My Fish Family (UPDATED 06-06-11)

Here are a few pics of my wonderful fish. I have several more different species, but are still to small and they are like kids and puppy's. They never sit still for more than 5 sec.

Here is a list of my collection, followed by pics: WC=Wild caught M=Male F=female

1)Amph. Hogaboomarum (my fav so far) WC 1M@12", 1M@9", 2F@6"
2)Red Devil 1F@7", 1F@8"
3)Dempsey 1M@8", 1F@4"
4)Barred Red, Red Devil 1F@8"
5)Black Convicts 2@5", 1@4"
6)Calico/Marble Convicts 5@3"-4"
7)Blue Convicts 2@4"
8)Honduran Red Points 6@3"
9)Fire mouths (SOLD)
10)Jaguars 1@5", 1@3", 2@1.5"
11)Orange/White Red Devil WC 1M@10"
12)Red Tail Sharks 1@4"
13)Rainbow Sharks 1@4"
14)Bala Sharks(SOLD)
15)Carpintis Escondido 1@6", 2@4"
16)Red Texas 2@3"
17)Hybrid Red Texas (Texas x Red Devil) 1@4"
18)Polypterus Senegalus (MURDERED)
19)Salvini 1M@6", 1F@3"
20)Red Tiger Mota's 1M@4.5" 1M@3.5", 2@2"
21)Yellow Convict female 1@2"
22)Torichthys Helleri (MURDERED)
23)Rainbow Cichlids 2@2.5"
24)Orange Pike 2@5-6"
25)Hybrid (Calobrenses x Grammode) 1@6"
26)Red Finned Botia WC 1@4", 3@3"
27)Lusistic Honduran Red Point 1F@2'
28)My awesome Pet Smart Unknown (red devil)
29)Plecos 1@15", 1@12", 3@6"
30)Silver Tip Cat/Shark (SOLD)
31)Amphilophus Xiloaensis 1F@7"
32)Tiger Botia Loach 1@5", 1@4", 2@3"
33)Cich. Kraussi 1@9", 1@6"
34)Flowerhorn, red 1@6"
35)Hericthys Labridens (MURDERED)
36)Archocentrus Cutteri 5@2.5"
37)Polypterus Delhezi 2@8"
38)Clown Loach 3@4"
39)Nandopsis Tetracanthus 2@3"
40)Nandopsis Haitiensis (MURDERED)
41)Vieja Regani 1@4", 1@2.5"
42)Cryptoheros Panamensis 1@2"
43)Cichlasoma Grammode 1M@7", 1F@2.5"
44)White Red Devil 1M@7"
45)Vieja Argentea 1@5", 1@3.5", 1@3"
46)Amph. Chancho(NEW ADDITION) 1@3.5"
47)Green Terror(NEW ADDITION) 1@7"
48)Texas 2M@9"
49)Carpintis 1@6"
50)Festae 1M@7", 1F@5.5"
51)Umbee 1WC M@5", 4WC@3"-6", 12@3"-5"
52)Parachromis Yellow Dovi 1@5", 2@3.5"
53)Cichlasoma Uropthalmus 1M@6" , 1@6", 1F@5"
54)Parachromis Loisellei 1M@10", 1F@5", 4@3"
55)Cichlasoma Istlanum 4@1.5"
56)Cichlasoma Beani 3@1.5"
57)Astatheros Robertsoni 5@1.5"
58)Cichlasoma Ornatums 5@1.5"
59)Astatheros Nourassati 4@3"
60)Amphilophus Rytisma 4@3" 'endangered species'
61)Paraneetroplus Gibbisep 2@3"
62)Tomacichla Sieboldii 1@4", 1@2.5"
63)Vieja Maculicauda 3@2.5"
64)Parachromis Motaguense RTM 1M@8", 1F@5"
65)Parachromis Blue Dovi WC 1M@15", 1F@10"
66)Chocolate Pleco 1@5", 1@3"
67)Striped Raphel Cat 1@4"
68)Cryptoheros Sajica 1M@2.5", 1F@1.5"
69)Australoheros sp. 'red ceibal' 1M@2.5", 1F@1.5"
70)Parachromis Friedrichsthalii 1@4.5", 1@3.5", 3@2.5"
71)FlowerHorn x Dempsey 1@6"
72)Paratheraps (Vieja) Zonatus 1@5"
73)Paratheraps (Vieja) Bifasciatus 3@2-3"
74)Hypsophrys Nicaraguenses 1M@3.5", 1F@2.5"
75)Crencichla Lenticulata 1@5"


