Festae pair 'Rio Tumbes'

Subject: Festae pair 'Rio Tumbes' Thu Nov 17, 2011 6:35 pm

This is my wild caught pair of rio tumbes festae. The females barring is washed out right now since they are still settling.. The bond between these two is like nothing I have seen aside from my dovii pair. Sorry for the dirty acrylic, they are in my 125g growout. What do you think?

Subject: Re: Festae pair 'Rio Tumbes' Thu Nov 17, 2011 6:43 pm

They look great !! that female is gonna have some killer coloring once she's settled in.

Subject: Re: Festae pair 'Rio Tumbes' Thu Nov 17, 2011 6:43 pm

They look really nice. No offense to your male, but she would look awesome with my male. Very Happy

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There great.... nice pick up, where did ya get em?

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180: rio coloradito & rio usumantica (temp combo)
4x F1 A. Lyonsi, 4x T. sieboldii = coloradito
2x T. meeki, 1x V. argentea = usumantica
150: lake nicaragua: 7x F2 sp "red" isletes, 6x H. Nicaraguense
150: lake nicaragua: 6x V. Maculicauda, 6x F1 A. Labiatus
125: empty soon to be: Rio usumacinta
110: lago izabal: 6x T. Aureus, 5x A. Robertsoni, 1x H. Bocourti
29: 2x T. Affinis, 2x Mollienesia latipinna
20L: lake tanganyika: 3x L. Multifaciatus adults, loads of fry.
Random growouts: 3x chuco micropthalmus, 5x astherhos altifrons

Subject: Re: Festae pair 'Rio Tumbes' Thu Nov 17, 2011 7:14 pm

hbluehunter wrote:

They look great !! that female is gonna have some killer coloring once she's settled in.

Thanks Mike! Yeah she is still a little stressed but she is going to be a stunner once they settle in. This is day on in the tank.

madness wrote:

They look really nice. No offense to your male, but she would look awesome with my male. Very Happy

Thanks Shawn! Haha she may but I think she'll be sticking around here for a while Wink

fish_n_vw wrote:

There great.... nice pick up, where did ya get em?

A freind on MFK set me up. They paired up for him out of a group he picked up a while back. He managed to track down an F0 Ecuadorian pair so he sold these two to me. They just got in from Alaska this morning.

Subject: Re: Festae pair 'Rio Tumbes' Thu Nov 17, 2011 7:22 pm

JK47 wrote:

A freind on MFK set me up. They paired up for him out of a group he picked up a while back. He managed to track down an F0 Ecuadorian pair so he sold these two to me. They just got in from Alaska this morning.

Those Jason's old pair? I dont remember his female looking that nice. Smile

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Subject: Re: Festae pair 'Rio Tumbes' Thu Nov 17, 2011 7:32 pm

madness wrote:

JK47 wrote:

A freind on MFK set me up. They paired up for him out of a group he picked up a while back. He managed to track down an F0 Ecuadorian pair so he sold these two to me. They just got in from Alaska this morning.

Those Jason's old pair? I dont remember his female looking that nice. Smile

Yeah it's Jason's old pair. If you haven't bought fish from him before on a side note, do it. Some of the best packaging I have seen. Way better than Rapps preps for shipping. They are loving this tank though. They are in there with my Hericthys carpintis 'escondido' pair. That male is looking amazing BTW.. This tank = WIN! cheers

I can't wait to see how they do in the 300g.

Subject: Re: Festae pair 'Rio Tumbes' Thu Nov 17, 2011 7:41 pm

Ya, I have bought some of his RTM and Umbee fry. The RTM fry was so small, I think my fry may have eaten them. I will have to look again in the a.m.

