Latest addition

Here are some crappy phone pics of the latest addition to the Madness family, my new WC beast Midas. He is developing a sweet little hump already.

I couldnt be happier with how he looks. And as soon as the WC Amarillo and WC Red Devil stop being fraidy cats, I will post pics of them, they too are really awesome looking.

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What a face! That last pix true make shim look like he is getting annoyed by you and your picture taking. Haha

 WC, wow he is awesome!

lloyd378 wrote:What a face! That last pix true make shim look like he is getting annoyed by you and your picture taking. Haha

He is starting to warm up to me.  Eats like a champ.  A little concerned with all of the little ones that I got, (the grammodes, Chancho, Sagittae) they all have very thin bellies and dont aggressively eat, actually I only see about half of them actually eat.  So they are getting treatments every other day.

As soon as the female Midas comes out of hiding, I will get a shot of her, and the wc red devil,   he has some awesome looking red in him.  But he is a ****** still too, so have to wait for him to get comfy as well. Also the wc Amarillo, keeps hiding as well.

So, more pictures to come another day.

fishNAbowl wrote: WC, wow he is awesome!

Thanks bud, so far I am glad that I pulled the trigger on him.

Impressive Midas.

Thanks Tom

What a beast!

Madness,
I've seen these housed in 75 gallon setups. I think they where adults they where at lest 16 inches head to tail. For a single fish is a 75 gallon tank appropriate to house this fish for a life time?

Thanks for the update on your small ones too. As for my small ones:  My trimacs are always out, eating,  and swimming even with my big fish.... One of my chancos the biggest one is also always out, except he chases the smaller chanco mercilessly and he also nips at the fins of the trimacs.  The good news is that they are all eating ( though the smaller chanco is skinnier than the rest) and seem to get along rather well with my other tankmates including a 10-11" synspillum

fishNAbowl wrote:Madness,
I've seen these housed in 75 gallon setups. I think they where adults they where at lest 16 inches head to tail. For a single fish is a 75 gallon tank appropriate to house this fish for a life time?

That is usually the minimum tank size recommended to house one solo large cichlid like this. Most of the times these guys only get 12"-14" but you will get an exceptional specimen that will get bigger.

I am looking to do something a bit similar (solo wet pet) but with a 72g bowfront. I dont really have an issue with it because I over filter and I am a water change fanatic.

fishNAbowl wrote:Madness,
I've seen these housed in 75 gallon setups. I think they where adults they where at lest 16 inches head to tail. For a single fish is a 75 gallon tank appropriate to house this fish for a life time?

Yes that would be ok. Ideally a 4×2 would b better but a 75 should work well.

lloyd378 wrote:Thanks for the update on your small ones too. As for my small ones:  My trimacs are always out, eating,  and swimming even with my big fish.... One of my chancos the biggest one is also always out, except he chases the smaller chanco mercilessly and he also nips at the fins of the trimacs.  The good news is that they are all eating ( though the smaller chanco is skinnier than the rest) and seem to get along rather well with my other tankmates including a 10-11" synspillum

Glad to see that all is well

DMD123 wrote:What a beast!

Thanks D.

How soon can we expect some babies?   

So male is WC and female is WC or not?

Female is F1, from Dan's pair. They are together getting (somewhat) acquainted.   So, maybe soon.   

Madness wrote:Female is F1, from Dan's pair.  They are together getting (somewhat) acquainted.    So, maybe soon.    

Hurry it up!   

D you were asking about Gage's Trimacs that he has available. Well they came from this beauty.

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I'm serious about that trimac!   I want want want one.

Thats what Im talking about! Only problem is getting a group together to buy from Gage. Since he has nothing anyone else is interested in, since you guys bought everything you wanted from Dan.

DMD123 wrote:Thats what Im talking about! Only problem is getting a group together to buy from Gage. Since he has nothing anyone else is interested in, since you guys bought everything you wanted from Dan.

                 

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Come on guys just take a look.... No harm in looking  

Minimum order is only $50...

I could probably go for these:     

GRAMMODES 'MEXICAN FLAG CICHLID' Female 5" $25.00
HAITIENSIS 'HAITIAN CICHLID' 1.25" $4
TRIMACULATUS 'RED EYED CICHLID' 1.5" $5

So it looks like we have an order....   

I am just joking. I really want to try a small group of trimac and growout one beast of a male. So I would be willing to get 4-5 and try that. I dont want to spend a fortune on shipping so likely will wait a little while until a good sized order goes in.

I know you usually get it airport to airport, are their cheaper shipping options? USPS?

Hopefully you are treating him for that huge tumor on the top of his head, poor thing.

Otherwise he does indeed look beastly.   

dwarfpike wrote:Hopefully you are treating him for that huge tumor on the top of his head, poor thing.

Otherwise he does indeed look beastly.   

  

dwarfpike wrote:Hopefully you are treating him for that huge tumor on the top of his head, poor thing.

Otherwise he does indeed look beastly.   

  

I know you and I make 2, And Shannon wants some Istlanum so I know he makes 3. Darren always wants something , so possibly 4.

2 Day is the cheapest way. The only concern would be the 5" Grammode, otherwise the other small ones should do fine. A small order like this should not be more than $60 airport to airport. It will be about 30 lbs. or so. The last one was 2 lrg boxes 110 lbs and that was $140.

So 1 box, sent 2 day would not be that much?

I dont believe so.

I see Haitian's are on your list. The Haitian's are pretty awesome but they are one of those bloat prone types like beani, right?

Hey this thread is about my new boy.     

From this morning:

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DMD123 wrote:I see Haitian's are on your list. The Haitian's are pretty awesome but they are one of those bloat prone types like beani, right?

Yes very much so!

Sorry! Derail back on track.

Very nice midas!   

wow he really is settling in quickly. turning into a stunner for sure, what is the point of the hump anyways? always been curious about its origins. his color is coming in nicely, itll be nice to see him once he finds a GF

The hump is a sign of dominance or a sign of "hey look at me" to the females.

There is a female in with him. Which is probably why the hump is getting bigger

HA! thanks for clearing that up, and making a nice joke   
does your water still have viagra in it? i havent heard much on the subject lately, (sorry to partially derail/delay thread) just curious when youll be having babies

They are always and still having babies. Now I am working with some new species

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Any baby midas yet?

  

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Any baby midas yet?

  

  

I know a bit early, probably settling in still. Cant wait to see how that male progresses with that big hump head of his.