COMING SOON:
Barred Blue Devil (labiatus)
White Devil (labiatus)
sp 'Red Isletas'
WC Festae
Vieja Bifasciatus (gottem)
Vieja Zonatus (gottem)
Male Parachromis (Yellow) Dovi


Hybrid Calobrenses x Grammode
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Big Daddy Jack Dempsey w/Fire Mouth in back ground
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My new favorite, the Hagaboomarum 'Male'
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Marble Convicts 'Mom and Dad'
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Yellow Red Devil 'Male'
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Red Devil 'Male'
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Red Devil 'Female' yes it is a female.
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Barred 'Red' Red Devil 'Female'
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Fire Mouth
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Will update pics as they get bigger and showing more color. The Texas is just starting to turn red. My unknown PetSmart fish is getting more colors. And the rest are just to small. But will try and post pics if anyone wants to see one of them.

Thanks for looking.

I really like the "Hagaboomarum 'Male'" Almost like a flowerhorn pattern but a really unique color. Pretty cool. Where did you get it?

They all look good, i especially like the Hagaboomarum, he looks sweet..

My Hogi is wild caught, and Matt at 'A Place For Pets' aka: (Bassman) Introduced me to them a couple months ago. They received a grab bag of assorted Cichlids with their order. And these wonderful fish were in it. I got first dibs on choice, so obviously I have the more awesome looking pair.

They are wonderful to look at, right now they are with a pair of Convicts. I need to get them into a larger tank with more interaction.

I believe there is one pair left, as of yesterday.

Well I moved my Hoga's into a 55 with my barred red 'Red Devil' female. She did not like that very well. She is now 8" and my male Hoga is almost 7". They went at it for a brief period, with, to my surprise, the Red Devil coming out as the victor. She then spent the next hour relentlessly going after both the male and female Hoga. So, I removed the Devil and put her in my 135 with the rest. And they love her and she loves them.

Now the Hoga's are sharing the 55 with a breeding pair of black Convicts. Ya, the Cons are not allowed to even move, or else the male tortures them. Hopefully the move to the 55 will get them to spawn.

Here are some updated pics.

Male and Female Hogaboomarum
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Male
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Female Hoga
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My Yellow Midas. I have come to the conclusion that this is a Midas instead of a Devil, due to the shape of the mouth...
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My barred red 'Red Devil'
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Thought you could tell difference between red devil and midas by eye color?? or is that a myth?? I know they are both awesome fish, and are so close together they are always confused.

Man, they are looking great. Remember they are mine when your done, lol.

If those two spawn I'll take a few fry off ya.. Those are sweet..

awsome fish!

nice collection you got there.

They look like they are wanting, and will definitely let you know when they do. Oh, and will definitely be selling them.

Bassman I suppose I could donate a couple to you, since you are the one to get me excited about them.

But I don't think that I will ever get tired of them. Now that they are in a bigger tank, they are less aggressive towards me and my movements around the tank. I even think that he comes over to say HI when I am up watching them.

the hogas are starting to hang in a tube together.

lets hope they have some eggs real soon.

post pics of the red texas u got from me

I will try. It is still so small and never holds still. Just like a kid. lol

you avatar is funny that Hogaboomarum is like wholy %&$^ i just saw a mermade.

Well here are a couple pics of my Tex/Red Tex and Tex/Red Devil. I looks like they are starting to get some red on them. But still to small to tell. The TRD is about 1 1/2" and the TRT is just over an inch.

Texas/Red Texas bought from Alotadollars.
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My Texas/Red Devil
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Just picked up this Flowerhorn. That is all it was labeled as. They are trying to find out what type of Flowerhorn. I think it may even be a Trimac. What do you think? Any Flowerhorn specialists out there?

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Midas +1 will be a stunner when he grows up

Here is a couple of updated pics of my Calimode (Calibrenses x Grammode)
Hogaboomarum, yellow Midas, barred Red Devil.

