Australoheros scitilus

[PhishMon84]

Looking for pics of the above mentioned species.
I'm also having difficulty in locating sympatriotic (sp) species for researching a biotope setup.
Thanks!

 

[duanes]

Any info on Australoheros species should be relevant.
They come from Uruguay, and Argentina, maybe as far north as Southern Brazil.
I have only kept Australoheros sp Red Ceibal, but since they are from the same general area, Iwould consider a no heater situation (with winter cool down) housed with other Uruguayan species as tank mates such as Gymnogeophagines, and Crenicichla as cichlids, and Buenos Aires tetras as dithers.
There are also many other tetras, corys, and Plecos from that same area.
You can find half dozen photos on the Cichlid Room Companion web site, and photos of 4 different scitilus location variants on Aqvaterra/Uruguays web site

 

[PhishMon84]

Any info on Australoheros species should be relevant.
They come from Uruguay, and Argentina, maybe as far north as Southern Brazil.
I have only kept Australoheros sp Red Ceibal, but since they are from the same general area, Iwould consider a no heater situation (with winter cool down) housed with other Uruguayan species as tank mates such as Gymnogeophagines, and Crenicichla as cichlids, and Buenos Aires tetras as dithers.
There are also many other tetras, corys, and Plecos from that same area.
You can find half dozen photos on the Cichlid Room Companion web site, and photos of 4 different scitilus location variants on Aqvaterra/Uruguays web site

Thanks for the reply duanes.
I'm wondering if mesoheros species could be kept with these, not festae but ornatum or atromaculatum. I've read and been advised these species like the low 70's? Thoughts?

 

[duanes]

Mesoheros (at least in my opinion) need a stable tropical environment being from Northern S America (mid to high 70s, are the water temp figs I have seen, for rivers that side of the Andes).
I'm sure the Australoheros could easily handle those for a while, but being from Uruguay, I'd expect a cool down would be needed for optimum health, and appearance.
All my Uruguayan cichlids always seemed to look there best after a drop into the low 60s, for a few months.
And when I tried to keep red ceibals in stable temps, as they grew seemed to be susceptible to fungal and other infections without a winter cool down rest of sorts.
I started putting them in kiddy pools in my unheated basement (low 50s F) to keep them healthy.

 

[duanes]

Here are some of the cichlids I kept with Australoheros long term, and they all easily handled winter cool downs into the 60sF
Cichlasoma dimerus

Crenicichla saxitilis (wild caught by Ken Davis, in Uruguay)

Gymnogeophagus "Arroyo Yerbalito"

I also kept them with Corydorus erhardti, and cool water Mexican live bearers as dithers