I have 5 and the 2 largest are 2-3 times the mass of the smaller 3. Two males and 3 females wouldn't be too shabby. 
A. Rivulatus not 'original' Green Terror?!
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balton777;1118924; said:
That was an interesting read. He must be very good at selling stuff because aequidens sp's are very hard to sell especially 1" fry's for a high price. I can't even sell my adult aequidens latifrons from comlobia to the LFS for $15 and he claims he sells his fry's to the LFS for $15 each. LOL
Sorry I'm late on these threads! :lol:
I initially made that mistake of calling my guys true A. rivulatus because of how Rapp's labelled them. But the cichlidforums site has a good discussion on this, as does a thread I threw together at thewatersnake. There's at least 4 species involved here and you guys pretty much covered it all exactly right.
I initially made that mistake of calling my guys true A. rivulatus because of how Rapp's labelled them. But the cichlidforums site has a good discussion on this, as does a thread I threw together at thewatersnake. There's at least 4 species involved here and you guys pretty much covered it all exactly right.
Just out of curiosity F1 is the first spawn of a male right? If so, why are F1 fry so much more desirable than later generations?
F1 indicates that the parents are wild. To have any spawn you need a male. 
They're more desirable because the genetics haven't become crap from inbreeding due to limited stock.
They're more desirable because the genetics haven't become crap from inbreeding due to limited stock.
Jeff Rapps and AquariumPAEX both had true wild A. Rivulatus available to them a few years back..
They were collected in Peru, while many of the other variants come from other locales.. The collector, which harvested them out of a very strange area, realized how profitable they were and inflated the prices, I believe he struck an exclusive deal with a major exporter who works with Asia primarily.
There is alot of confusion about all of it, and it seems like everyone has their own opinions..
We had 4 of them.. 1 jumped out on the floor, 1 was sold on aquabid for $5 because no one realized what it was or believed us, 1 was sold to a local gal who never was heard from again, and the other was eaten by a carapo knife.
After that, they become near impossible to acquire.. Rapps wanted them from the same collector, and was going to import from AquariumPAEX. However, the collector suddenly dropped contacts with PAEX, but the fish still seem to find their way to Rapps. Those shifty peruvians at work again.
Maybe someday, some of these GT 'experts' will collaborate and get their story straight.
They were collected in Peru, while many of the other variants come from other locales.. The collector, which harvested them out of a very strange area, realized how profitable they were and inflated the prices, I believe he struck an exclusive deal with a major exporter who works with Asia primarily.
There is alot of confusion about all of it, and it seems like everyone has their own opinions..
We had 4 of them.. 1 jumped out on the floor, 1 was sold on aquabid for $5 because no one realized what it was or believed us, 1 was sold to a local gal who never was heard from again, and the other was eaten by a carapo knife.
After that, they become near impossible to acquire.. Rapps wanted them from the same collector, and was going to import from AquariumPAEX. However, the collector suddenly dropped contacts with PAEX, but the fish still seem to find their way to Rapps. Those shifty peruvians at work again.
Maybe someday, some of these GT 'experts' will collaborate and get their story straight.
http://www.cichlidae.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=2854
above is a really good discussion of this.
Another reason why F1s are worth getting (besides having wild parents), is because they are often less skittish (wild) than the wild fish are.
above is a really good discussion of this.
Another reason why F1s are worth getting (besides having wild parents), is because they are often less skittish (wild) than the wild fish are.