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And some crazy ass Convicts that I have in with tha Hoga's, that decided they wanted to spawn before the Hoga's.
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Wow, making up your own names, huh "Calimode"? I like it!

he does that alot like his flower horn but i think trimack how ever you spell it. he calls it a trihorn or a flower mack. he is kind of weird

Just a couple of updated pics of my collection. I have added a few more fish to the collection.
A couple Cubans (Nandopsis Tetracanthus), Veija Regani, & Cryptoheros Panamensis. These are all still babies, less than 3/4".

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Time for some more pics..

Tiger Loach
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Yellow (now Orange, but starting to look very nice) Red Devil
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xiloaensis
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and what are updated pics without a pic of my Hoga
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I have updated my list, and here are a few more pics.

RED FLOWERHORN
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WHT/ORG RED DEVIL MALE
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DELHEZI POLY
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UROPTHALMUS FEMALE
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LOISELLEI MALE
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SALVINI MALE
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CARPINTIS ESCONDIDO & RED TEXAS
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HONDURAN RED POINT MALE & CUTTERI
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RED TEXAS
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YELLOW DOVI
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SOME TYPE OF FLOWERHORN
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HOGABOOMORUM MALE W/NEW GIRLFRIEND & EGGS
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HONDURAN RED POINT MALE
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Man you have some awesome, healthy lookin' fish!

killer , nice collection of fish ... ... i love the hybrids , sometimes they were accidents in a tank but the offspring r killer , i have a jag dovii , and a con terror ,and a umbee jag , my fav is the umbee jag ,oh and i have midas firemouths , there getting big , need one?, ill gety pics up , by the way how many tanks you have at these fish in

I am going to take pics of some of my new adds tonight, and post them.

As for my tanks:
2 x 135gal
4 x 55gal
1 x 40gal
2 x 20gal
1 x 35gal

possibly picking up another 30gal this weekend, w/all accessories.

Well it has been a while since I updated my family. Some of them have really grown up, and others are new pics you haven't seen yet. I went a bit picture happy. Enjoy.

My 10" Parachromis Loisellei
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3" Parachromis Managuensis Jaguar
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New 3" Parachromis Dovi (yellow)
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5" white/orange Red Devil
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6" Carpintis escondido
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My 8" original Amphilophus Hogaboomarum
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Bought this guy as a Carpintis 7" but I think it is a Texas, with another one of my Dovi in the foreground
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Another fish I bought as a Carpintis 8" but also think it is a Texas
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9" male Red Devil w/his 8" female
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3" Red Texas
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5" Caquetaia kraussii
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3.5" Parachromis Motaguensis Red Tiger Mota
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2" Vieja Argentea
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4" Orange Pike poking his head out of the cave
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3" Nandopsis tetracanthus Cuban
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New 2" Parachromis friedrichsthalii
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2 - 7" Polypterus delhezi
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10.5" Amph. Hoga I picked up from HALP
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6" ex Cichlasoma Grammode
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This is not even half of what I have. Took me forever just getting these pics. As they keep growing I will continue to add.

Yesterday was like Christmas in my house. I put in an order for 20 fish and received 25. Very nice and healthy. New to my family are:

6 new Festae from Rattle(one of them is a beautiful red already), 6 new Loisellei from fishaddict, 3 Ornatums from APFP. Included in what I got yesterday was: 4 Rhytisma, 5 Beani, 5 Islantum, 5 Robertsoni, 4 Nourisatti, a 4-5" female Loisellei, and a 3-4" female Grammode.

So now I have the Festae, Loisellei, Beani, Islantum, Ornatum and the Robertsoni, all in the same grow out tank.
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Male Grammode
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Male RTM
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Carpintis Escondido w/Red Texas
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NEW Rhytisma(one in front) and Nourisatti
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NEW Female Loisellei
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Cuban
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You have an awesome collection, They all look amazing.. Kinda miss my aggressice cichlids some times..

Thanks hblue. Can't wait till I get all of them into a bigger home. Soon, very soon.

Amazing collection and my old amp is a beast! Is he still as pissy? I miss being afraid to put my hand in the tank.

OH ya, most definitely. He lets NOTHING go in his tank. We will see here, soon he will be going into a 210 gal and sharing it with a few others. Not sure who he is going to share it with, but we will see. I may stick my 11" male Red Devil and his mate in with him, along with a 10" Texas. Maybe I'll stick my 5" Dovi in with him too. I don't know, we'll see.

i guess i didnt relize you are as hooked as bad as me.

its nice to have people!!!

Oh I am. After watching Mels vids on you tube. I said to myself, "I want that".

