Crenicichla sp. 'atabapo fire'

[Hadrian]

when you say the ones in this thread which pics do you mean?

 

[Hadrian]

any chance you'd check rapps and see what i got? i just started in with fish again after 20 years.

 

[Hadrian]

or better yeat adult in aquaria pics

 

[Swimdude776]

it looks like they have a little hole in the head

 

[Peanut_Power]

it looks like they have a little hole in the head

When I first got them yes they did have HITH. When I purchased them I had no idea that they had it...so i was a little irked about it to say the least. However, only took me a few weeks and it was completely healed over.......so i wasn't upset. You HAVE to keep your water conditions pristine with pikes. They are very prone to gettin HITH, especially the black water species. Lugubris seem to get it more than Saxatilis pikes too...as well as LLE (Lateral Line Erosion)...so keep that water clean and keep up with the water changes VERY faithfully. Start slippin, and they could start to get it.

 

[Peanut_Power]

Got it. I think the one I got from rapps are the real deal. It looks identical to the ones above, and is getting more colorfull. Hopefully it is a good one.

Go to the first page, the first set of pictures are the TRUE atabapo. Unless Rapps got in some new pikes that I don't know about, the ones he is sellin aren't true atabapos. They will still get red, and be beautiful, but not the real deal. I would love to see some pictures of yours though! That would be awesome! Since no one seems to want to post pictures of their atabapos that they get from Rapps.

 

[Peanut_Power]

You got these I am assuming? sp. ‘Red Atabapo’ 6-6.5” extremely rare to collect/import! True blood red Venezuelan pike

True sp. 'atabapo' come from Brazil last time i checked. Could be a fluke, or maybe i got my sources wrong....might be Colombia? Dangit....now I'm second guessin myself...haha. The atabapos Rapps has though aren't the real deal. They will be REALLY nice though, and i do envy anyone that has any. So post those beautiful bean footage, er, i mean pikes!!

 

[Hadrian]

PP-you are right now that I've seen ALL the pics I thin (almost sure) that rapps sells C. Lug. Atabapos a very red fish on maturity from two pics I've seen-one in the Aqualog on pikes and the other posted under pikalicious on aquatic predators. Though not Crenicichla atabapo. th true CA seems to have that very strong tear drop in red under its' eye upon maturity. Then again who knows it seems a bit of a crap shoot. I will post some shots when mine colors up-i hope you do too. Thanks for the info.

 

[Peanut_Power]

I don't have my pikes right now, lost them all in the move....workin on gettin some more...hopefully....

Sorry, forgot to mention the tear drop...haha...yes, that is a VERY prominant feature of the true atabapo.

 

[amazonfishman]

I'll throw down some pics of the crenicichla sp atabapo I got from rapps, the colors are more intense then when I bought it but mostly staying fairly constant now and the pike is about 8-8.5" I'd say. Pics are according to time I've had it since June being the least colorfull and September the most.

I would like to see some pics of the one you picked up as well Hadrian at this stage to compare it to mine. Peanut post some pics of your new babies the last ones I saw they were in the bag still ~Trent