So here's what I picked up today for $45!!! This is my new 11" Male Paratilapia Polleni!!!!!! I have him in my 55 gallon aquarium with a 8" Female Jaguar cichld, and so far no problems of the fighting.
Check out what I picked up today for $45
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What's wrong with it? All those spots?
Lol kidding. Nice pick up
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Lol kidding. Nice pick up
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Thanks, I got him from a girl I know who's having to sell all of her fish, and her aquarium because of medical bills. So I told her I'll take him off her hands, and keep her updated on him. Polleni's are by far the most gorgeous cichlid in the the entire world, and they're so hard to come by because their listed as an endangered species in Madagascar. So you can only find tank raised one's mostly as juveniles, and really no stores tend to carry them.
are you sure you have a polleni and not a bleekeri ??? I have both and my pollen does not have the white on its dorsal. But the bleekeri does .
It's a 100% Polleni because it use to be that one has big spots, the other has small spots. However, currently there is no bleekeri, it has been declared a synonym to polleni, which is the older name. What they are currently going by is population names, all of which are tentatively assigned to Paratilapia polleni for now. There will probably be revisions and new names, but I don't believe the name bleekeri will be resurrected.
