Box of Americans from Don Conkels (with pics)

[Mojarraman]

Mojarraman,
The fishes posted were bought from Don about 7 years ago. The ones with the red were about 3" and all looked alike. The blue adult was about 7-8". But to his credit, I believe there is some confusion as to what cichlid was originally described as guttulatus in the nomenclature
Don't get me wrong, I think Don is a great source for cichlids. I have a friend that visits Don often and grabs some fantastic species that he shares with me.

BobP, I get the impression there seems to be little, if any, question that remains about what is or is not Paratheraps guttulatus. At least no more so than other Paratheraps or Vieja. Conkel began collecting them about 1995(?) and has distributed three (i think) different populations since then. The differences in the three races is subtle. The wild Rio Mosanito is my personal favorite, and I am breeding them pure. It's nice to see what they look like in full dress. The females, particularly, are really something when breeding. Here is one of my girls, with babies, photo taken today:

The males, OTOH, look good both when breeding and when not. Her boyfriend:

If you've seen my other photos posted here, he takes more maroon on the head and much less of the lime green when breeding. Unfortunately, some or most of the lime also disappears with age on males. Below is a shot of the two of them together today - too much flash and before I cleaned the glass:

 

[cchhcc]

Wow Mojarra-Paul! Touchy, touchy! You've got to feel better now that you got that off your chest!

Thanks for doing the hard work for me!

 

[Jason_S]

so what i'm to understand is that the multitudes of accounts I've read about on other sites, from hobbyists that I've known and trusted for many years, should count for nothing because they're hearsay, but I should take the word of one person, Mojarra-Paul, as gospel because...I'm guessing because he says so? Well that certainly seems logical.

 

[BadOscar]

Good Luck with your fish BadOscar.

Thanks

 

[BadOscar]

hope all is well with your fish Bro

Appreciate that, it looks like the ich problem is gone. I'll post an update later on when I have a better count of who survived. Unfortunately I lost quite a few.

 

[jgentry]

Yup. Hopefully things will clear up a little from here. I think they got it all out at this point and they seem sufficienty PO'd at one another.

If anyone is still mad just pick your monitor up and thow it out the window. It will make you feel better.

You have a good attitude!!! Glad the ick is gone. Is it time for updated pictures yet??? Who is growing the fastest?

 

[BadOscar]

You have a good attitude!!! Glad the ick is gone. Is it time for updated pictures yet??? Who is growing the fastest?

Pearsei by a long shot. In fact im a little worried about several of the smaller fish especially the 2 remaining bocourti who never seem to hide in the rocks.

 

[jworth]

Pearsei by a long shot. In fact im a little worried about several of the smaller fish especially the 2 remaining bocourti who never seem to hide in the rocks.

Bocourti are gorgeous fish, dont let them get eaten id love to see a pic of your a. nourisatti. i just saw those the other night and they look quite stunning.

 

[BadOscar]

Bocourti are gorgeous fish, dont let them get eaten id love to see a pic of your a. nourisatti. i just saw those the other night and they look quite stunning.

Here are a couple of the smaller Nourisatti the big one likes to hide.

Pearsei and Carpintis

Godmanni (I'm really liking this guy)

 

[jworth]

very nice. the pearsei definitely looks to be growing quick!