Trip to Chiapas for cichlid "hunting"

[FatJoeFish]

Trip was amazing. It rained a lot, which made collecting difficult but did catch some jewels. See my avatar. I took some pictures but not as much as I wanted, as I wanted to take the beauty in with my own eyes, rather than through a camera lens. Highly recommend visiting that part of Mexico. The eating was amazing. Pictures next!

 

[oriqua]

Trip was amazing. It rained a lot, which made collecting difficult but did catch some jewels. See my avatar. I took some pictures but not as much as I wanted, as I wanted to take the beauty in with my own eyes, rather than through a camera lens. Highly recommend visiting that part of Mexico. The eating was amazing. Pictures next!

any jack dempsey or istlanum

 

[FatJoeFish]

No istlanum or JD not this time, but most definitely coming!

 

[FatJoeFish]

That vieja species, in above picture, made it back to LA with me along with several wild Petenia splendida juveniles and a couple other vieja. So many cichlids!

 

[cichlidfish]

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That vieja species, in above picture, made it back to LA with me along with several wild Petenia splendida juveniles and a couple other vieja. So many cichlids!

Nice, have anymore pics?

 

[Miguel]

Great trip!

 

[FatJoeFish]

I'll post pics of fish settled into tank now.

 

[NorCaliCichlids]

What kind of vieja is that?

 

[swifty]

Following this, I'm interested to see how they adjust to your tank.

 

[newworld]

Chiapas has ugly synspilus "melanurus", very nice bifasciatum though....