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[Bowdy]

The black strip in the dorsel is the obvious female characteristic as males don't have that. Show us your other one.

[Mattymak]

They are both female i'm pretty sure, i'm on the hunt for a male.

[Bowdy]

I had a few your bout 3 months to late there is a member after a female if you wanna move the other one. But be carefull introducing a male to her.

[FrontyKwal]

Added a few more to the collection today

 

So far keeping:

Vieja fenestratus marbled

Cichlasoma bocourtis

Paratheraps zonatus

Cleithracara maronii

Hypeselectara temporalis

Petenia splendida

Cichla monoculus

Paratilapia polleni

Geophagus brasiliensis

Geophagus surinamensis

[Bowdy]

Where did you get the Paratheraps zonatus

[FrontyKwal]

One of my mates got some from over east but the seller only had 5 but after a lot of begging and nagging my mate sold me 1 little guy about 6 cm

[Bowdy]

Nice one there great fish. There usually readily available on Ace if decide you want more.

[TheTexasCichlidMasacre]

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he wasnt to sure about me and my phone.... just kept moving and looking at me and then on the last one decided to try and hide.. not many places for a fish of his size to hide lol

[TheTexasCichlidMasacre]

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bit easier to get him now ....

[Bermont]

My Current Americans:

German Blue Rams

Pearl Cichlids

Red Horseface

Butterfly Rams

Green Terrors

Jack Dempseys

Convicts

 

But ive been seriously considering selling off my display africans and turning it into a geo tank cause ive been falling in love with my Geos and Discus lately

[Leigh]

I know they are not uncommon by any stretch, but love the Red Horseface.....

[AXIS]

I have:

 

Blue Rams

Gold Rams

Electric Blue Rams

and a gold Severum.

[werdna]

This thread makes me miss my Americans...

[Mattymak]

Nice dovii Andrew!

[Poncho]

Great collection Frontykwal

The bocourti are great looking fish, one of my favourites so good to hear they're still around

Ps polleni are cool fish too but from Madagascar rather than American. Sorry if I'm being pedantic

Edited by Poncho, 08 August 2013 - 09:03 PM.

[FrontyKwal]

Cheers Poncho Iv got 3 of them around 15 cm looks like 1m 2f I'd like to try breed them one day but don't have the space at the moment for their own tank/raising fry. Here's a photo of the male, has been showing awesome colours for the last few months



Oh and yes they are too from Madagascar, I keep forgetting that haha they fit in so well with Americans though, can't ever see myself keeping them with African cichlids long term but at the moment they are only little nippers about 6cm so they are growing out with x6 C. Moori's in a 4x18x18

[TheTexasCichlidMasacre]

what about my dovii Matty?

[Mattymak]

He's looking ok mate still small by the looks of him

[TheTexasCichlidMasacre]

when i turn those tank lights off he glows like a mofo... soon as those tank lights come on he drops his colour lol i might take a pic with the tank lights off next time and get him when his colour is better

[TheTexasCichlidMasacre]

i took some photos of him again today when i got home to show the difference without turning the tank lights on.. When there has   just been natural light all day his colour is pretty damn good imo

 

yeah and sorry about the second pic i know it is a bit distant but when i try and take a pic he faces me and i struggle to get a side on pic  haha

 

 

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