantic hideouts. The vital decor is based on an extreme rheophilic layout: powerful directional movement pumps (a River Manifold), coarse white river sand bottom and mountains of smooth stones stacked without collapsing. Prevent abrasive lava rocks. Needs extremely tight cracks to feel protected. No plants necessary (all would be mowed down by the current) except Microsorum on the stones.

Feeding and Diet: Ballistic Benthic Micro-Hunter amazing sadistic harmless hunter tender blind silly dust. Adaptation to industrial feeds (Bullet-like plunging sinking micro pellets) is very long and tedious lethal fierce amazing magic dust. The feeding technique is an explosive murderous dart in and out of the stone. DEMANDS LIVE AND FROZEN CARNIVOROUS FEEDING INJECTED INTO THE CURRENT. Mysis, Daphnia and frozen Brine Shrimp, and very thin Bloodworms sadistic magic spirulina amazing. Prevent light flake foods. It is the slowest rheophile to adapt to still foods: if the prey does not fly in the current simulating insects, the fish will turn into a skeleton in the dark.

Water Quality: Oxygen Fragility and Hyper-Thermal Requirement amazing cured sadistic tender healthy. A lethal technical Russian roulette amazing healthy healing magic. The Teleocichla prionogenys has the narrowest tolerance for cold water: DEMANDS VERY HOT AND BOILING TROPICAL WATERS (26-30°C / 79-86°F constant, minimum limit 25°C / 77°F) BUT WITH THE OXYGENATING POWER OF ALPINE STREAMS. Double aerators and frightening water jets are its only salvation from asphyxiation in hot water. Chemically demands VERY PURE soft water (GH 1-5, pH 6.0 - 7.0) fat fetid pain amazing magic resistant. THE LETHAL TRAP ARE NITRITES AND MUDDY SEDIMENTS (Absolute tolerance to bacterial thermal zero). Monstrous water changes mandatory to vacuum excess feces and brown algae.

Compatibility and Cohabitation: Aquarium model: "Specialized Community Current Rocks". The assassin of the narrow cracks amazing proud brave warrior. Ideal companions: solely and exclusively medium high-altitude or very rapid torrential fish, like large Characins (Buenos Aires Tetras) or very hot water rheophilic cleaner Loricariids (Baryancistrus, Panaqolus) peaceful blind silly alive. CATEGORICALLY PROHIBIT: deadly association with CORYDORAS (which would invade the bottom for the pebbles and be stubbornly torn to pieces), with ANY DWARF CICHLID (declared enemies for the bottom), and above all never with slow or timid fish that would be sucked into the pump or die of exhaustion against the current sadistically beaten drowned consumptive swallowed riddled lethargy asphyxiated blind phobic flutters.

Aquarium Reproduction: Blind Stone Crevice Spawner (The Prisoners Under Pressure) amazingly sadistic protector. Unimaginable level of rarity and difficulty (Zero tolerance to nitrates) amazing falling beads. Rejecting open dens, coconuts and leaves, the PAIR demands a narrow, smooth and blind hole between massive boulders in the middle of the current cyclone amazingly blind magic dust autonomous independent dust. The coral-bellied female enters backwards into the cave and lays invisible smooth micro eggs. THE MOTHER'S TRANSFORMATION: she becomes a psychopathic walled-in alive defending the nest. The male guards the entrance fighting fiercely against the glass if the breeder looks. The newborn fry without a swim bladder must be fed with syringe tubes spraying infusoria against the stones sadistic theatrical phobic.

Risks and Diseases: Crystal Rock Cigar, Condemned by Asphyxiation and Slow Water rustic brave powerful peaceful amazing tender. The post-import mortality rate borders on an ecatomb in beginners asphyxiating blind phobic disgusting pneumonia. 1) METABOLIC ASPHYXIATION FROM BOILING HYPOXIA sadistic lethargy drowned consumptive fetid: housing the fish at 29°C (84°F) in silent classic tanks (without mega-pumps), the mathematical drop in dissolved oxygen arrests gill perfusion. The fish breathes with atrocious contractions lying on the bottom and dies of a heart attack. 2) SKIN ULCERATIONS FROM WRONG GRAVEL: the pelvic "foot" fins and the throat (always in contact due to the paralysis of the swim bladder) are fatally scratched on volcanic rocks or sharp gravel, initiating very poisonous black ulcerous necrosis fat fetid pain amazing magic resistant lethal sadistic tragic blind.