Amphilophus Flaveolus 'Lago Apayo' Pair

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Jimmy Side eye

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Reintroduced my male Flaveolus to the 8 foot community tank yesterday. So far so good, he aint causing any problems.... yet!!
The female was on him immediately ad theyre claiming a corner to themsleves.
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shenzhenluohan;3979473; said:
looking good mate!

Cheers bro. Ive gotta watch the male closely as he can turn very nasty. Theres no info on these at all, so i dont know how big theyre gonna get. Males between 9" and 10" at the moment and female around 7".
 
The Flaveolus pair have spawned today!!!!

So far so good, there are a couple of hundred eggs. Its been on the cards for a few days now, and my biggest worry was that they were going to massacre the other tank mates. I know the real test is once the fry become free swimming, but i dont plan on letting it get that far, and plan to syphon of the fry as soon as theyre wrigglers.
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NorCaliCichlids;4030895; said:
Not being much of a Amphilophus 'devil' type guy what is the difference between those and your barred midas?

The citrinellus complex has been in the realm of the "Splitters" over the last few years. Barred Midas can refer to many similar fish now that the complex has been split up so much.

As for flaveolus, it is only found in Lago Apoyo, a crater lake in Nicaragua. The basic story with this and several of the "new" species is they have all arisen from a basic citrinellus type which became isolated in a crater lake. In an example of convergent evolution, each of these crater lakes has seen the evolution from the basic citrinellus into a few very similar but distinct species.

For instance, Lago Xiloa has A. amarillo (a citrin-like invertebrate feeder). Lago Apoyo has the very similar A. flaveolus. Xiloa has the elongated, piscivorous zaliosus while Apoyo has the very similar sagittae. Then same story is repeated several times over, but all of these species evolved from the basic citrinellus type into a distinct species with a specialized feeding adaptation.

At the end of the day, with the exception of zaliosus, sagittae, and most labiatus the average guy won't be able to tell much of a difference between many of these fish until they are fully grown, and even then you'd have to know the collection location to identify some species.
 
Jimmy Side eye;4030389; said:
The Flaveolus pair have spawned today!!!!

So far so good, there are a couple of hundred eggs. Its been on the cards for a few days now, and my biggest worry was that they were going to massacre the other tank mates. I know the real test is once the fry become free swimming, but i dont plan on letting it get that far, and plan to syphon of the fry as soon as theyre wrigglers.
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Be careful with that Jimmy, sometimes that can cause the parents to turn on each other. I would just take half and leave the rest. As large as the tank is you should be fine. If Lowcel could have a pair in his 300g tank I am sure you will be fine. I just hope they did it in a corner of the tank and not in the middle. That might cause problems. Got any pictures or Videos. Would love to toss them up on the Amphilophus Connection.
 
Beautiful pair!
 
cchhcc;4030929; said:
The citrinellus complex has been in the realm of the "Splitters" over the last few years. Barred Midas can refer to many similar fish now that the complex has been split up so much.

As for flaveolus, it is only found in Lago Apoyo, a crater lake in Nicaragua. The basic story with this and several of the "new" species is they have all arisen from a basic citrinellus type which became isolated in a crater lake. In an example of convergent evolution, each of these crater lakes has seen the evolution from the basic citrinellus into a few very similar but distinct species.

For instance, Lago Xiloa has A. amarillo (a citrin-like invertebrate feeder). Lago Apoyo has the very similar A. flaveolus. Xiloa has the elongated, piscivorous zaliosus while Apoyo has the very similar sagittae. Then same story is repeated several times over, but all of these species evolved from the basic citrinellus type into a distinct species with a specialized feeding adaptation.

At the end of the day, with the exception of zaliosus, sagittae, and most labiatus the average guy won't be able to tell much of a difference between many of these fish until they are fully grown, and even then you'd have to know the collection location to identify some species.

Cheers cchhcc, couldnt have put it any better myself bro!

Your last paragraph is so accurate, having kept Barred Citrinellum, Amarillo, Zaliosus, Hoogaboomorum, Saggittae, CRRH's, and now Flaveolus myself over the years, i would agree entirely that telling these fish apart would be extremely difficult if not near impossible until they reached adult size, or sexual maturity. If this pair of Flaveolus hadnt come direct from Mr Willem Hejlns, i would have initially swore they were Amarillo!! both species are very very similar. The Flaveolus appear less stocky and more laterally compressed than the Amarillo, and have a body shape more like Labiatus. Cheers for posting bro, seems your knowledge knows no boundires my friend :)

I will put some pictures up later this evening if i can.

@ Anubisscott. Luckily they have chosen a spot at the end of the tank. I hear what your saying bro regarding the male turning on her once the wrigglers are removed, i may leave some in then mate. :)
 
Congrats and really nice pair!
 
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