Oh my goodness <3 Where did you get these?! I have been searching for them everywhere. The only ones that i can find are what people are calling marbled, but they don't look like anything like the black and white ones when i do a google search of the marbled fenestratus.. I want one of the black and white ones!!!
Picked up some Marble Veija Fenestratus juveniles
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Oh my goodness <3 Where did you get these?! I have been searching for them everywhere. The only ones that i can find are what people are calling marbled, but they don't look like anything like the black and white ones when i do a google search of the marbled fenestratus.. I want one of the black and white ones!!!
Thanks! They are naturally occurring in a lake in Mexico.
I initially thought a friend was playing a trick on me. Because I frequently call my son Mitchel Monster. LOL
I found out the ones I got were imported from Thailand. A friend also bought four. I suspect that they must have worked on this line (selecting ones with more white to spawn) to get more white on the offspring. I think 50/50 would be nice! Too much white will yield a plain white fish.
The great thing is I've found that they are a naturally occurring morph. Not a cross or hybrid of any sort. ...there's a few left at the shop. We select the better patterned ones. I may go and get the rest now. LOL
I'm not convinced that these are naturally occurring in the wild. To my knowledge they first surfaced approx. 10 yrs ago in AU, from pet stock purchased at a LFS. Importing wild caught fish into AU is a logistical nightmare. Not only is importing WC cichlids very costly, but it is next to impossible for the average hobbyist. You can only import fish from countries approved by AQIS & you need to have a registered compliant quarantine room.
Their was no provenance back to the wild, or anywhere else. Maybe another Thai import? Anyways. for what it's worth a past discussion showing this strain of fish, along with a link to the breeder in AU.
https://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/threads/marbled-fenestratus-breeding-project.466053/
and another …..
https://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/threads/paratheraps-fenestratus-piebald.684138/
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I read that the Marbled and regular Fenestratus co-exist in the same lake.
If that's the case, it could be possible that the breeder in Australia had a pair that carried the marble genes and therefore produced marble fry. And if they've never seen the Marble traits before, they would conclude that they "created" that type of Fenestratus .
If that's the case, it could be possible that the breeder in Australia had a pair that carried the marble genes and therefore produced marble fry. And if they've never seen the Marble traits before, they would conclude that they "created" that type of Fenestratus .
Seen all of that, and then some. The Lake Catemaco strain does not look anything like the marbled version. I've seen them in person, and many just like them online. Also, there is no doubt in my mind that the breeder in AU had a pair that carried this gene, but again, there was no provenance back to the wild, or anywhere else.
If you have provenance back to the wild, great. If not, then you have an aquarium strain of who knows what.
If you have provenance back to the wild, great. If not, then you have an aquarium strain of who knows what.
