View Full Version : The weirdest fish I've ever owned!
Camphilophus
08-22-2008, 2:56 PM
Probably one of my favorites despite his apperance, I'm just a sucker for anything amphilophus. He's built like a pitbull but hes such a little wuss although nobody messes with him.
1-28-08
http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg247/oifish/4a61adb1.jpg
2-24-2008
http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg247/oifish/7bf02d09.gif
http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg247/oifish/43e5f6ec.gif
3-02-2008
http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg247/oifish/1d7e5965.jpg
3-07-2008
http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg247/oifish/518e7543.jpg
4-18-2008
http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg247/oifish/0b50efe6.jpg
5-05-2008
http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg247/oifish/1c334532.jpg
5-31-2008
http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg247/oifish/0995856e.jpg
7-02-2008
http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg247/oifish/fhs053.jpg
and today.. 8-22-2008
http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg247/oifish/0030.jpg
http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg247/oifish/0034.jpg
http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg247/oifish/0037.jpg
http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg247/oifish/0052-1.jpg
He was bought as "hybrid cichlid" for $2 around 7 months ago. I went back into the store about 2 months later and asked a employee and he thought the guy who brought them in said the mom was a jagXfestae and the father was a midas/red devil. Who knows, I think it has some parachromis and clearly a lot of amphilophus in it. What do you guys think..?
RexFish
08-22-2008, 3:02 PM
I think thats one cool looking fish you got there
sounds right to me, there is definitely some Midas/RD in there otherwise he wouldnt be fading at all, fins, body, and face look very Parachromis to me, though the fin pattern does definitely appear managuense. and something about this fish does make it appear to have a bit of festae in it, but i cant put a finger on it, the bars maybe?
Camphilophus
08-22-2008, 3:21 PM
The I.D. I got on him might be correct, (manaconda X midas) but I'll never know.
here is a jagXmidas I found on another site which is nice but doesn't have as much color as my guy. http://aquaticfreakshow.com/theshow/index.php?PHPSESSID=d4e39f6fcbf7bfe5f297f6616345a5 41&topic=209.0
His face is so blunt hes scary but like I said hes never nipped a fin or anything. I cannot wait to see what he ends up looking like as an adult. Who knows how big hes going to get, I'm guessing around 13-14". He's about 7" in todays pictures.
Anybody think hes just a completly ugly hybrid? Thats the response I expected so I won't be offended. I love this fish either way. :D
LOL...but i must say, those 2 fish could be brothers for all we know, when you get into hybrids all the fry will look different, you will never get 2 look-a-likes when mixing cichlids, thats fun in it all.
Dmaan.
08-22-2008, 4:21 PM
it looks like a amphilophus midas "barred" x festae lol.
i think it looks cool though.
pacu_keeper
08-22-2008, 4:35 PM
He is quite interesting looking but definitly cute :)
Looks like its going to peal here soon, keep us updated :)
Camphilophus
08-22-2008, 7:22 PM
Looks like its going to peal here soon, keep us updated :)
I've never had a fish peeling at 7" but yeah, hes peeled into something new more than a few times already.
gobucks1
08-22-2008, 7:40 PM
http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk127/willallenis/Picture1078.jpghttp://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg247/oifish/0b50efe6.jpg
That's my RDxLyonsi in the first pic, they look very similar. Yours seems to have alot more blue and mine has more red. Maybe its the RD blood in them
Camphilophus
08-22-2008, 7:54 PM
http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk127/willallenis/Picture1078.jpghttp://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg247/oifish/0b50efe6.jpg
That's my RDxLyonsi in the first pic, they look very similar. Yours seems to have alot more blue and mine has more red. Maybe its the RD blood in them
yours is just a juvie amphilophus though, you have no idea what hes going to look like when hes older. All amphilophus juvies look the same when younger ime. Heres my remaining lyonsi.
http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg247/oifish/0036.jpg
Man I wish I could find lyonsi out here. One of these days I am just going to have to bite the bullet and buy them from rapps.
Ya pealing at 7" is odd but then again he is a hybrid so throw the rule book out the window. When you get a chance can you take some shots of the gills if possible. Looking like whatever is coming though is going to be magnificent.
Camphilophus
08-22-2008, 9:23 PM
Man I wish I could find lyonsi out here. One of these days I am just going to have to bite the bullet and buy them from rapps.
Ya pealing at 7" is odd but then again he is a hybrid so throw the rule book out the window. When you get a chance can you take some shots of the gills if possible. Looking like whatever is coming though is going to be magnificent.
I grew out 4 lyonsi from 2-6" in a few months and then one of the males killed one, beat the other one up badly (which ended up dying) and then I was left with the one I have now and the killer. I threw the mean one in with 5 midas and they killed him over night. I still feel bad about it but I figured he'd be alright since he was amphilophus and around the same size. Especially since I've seen red devil X lyonsi hybrids. Now I'm left with one but I have easy access to more.
rapps is too expensive, go with the guy I got mine from http://www.aquabid.com/cgi-bin/auction/auction.cgi?fwcichlidc&1219803628
his stock is low right now but he will have more stuff by the end of September.
I'll try to get some pics of the gills next time I feel like taking pictures.
awesome BRO :) thanks for that link, that's what I am after! and no biggie on the pics, just looks like something coming though and it excited me heh.
rajzynger
08-23-2008, 3:41 AM
Looks like a lot of midas influence and definitely a cool looking fish. Should be a looker when fully faded.
LOL Cam didnt you bash me for buying a RD x Lyonsi???
Camphilophus
08-27-2008, 1:20 PM
LOL Cam didnt you bash me for buying a RD x Lyonsi???
Didn't bash, I just said I thought it was stupid to buy a hybrid within the same subspecies.
BastardFish
08-27-2008, 7:41 PM
looks like barred midas crossed with red terror to me up the updates coming:)
Camphilophus
08-27-2008, 8:57 PM
looks like barred midas crossed with red terror to me up the updates coming:)
will do, I'll continue to update this thread as he changes. He just changed last week so hes not due to change for a while now.
perfect_prefect
09-01-2008, 10:01 AM
so thats what i might expect if my jd and my midas/rd breed. they'e only 1 1/2" but the other day they were lip locking for like 20-30 minutes.
fishluvr12
09-01-2008, 10:21 AM
Nice looking Hybrid!
Camphilophus
09-03-2008, 1:35 AM
this guys still peeling.. He better not fade 100% on me, you've seen how long its taken him to get like this. :nilly:
http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg247/oifish/0075.jpg
http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg247/oifish/0079.jpg
http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg247/oifish/0056.jpg
http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg247/oifish/0064-1.jpg