Male flaveolus
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That's why I've got half a dozen PVC pipes and clay pots in there in the bottom. If it we're not for those she'd be long gone lol
Great looking male.
I just recently got into Amphilophus myself. A different sp. tho, mine are Saggitae. I have a small pair breeding already in a 6ft 125gal.
Male is pushing past 4in
Female is 3in.
Best of luck to you and your pair.
I just recently got into Amphilophus myself. A different sp. tho, mine are Saggitae. I have a small pair breeding already in a 6ft 125gal.
Male is pushing past 4in
Female is 3in.
Best of luck to you and your pair.
Sweet, so it is doable. I would definitely want a pair for sure, I just don't know what species.
What could you realistically keep in a 5ft 120?
Assuming you had cover for the female, and kept very good water quality.
Anything that stays under say 16''? Most amphs top out at that right?
Go with Lysoni look a lot like Festae but stay smaller with adults in the 10in range.
A 14 inch Amphilophus species are huge fish when you see them in person, with a female at 10+inch it can be hard to give her cover with still enough swimming space for both in a 5 ft. I think when the male gets over 12 inch you will start thinking about moving the female out anyway.
old crapy pic of my 12+ inch lyonsi, great glass banger, one of the best wet pets I owned .
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Barred midas is a catch-all common name, having nothing to do with species reality.
Amphillophus flaveolus is actually a separate species, but because it can be barred, it is often lumped into that common "barred"Amp name.
If spawned with another barred Amp species, say Amphillophus amarillo, you will be producing hybrids, so the progeny would not be flaveolus, or amarillo, I would consider the progeny aquarium strain mutts.
Kind of like crossing Herichthys cyannoguttaus with H carpintis, they look similar and are close cousins, but in reality not the same species just because they are similar looking.
Crossing of any of the above makes the progeny useless as breeding stock in my tanks.
I have kept all 4 of the above, and would never put males and females of each species together in the same tank for just that reason.
Amphillophus flaveolus is actually a separate species, but because it can be barred, it is often lumped into that common "barred"Amp name.
If spawned with another barred Amp species, say Amphillophus amarillo, you will be producing hybrids, so the progeny would not be flaveolus, or amarillo, I would consider the progeny aquarium strain mutts.
Kind of like crossing Herichthys cyannoguttaus with H carpintis, they look similar and are close cousins, but in reality not the same species just because they are similar looking.
Crossing of any of the above makes the progeny useless as breeding stock in my tanks.
I have kept all 4 of the above, and would never put males and females of each species together in the same tank for just that reason.
