Balton's Festae Progression Thread

[balton777]

Nicely Done, Balton My Man.....

Nuthman~

Nuth, it's always an honor when you post on my threads.

Nice thread and fish! I always loved these fish. Do the femals get that red with out a male around? I would like a F but im not looking to breed them. I do want her that red tho...

My former female developed her deep red at around 4.5-5" and stayed that way all the time. I don't know what's wrong with this one, she must be a late bloomer or it's going to turn out to be male after I ran my mouth to Arthur. I apologize Arthur, I'm not always a jerk...but have my moments. Actually, I thought she was a male when I chose to keep her, that's what I originally wanted. It wasn't until I put her in with the Dovii that I changed my mind. That's when the dorsal fin started doing the classic female black and red. And she started doing her shimmy-shake dance for him all the time. I was trying to look at her vent but there's not really anything there I can see. Well I'm still leaning towards female but they haven't mated, she hasn't laid eggs and she has a very male-ish green face, blue body spangles and lots of blue spangling on the rear part of the dorsal...just like a male. This is a very weird Festae for sure. I have the most weird tank right now in general lol. Well either way I won't be disappointed.

Updates to come....

Man I love festaes. I just picked up some wild ones last week. How many was in your original group? I was told by a true cichlid expert that festaes are like malawis. If you have a small number they're absolutely lethal. But if you overstock them the aggression really spreads itself out.

Congrats on your new Festae. You're going to love them. I don't know about the overstocking thing. I tried it once and it didn't work.

 

[ChiaJesus]

I already do. They're by far my favorite fish out of the all the ones I own. They're still babies but they have a lot of spunk and are really personable and entertaining!

 

[Spaz]

nice pics, but that last fish is a male, not a female

I guessed wrong also.

 

[nuth88]

Balton~

You have done the Festae Right Brother! I am scoring some from The Dude and SuperCichlid this weekend for a new GenPop II, and I'm hoping to do as well as you have done.

Again, Major Domo Props to the Festae Man!

Nuthman~

 

[djarmstrong]

Awsome fish .

 

[cornbread_5]

what happened to the original parents

 

[balton777]

what happened to the original parents

Sold the male for an offer I couldn't resist and the female was killed by an overly aggressive Grammodes.

 

[gnuisance]

speaking of grammodes, is that one in your avatar or is that your dovii?

 

[balton777]

speaking of grammodes, is that one in your avatar or is that your dovii?

That's my Grammy. Isn't he cute?

 

[gnuisance]

he is awesome. How big? Is he agressive? I assume it is a male....does he act like a guapote in terms of behavior, predation, etc....? I know they are called "mini guapotes" What is his temperament like?