Are Beani's really worth the price tag???

[Aquamojo]

They are as aggressive as they say. At three inches you have to give them LOTS of room. Are they expensive? As pointed out....supply and demand. In a few years it will be like any other hard to find cichlid (Barred Midas, Zaliosum, Micropthalmus, etc.) People will breed and sell, demand will be satisfied and they won't be as new and shiny.

I picked up five juveniles after seeing some of the photos of them in breeding coloration. Eye of the beholder.

Breezy...what a lovely avatar. And such a beautiful managuense.

 

[WildCAught]

problem is they are almost impossible to find in fish stores, and Rapps wants 100$ for 1 4.5"-5" specimen, and The beani's common name is Green Guapote, It looks like a guapote, and it's a large carnivorous fish from central america. So if it walks like a duck and talks like a duck......

I was not aware they even had a common name...
In my opinion they don't look like Guapotes... But that's open to debate.

 

[Big_D_Breezy]

They are as aggressive as they say. At three inches you have to give them LOTS of room. Are they expensive? As pointed out....supply and demand. In a few years it will be like any other hard to find cichlid (Barred Midas, Zaliosum, Micropthalmus, etc.) People will breed and sell, demand will be satisfied and they won't be as new and shiny.

I picked up five juveniles after seeing some of the photos of them in breeding coloration. Eye of the beholder.

Breezy...what a lovely avatar. And such a beautiful managuense.

Why thank you, I'm pretty sure I got it from you

 

[darth pike]

I fell in love with them when seeing a male Rio Tepic in breeding coloration in an article by TFH. IMO, it was one of the most beautiful cichlids out there ... not bright colored, but it had an amazing pattern with that bright red eye.

 

[darth pike]

I was not aware they even had a common name...
In my opinion they don't look like Guapotes... But that's open to debate.

The locals call them guapote verde from what I've read, so in this case the name is coming from the local common name, not the aquarists usage of the name for Parachromis.

 

[blazin_dragon18]

the price realli just depend on the rarity of the specie, and ppl keep fishes for a number of reasons. some hobbyists r in the game for a LONG time, and they probably have breed most of the species we've seen, let alone keeping them...therefore they want to get some of the rarities in the hobby. it makes perfect sense to me.

 

[Aphilophus]

I would buy a few just to try and spawn them something new cant afford the price tag though so i will wait. i love all c/a cichlids

 

[famous323]

i picked up a few, always thought they were interesting fish but the price tag was a bit to high but now that they're more affordable I'm glad i picked up a few!

 

[Big_D_Breezy]

i picked up a few, always thought they were interesting fish but the price tag was a bit to high but now that they're more affordable I'm glad i picked up a few!

How much did you pay for yours???

 

[WildCAught]

The locals call them guapote verde from what I've read, so in this case the name is coming from the local common name, not the aquarists usage of the name for Parachromis.

That's awesome. Thanks for pointing that out. The reason i am so biased is because I knew of RTM as Guapote when i lived in El Salvador, and fished in western honduras and southwest guatemala (I was born in a town close to Guatemala and later lived in a town close to Honduras). I was thrilled when I heard aquarists in the states describing the fish by the local name i knew them as which is "Guapote".
I was under the impression that Guapote was used mostly in non mexican central America and applied to the parachromis genus. Dovii, Loisellei, managuense, Motaguense etc.

I was hoping that green guapote wasn't an aquarist corruption of a regional name applied to certain fish. Good to know that it is what the locals call it in mexico. I have been educated!! thank you MFK.
To be fair i always thought the Beani was locally known as "Mojarra verde".