vieja

Picked these up as vieja argentea at the 1 inch size from my LFS. Quickly realized they werent argentea when i noticed the red tint on the tails. Theyre about 4 inches now. Im thinking hartwegi? Im not sure since ive only kept viejas once! First 3 pics are the same fish. Last 2 pics are...

Recently, I caught this one during my fishing trip. I am interested to know the exact species. I believe this is the correct section to ask

Recently, I got this cichlid on a small lure. I guess it belongs to the genus Vieja. Does anyone know the exact species? Thanks

Hi, I need help in identifying this cichlid in the attachment images. I got it in one of the rivers in Singapore. I guess it was introduced here. My guess would be some species from the genus Vieja but I would like a confirmation. Thank you

Looks like I messed up the title, bad on me. I’m going to setting up a new 6 foot 180g this weekend with some cycled filters. I have 9 vieja coming from CoA on Wednesday. Dan suggested melanarum, Regani, and bifasciatus for a vieja community tank. All are approx 3 in. I plan on using white sand...

the three amigos Some shots of Maui my rainbow shark and here's cheeto starburst

I found you !! Now you count . Ok 1..2..3..4 some of my rams a rare sighting of my African knife he never comes out in the light

Was hoping someone with some central American experience could give me some advice. I'm new to raising viejas and am wondering what's best as far as removing parents or letting them do their thing. Tank is 8'x2x17" Ph 7.4 Temp 79 Nitrate <5

Cryptoheros Panamensis is an interesting and nice looking cichlid. My 'issue' with it is that it's in cryptoheros... A lot of the cryptoheros species were recently reclassified into amatitlania, and I'm not sure if panamensis was too, but either way I think it doesn't belong. It's a smaller...

I came across this image in Google, it was listed as king kamfa. I fell in love with it immediately but I couldn't find anything like this at any of my lfs, so I planned on breeding it myself. Now to me it looks like a cross between a vieja synspilum x Festae cichlid, and some line breeding...

I haven't posted in quite some time, so hello again fellow MFKers! I've finally thinned down my synspila growouts down to this guy right here. I had a healthy batch of red head fry growing out for quite some time, but as they got bigger I thinned them down to keep up with the tank load. I had...

Hi guys how to breeding vieja synspilum? what i need? what i do? in aquarium, please tell me best temp & ph for spawning i have a male & female synspilum Thanks

Wow, I can't believe I can finally legitimately post here - I've been creeping this site for YEARS waiting to get a large tank - we just bought a house in the beginning of the year and I am the proud owner of a fully cycled 135 gallon (I have never loved my boyfriend more than when the words "go...

Hey guys. I think I ran into a problem that most of us have went through, which is , I don't want to say impulsive, but more like "unprepared" purchases. I really wanted a Vieja Argentea for so long, then I find one, at a good size, good health, and for only 8KWD(=~25$) , and guess what...

Hi guys! Iv been out of the hobby now for quite some time but decided to snag myself a 5 foot tag, so when I went to get some fish, (Iv generally had cichlids or flowerhorns in the past) I saw a tank full of what I believe to be Red Devil X Synspilum. I think that the breeder perhaps tried...

Hi, Got out of Africans into CA/SA cichlids . Bought this 7" vieja - the picture isnt great . I am thinking Zonatus? Any idea? I can try shooting more pics. Thanks, jim

I got this batch of fry from a friend of mine. I've been growing them out since mid September of 2015. Right now, the biggest ones in the bunch are 3 inches and the smallest ones are 2 inches. They've got some red on their tail and dorsal fins with a blueish sheen to their body. I'm hoping...