DAMN thats the female !! she's bloody colourful enough as it is. hope you can find a male for her.
Anything Caquetaia!
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I just picked up 4 Spectabile... Doing a little research now... I think I may have two pair. Two are in the 7-8" range and two are a little smaller...
Great thread! Good to see some more caquetaia keepers!
I keep a caquetaia umbriferum myself currently around 12 inch, sex unidentified.
I have a few questions about diet as im running out of my current pellets (home made high protein from a local cichlid breeder) Other than these pellets this fish has been fed a variety of live insects and some quality feeders (when i had room to breed them)
What i would like to know is what diet would give an umbee optimum growth and colour? Which pellets, any other recommended foods like beef heart or certain shrimp?
I was thinking of trying hikari gold/insects/shrimp
I keep a caquetaia umbriferum myself currently around 12 inch, sex unidentified.
I have a few questions about diet as im running out of my current pellets (home made high protein from a local cichlid breeder) Other than these pellets this fish has been fed a variety of live insects and some quality feeders (when i had room to breed them)
What i would like to know is what diet would give an umbee optimum growth and colour? Which pellets, any other recommended foods like beef heart or certain shrimp?
I was thinking of trying hikari gold/insects/shrimp
Along with diet a good water change scedual is key... minimum 1/3 water changes once a week. THis will make him grow faster too...
Caquetaia spectabilis is a predator beautiful and great. This large predator mouth protrusible ambush was typed by Steindachner in 1875. spectibilis C. is a hardy fish with an assortment of shocking blue, yellow, orange and green and is a must for lovers of cichlid predators.
Question on Umbi's. I have been really unimpressed with the pictures of the Panama Green version of this fish - the color just doesn't seem to pop like the standard blue form. Is this a case of being difficult to photograph, lack of large adults to get good photos of, or just the fish not being as brightly colored?
love all the pictures. My fav fish are the umbees. I finally have some F1 fry from Jason about 2" and some F1's from Ira around 4". Super excited to see what these guys will look like as adults
