Back o Mamoni, a more interesting time.

[duanes]

Two weeks ago we returned to the Mamoni with mediocre luck, not getting a 2nd target cichlid (Isthmoheros tuyrense)
I never like keepinging just one of a species, and we had caught only 1 about a month before.
Today was much better, turbidity had dropped enough to see to the bottom in many spots, and as we cast the nets, a family of howler monkeys looked on from the tree tops.


And luck shown down, another Isthmoheros was netted, and were a few more fish species..

Two Chaerostoma plecos, a few Gobiomorus sleepers, a molly, and more Andonoacara, and Darienheros cichlids.

As usual pH was around 8, nitrate was undetectable, and water temp @ 82'F.

 

[FJB]

Supercool to be fishing with the howlers overhead....

 

[duanes]

To get a fish size reference, this is the specimen container used to take photos of the fish, and inspect them for obvious parasites.
Those are inches lined on a paint stirrer, my ruler never photographed right.

The tetra below, showing to carry obvious Lernaea, and other lesions.

 

[duanes]

Since I live on an island, and need to bring my cooler full of fish back to the ferry dock, it is a bit of a novelty..

I hand the cooler off to cargo guys to load it onto the ferry, and if time allows, they plug my portable pump in to their truck jack, while we wait.
The cargo guys find the crazy gringo that collects fish (they eat) for a tank amusing.
When the head guy noticed the Plecos, he said they'll make a great fish soup when they put on some size.