My boyfriend has a 55 gallon African Cichlid tank going and really wants one of these Christmas Fulu's (Xystichochromis phytophagus) We haven't seen any stores in our county. Does anyone happen to know of somewhere in this area that has them available? I would LOVE to get him one for his tank. He loves the colors in them. I just discovered this site on Craigslist. It's great for fish enthusiasts.

I forgot to post a picture. Here it is.

What area are you in?

Ive been looking to buy some of these also. Let me know.

I have never seen them in stores in washington.... have seen them at the wetspot in portland, (cichlid exchange retail store)....

I myself have recently acquired a breeding group.... I just stripped like 4 eggs, and 6 tiny fry.... so it will be awhile until I can put some up for sale... I know another user on here has a pretty big stock and his are breeding too.... Icer711

Here is my alpha male.... couldnt get him to come out... and he is not really colored up nice cause there is a big sunshine peacock in his tank that kinda became the alpha of the whole tank. ... think Im gonna sell the peacock so the fulu's color up more... anyway, he is a daddy, I have a bunch of his babies and they will be for sale in a few months if you sit tight

I live in Grays Harbor, near Ocean Shores, Aberdeen, Hoquiam area.

Sandnuka, you are about 2 and a half hours away I can tell by the coloring that this is definitely a Christmas Fulu. Where did you acquire yours at?

He is currently fighting chemical imbalance and is treating his tank so currently getting fish has been put on hold until he can get them under control.

On here actually..... a friend from portland sold me the breeding colony... 1 male 3 females.... Think he got it on aquabid or the wetspot (portland).... there online pretty cheap... think shippin isnt too bad, but they dont gurrantee sex. so you might get a blan female.

http://www.livefishdirect.com/store.php?cid=4

Thank you this is very good to know. I will check out this site. We have a local fish store and they say they can't get these fish in. I'm not sure why though. :\ They are gorgeous fish!

give me some time i have one that just spit some but some are spoken for and it looks like i have one newly holding and i see lots of dancing tonight ... oh and a whole lot closer than sand
and there had to find cause theirs not many people that have them and they are easily mixed up with the........................... crap find it right now but i wanna say its a scraper, the colors are very similar

Big Jim sells xmas fulu fry as well, if you're looking to mail order. I'd leave it to icer or sand to comment on the quality though, since I know nothing of the Victorians.

They are hard to find because they are a Victorian cichlid and most all vics are on the red list.
I would not put one in an African tank, they do best in a species tank with 1-2 males and 5-10 females.
They are commonly confused with the salmons.
Here is my dom male

My group is already spoken for though, I'm making room for more rare vics.

I got Two females holding now..... I was waiting to get another tank up to strip the eggs, so not sure how many I will have..... probably have them up for sale in about 1 1/2 months.

was thinkin about 7 bucks each. sounds fair?

$7 is good for 1-1.5"

Marysville is about 3 hours away from where I am at unfortunately. However Belfair is only about an hour and a half. Icer I would appreciate it if you could stay in touch with me. I sent you a private message as well. Thank you everyone for your help! I GREATLY appreciate it!

Ok.... i lost all my wigglers (barely could see egg sac) to gettin sucked out the egg tumbler agains!!!! I know I have to invest in a better tumbler.... but, icer711 is closer to ya anyway, and he has a bunch of fry coming!

Actually I have gotten in touch with "me" and they are closer yet. They are only about a little over an hour away and they have a good size juvies for the other size of fish in the tank. Thank you everyone. If I know of ANYONE looking for more of these fish I will contact any of you or give them the information for this site and direct them to this thread. I am so greatful for all your help! It is amazing that there are still kind people out there. And ALOT of them on here You guys are all great! Thank you again, I shall hopefully soon be giving my boyfriend his new "presents" and he will love them! New "Kids" for him.

For what it's worth icer, any fulu under an inch would likely be lunch in her tank.