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Subject: Re: Festae pair 'Rio Tumbes' Thu Nov 17, 2011 9:11 pm

theyre awesome. congrats and im sure theyre gonna look amazing and get beastly inj the 300. makes me excited for my 2 little 1"ers i just got that are doing awesome Smile

Subject: Re: Festae pair 'Rio Tumbes' Thu Nov 17, 2011 9:22 pm

fishman09 wrote:

theyre awesome. congrats and im sure theyre gonna look amazing and get beastly inj the 300. makes me excited for my 2 little 1"ers i just got that are doing awesome Smile

Thanks! I am hoping they put on some pretty decent growth rates being in a much larger tank (before it's needed). Same concept I am using with my dovii pair. The way I see it if the dovii don't need a divider and the female can get away from the male in that tank quickly, the female festae should be able to do the same when they move to that tank. I just ordered my chlorine/chloramine filter a minute ago for the drip system. I'm really excited!!! punk

Subject: Re: Festae pair 'Rio Tumbes' Thu Nov 17, 2011 9:26 pm

a drip system is something id love to do next year. for now i just change a mass amount of water lol

Subject: Re: Festae pair 'Rio Tumbes' Thu Nov 17, 2011 9:31 pm

yeah same here but I want to know what kind of impact large tanks and uber clean water will have on these species. It can't be bad so no matter what it's win/win for the fish in my place.

Subject: Re: Festae pair 'Rio Tumbes' Thu Nov 17, 2011 9:34 pm

yeah in my 240 im getting some pretty great growth rates from everyone with 3 50% changes a week but id really like to not have to stress the fish that much 3 times a week and change more with the drip system.

Subject: Re: Festae pair 'Rio Tumbes' Thu Nov 17, 2011 9:46 pm

I'm on a twice weekly 50% WC schedule. Once I have the tank at the house, I'll have the dovii in a 600g, the festae in a 300g plumbed together on drip with a 50g per day drip. That will only leave me two tanks (excluding fry tanks and my work tank) to do manual water changes on.

FishBox Member Join date: 2010-06-07 Location: Oregun

the lady in red is a beauty! Love to see it in person when the opportunity arises. and the drip system you speak of, that I need to learn how to do. I love to plum 2 big tanks the way you have described.

Subject: Re: Festae pair 'Rio Tumbes' Fri Nov 18, 2011 8:44 pm

sonnys503 wrote:

the lady in red is a beauty! Love to see it in person when the opportunity arises. and the drip system you speak of, that I need to learn how to do. I love to plum 2 big tanks the way you have described.

Thanks Sonny. Looking forward to you heading over again soon it was good to see you. As far as the drip system goes its SUPER easy. Stop by after xmas and I'll show you. The wife is getting me the chrlorine/chloramine filter and a new SLR for xmas so I'll put it together first week of January.

Moderator Join date: 2010-04-22 Age: 29 Location: Tacoma

Isent it funny whe you say you want something fish related for christmas, or a birthday... my wife was like "a gift certificate to dr foster and smith, yor not trying to get pain meds right?" Then you have to explain that they are a pet supplys online store and not people doctors. My mother inlaw asked me a few years back what I wanted for my b day. I told her "2 55 watt compact flourecent tube lights, 20" long and at the temp of 67k kelvin". She said " how much should I put in the card". Ohh man I was rolling.

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180: rio coloradito & rio usumantica (temp combo)
4x F1 A. Lyonsi, 4x T. sieboldii = coloradito
2x T. meeki, 1x V. argentea = usumantica
150: lake nicaragua: 7x F2 sp "red" isletes, 6x H. Nicaraguense
150: lake nicaragua: 6x V. Maculicauda, 6x F1 A. Labiatus
125: empty soon to be: Rio usumacinta
110: lago izabal: 6x T. Aureus, 5x A. Robertsoni, 1x H. Bocourti
29: 2x T. Affinis, 2x Mollienesia latipinna
20L: lake tanganyika: 3x L. Multifaciatus adults, loads of fry.
Random growouts: 3x chuco micropthalmus, 5x astherhos altifrons

Lifetime Member Join date: 2011-04-24 Location: Tacoma

lol VW too funny. it was my gf that found foster and smith to begin with.. its all that she will order from.

Subject: Re: Festae pair 'Rio Tumbes' Sat Nov 19, 2011 6:54 am

Beautiful fish JK, keep up the good work! Spot On

Subject: Re: Festae pair 'Rio Tumbes' Sat Nov 19, 2011 2:38 pm

Thanks guys. Yeah family is funny when you ask for fish stuff for xmas. Thankfully after so many years my family is used to it. My kids have never had an xmas without getting dad something for his tanks.

I feel bad for their wifes in the future... She gunna be asking "what the hell am I gunna do with a 200 watt heater???" haha

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