Festae & Mayan ~ Rarity

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With the ever so growing Festae('Ex' Cichlasoma Festae) population/craze throughout this online community, you hardly ever see any Mayan(Cichlasoma Urophthalmus). Now, it seems like, in these days; Festae is the cichlid to own, while there fairly similar cousins; Mayan cichlids are often an afterthought or compared to festae as, "poor mans festae". Now, i know location will affect my overall question, as Mayans can be caught in almost every body of water in florida. So, to get to the point; in your opinion, which is rarer, Festae or Mayan?


Justin
 
Depends if ypur importing or lfs shopping. Lfs 75% of the time its mayans it seems like but if its ordered over the internet its almost always a festae. This is what i see happening throughout the forum
 
love The Jack Dempseys said:
Depends if ypur importing or lfs shopping. Lfs 75% of the time its mayans it seems like but if its ordered over the internet its almost always a festae. This is what i see happening throughout the forum
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Good point, I suppose I've only ever seen one Mayan that was labeled as Red Terror.
 
Central California - Very RARE. To buy from any of the Vendors at about $10-15 for 1" and shipping of $50 or more. Essentially 1" Festaes are worth about $25 to $40 depending on the quanity you buy, if someone really wants one. Mayans are always at the LFS mislabeled as Red Terror.
 
Calihawk said:
Central California - Very RARE. To buy from any of the Vendors at about $10-15 for 1" and shipping of $50 or more. Essentially 1" Festaes are worth about $25 to $40 depending on the quanity you buy, if someone really wants one. Mayans are always at the LFS mislabeled as Red Terror.
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Maybe it's just here in New Brunswick.
 
At the gcca cichlid classic in Chicago last weekend, small festae were going for a buck or 2 each. There were 3 or 4 bags of half dozen per bag that went for $10 or under, in the 3 hours I was at the auction.
I got a bag of 5 bartoni for $2, and a bag of 6 Tomocichla seiboldi for $2. Definitely worth the trip. It's Memorial day weekend every year.
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Also picked up 20 Guianacara geayi
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At whities pets in Fresno they had a tank full of "true red terrors" just this may and weren't more than ten bucks a piece

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duanes said:
At the gcca cichlid classic in Chicago last weekend, small festae were going for a buck or 2 each. There were 3 or 4 bags of half dozen per bag that went for $10 or under, in the 3 hours I was at the auction.
I got a bag of 5 bartoni for $2, and a bag of 6 Tomocichla seiboldi for $2. Definitely worth the trip. It's Memorial day weekend every year.
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Also picked up 20 Guianacara geayi
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Talk about deals! But what does this have to do with the topic of the thread?
 
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