Just picked up 2 Australoheros sp. Red Ceibal and 2 Archocentrus sajica. I have always wanted the Sajica, they have such cool coloring.

Also picked up Rock and Angelina. A breeding pair of wild caught Dovi. Very beautiful pair.

Pictures soon.

Here are a few more pics. I updated my list on the first page of this forum.

Female Festae
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Male Festae
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Female Dovi
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Male Dovi
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Tiger loach
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Wht/Org Red Devil
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Teaxs
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Male Grammode
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Carpintis
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Female Xileoansis
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Uropthalmus
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Here we are. Man I just went through all of my pics from the beginning. WOW, have they grown. The big orange Red Devil you see in a lot of the pics, started off as a yellow Devil and is now 11" and awesome looking, he is one of the pics below. Talk about change. The little Carpintis is now a 6" beautiful Carpintis, and I have some new faces to add to the picture family.

New Paratheraps Bifasciatus CORRECTION this is a Zonatus
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The original yellow Devil
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Dempsy/Flwrhrn hybrid
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Carpintis Escondido
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Vieja Regani
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Amphilophus Rhytisma (I really wish this had come out more clear)
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Bought as an Orange Pike, but no body really knows what it is
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A group shot in the 210
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Female Festae with male in the back
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Another shot of the Female Festae
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Well thats it for now, hope you all are continuing to enjoy them. I know I am.

Pretty pretty pretty

Thanks Pleco_party. It has been a lot of fun choosing what I have, and mixing them together, and watching them grow.

jesus.. thats a ton of monster fish. nice pics. hope u get some breeding action outta there.

man ive got a lot to learn haha i could never remember any of those nameslol but that is a killer collection im jelouse haha

try hunting down his fish for him,guys gotta hit the books hard to even be able to say the names,,,,

out of all honesty i have the most fun and learn more as i look at your wish lists.

the wheels are turning im working on ways to stock these awesome fish,

great pictures

lots of practice. lol Im working on mastering my camera so that I can take even better pics. I really enjoy taking pictures. Its not only relaxing to watch the fish, but also very relaxing to take photos of them. I have to take the pics from a distance, cause I swear all my fish come crowd the picture once they see me with a camera. I have taken a few videos of them all, but cant get the videos to upload into my 20year old computer. Mainly cause my disc drive is broke and I cant load up the software to allow my comp to recognize my camera. But I am working on that.

you could always upgrade that old tower?... btw you can always download drivers for software programs. any company worth a darn "Should" have their software available online for download. take a look and perhaps call your software company and ask.


PS: windows 7 recognizes any camera without any installs

Camera's yes, video camera no. I thought about downloading the software from the web. Ill play with that later today.

Have been tinkering around with my old camera before I break down and buy a new one. Here are some new pics and some updated ones. I'll try not to go to crazy, I took 173 pictures.

Enjoy:
Red Tiger Motaguenses RTM (with one of the Red Devils up for sale in the back ground)
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Vieja Regani
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Cream Sickle Red Devil
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11" Texas
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Sieboldi
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Nourasatti
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Nicarguensis pair
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RTM
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Delhezi Poly
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Zonatum
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Snow flake pleco
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Red Texas
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RTM
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Delhezi
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Orange Pike
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Lenticulata Pike
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Group shot of Argentea, Sieboldi, Maculacada(black belt), Bifasciatum, Blythe (Tiger) loach
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Amazing collection!

Where did you find your zonatum? Been looking for one of those and a hartwegi forever.

This Zonatum I got from Jeff @ Big Fish Aquatics, he ordered it for me through SeaGrest farms. But I believe they got it from Gage @ cichlidconnection.com. Gage is where I usually order my unusual fish from. Ive gotten my female Loisellei, female Grammode, Nurasatti, Rhytisma, Robertsoni, Nicarguensis, Sieboldii, all from him. He has 2 different types of Zonatums, found in different lakes. Each one looks a bit different. I am going to place another order with him soon too, and am going to order some more Zonatum.

Im looking at his list now and he has Hartwegi available from 1.5" @$3 to 9" @$70.

His prices are great and his shipping is reasonable.

Dude your gonna need like 3000 gallons worth of aquariums to house all of those as adults..... very nice collection. In the future if you are planning on getting rid of any female loisselei, female salvini, or any istlanum (btw where are they from), please let me know.