Caquetaia spectabilis

Has anyone every raised one of these? It is now on my want list.

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Picture is compliments of Sam Borstein

Beautiful fish! If I had one I would name him... couldn't resist.

I am definitely going to get some. Cichlids of the Americas has free swimmers right now, and thy should be available in about a month or 2. So until I find some elsewhere, I am ordering some from there in about 6-8 weeks.

So Get ready.

Never kept one, really nice looking!

looks like it would be a great alternative to the monster umbees.

rattle1972 wrote:looks like it would be a great alternative to the monster umbees.

Thats what I was thinking. Looks a lot like the Umbee and the Kraussi.

When is the order?

Saw he has my snook on his list too...

Yes he does. Either small ones or a big one. Hmmmm which do I pick??

I was looking at a couple Trimacs, Guttalatus, and some Spectabilis when they are large enough to purchase. Maybe a Pearsi, and he has some F0 Festae.

I would be afraid to add the big one. I think he said it was like 11". It would probably try and swallow my argentea!

She probably deserves it. Let me know when you want to go with it, and we will see if its doable.

Interesting that one person compared these guys to snook in behavior:
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Found a tiny bit of info here:
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Only 10" size, that would be pretty do able for a lot of people.

I might need to get some.

I likey. Sending him an email inquiring about how long before he makes them available and at what size. Obviously he says 1" they will actually be about .5".

i always liked the idea of doing a caquetaia genus tank with the myersi, spectabilis, kraussi, and umbriferus temper permitting. the spectabilis looks awesome and only 10" is very manageable

madness wrote:Obviously he says 1" they will actually be about .5".

Unless it was me, who says 1" and then you would end up with a 3-4" fish

I just might be interested in one of these my self.

Jeff Rapps has them for sale a few days ago. Nice addition to the Caquetaia family. They are nice and colorful and are not readily available.

The difference between Rapps and Dan is about $80 in shipping. I like Jeff, but unless I am placing a huge order for some rare stuff, his shipping is way too expensive.

madness wrote:The difference between Rapps and Dan is about $80 in shipping. I like Jeff, but unless I am placing a huge order for some rare stuff, his shipping is way too expensive.

+1

So when is the order?

Just spoke with Dan, and they should be ready in 2 weeks. Looking at maybe getting a few others also. Maybe a Gutt, a couple Lyonsi from different parents, couple Trimacs, a Kraussi (I just lost one), a Pearsi, and a hand full of the Spetabilis. But I wont be able to order, if at all, for another 3 weeks or so.

sorry about the kraussi was it the big one?

No, the smaller one. It lip locked with something and ended up with a busted jaw. Strange, I couldn't see any marks on any other fish. It had to be with one of the bigger fish. I think it may have been my large Pike.

my condolences

saw this and thought of this thread. makes me want one
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Those are probably the pictures madness saw and didnt want to post

A mini umbee!

The close up of the mouth is freaky!

Awesome, definitely on my "to get" list.