2 month w Chuco micropthalmus
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Thanks. It's tough getting a good photo with a flash because it often washes out the spangles (like in the third pic). If I back up a little the flash is less intense and the blue really stands out. They have stunning color and it improves with age. I think mine is female but I'm not certain. I had another one a few years back that had a lot more red on the head, flank, and fins, much like yours in the second pic. Perhaps male?
So Duanes I personally hail you as the greatest source of Knowledge in the Cichlid sections of this forum I have to ask, What is the main difference between Chuco and the old "Vieja" type grouping?
I understand that a lot of the Chuco species were formerly Vieja or other now rearranged or defunked genera.
How do they behave? A friend of mine had a very large Chuco Godmanni several years ago and it was stunning, First time I ever encountered this group of fishes. Your guys are looking great by the way, good luck with them!
I understand that a lot of the Chuco species were formerly Vieja or other now rearranged or defunked genera.
How do they behave? A friend of mine had a very large Chuco Godmanni several years ago and it was stunning, First time I ever encountered this group of fishes. Your guys are looking great by the way, good luck with them!
I have never kept godmanni, but have kept intermedia a couple times, and still have fry from the 2nd group.
First time was this variant
and in the last couple years, this one.
And yes, they have been lumped in with Vieja in the past, but were first described in 1862 as Heros, then reassigned to Chuco by Kullander in 1983, when he disassembled Cichlasoma (another genus they had been lumped in).
I have not found them to be overly aggressive, but hold their own, and not quite as vegetarian as Vieja tend to be, but more on the omnivorous side.
As of now, I have the young micropthalmus with the Madagascan cichlid Ptychochromis sp Tarantsy.
First time was this variant
and in the last couple years, this one.
And yes, they have been lumped in with Vieja in the past, but were first described in 1862 as Heros, then reassigned to Chuco by Kullander in 1983, when he disassembled Cichlasoma (another genus they had been lumped in).
I have not found them to be overly aggressive, but hold their own, and not quite as vegetarian as Vieja tend to be, but more on the omnivorous side.
As of now, I have the young micropthalmus with the Madagascan cichlid Ptychochromis sp Tarantsy.
As always thanks for the info Duanes, I used to keep my Vieja with Ptychochrimis Oligicanthus. I find that they cohab nicely with medium to low aggression American Cichlids.
The tarantsy looks really stunning, heres my old male Oligicanthus
So would you say that they are like Bocourti / Pearsi. Vieja-like but not close enough to actually be Vieja.
The tarantsy looks really stunning, heres my old male Oligicanthus
So would you say that they are like Bocourti / Pearsi. Vieja-like but not close enough to actually be Vieja.
I actually feel they seem to be closer to Tomocichla, another more rheophillic species.
Tomocichla tuba
Tomocichla seiboldi
and Tomocichla asfraci
Tomocichla tuba
Tomocichla seiboldi
and Tomocichla asfraci
