Collecting fish on the Rio negro.

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fugupuff;4772090; said:
and many are curious including myself if you've ever caught any larger cichla orinocensis and if you could post some pictures of them. along which part of the rio negro are you located?

^ This x1000
 
love that red eyed piranha looking thing. that would be great if it stayed that pattern and got big
 
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Sorry but here they were not catching peacock bass. I should have brought my fly outfit though.
Thanks for the cat ID i whish it wouldnt get that big though!
Thank you jcardona i while try to catch cichla not there though, too many people fishing.

Fugupuff, thanks for your post. i highly doubt that the water perams would be the same in the rio negro i am guessing ph of 5.5, gh of 17.0
I have not caught any rio negro orinos. I live in manaus and this was in a park on the river, the only non polluted strip for miles.
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oh man I just written a lengthy reply then somehow lost it all! ugh.
Thanks for sharing. Wanted to ask since your there what the current event is on the damning of a number of areas of the amazon in Brazil? As what I know, read or herd it will cause a number of problems with the ecosystem & aquatic species that maybe will be lost for ever? If they go ahead with this major move? their should be some kind of compromise that part of the cost go into preserving life & reproducing it for the future? Like farming next to or near the river system that would provide what maybe is needed for the survival of many species that us fish geeks love so much.

thanks
me Dave
 
I think you mean rio xingu? I no nothing more then you do about it but i do think it will turn out all right in the end. I wouldnt worry about it, there is really nothing we can do.
Sorry i couldn't help more.
 
I'm surprised nobody said anything yet, but those smaller tetras with the black spot on the tail appear to be exodons, and once settled in the tank will anihilate anything else in there. Awesome fish though and you can keep a nice shoal in a 10 or 20 gallon.
 
Juxtaroberto;4771356; said:
Wow, it must be really cool to live by a river that has all these tropical species in it...

The only thing around where I live is the L.A. river, and it's basically a stream of muddy water with no life in it except for a bunch of algae. And it's not even that close to me.

The Angeles National Forest has some neat native fauna. Several places of access from Pasadena to Asuza, I usually get up there through Asuza. I dammed a stream once and found sticklebacks, some type of cyprinid reminiscent of a sucking type loach and some smaller things I've never seen or heard of before. Always leave things as you found them tho, I took the little damn down when I was done of course. Very cool but I do agree, nothing compared to taking a stroll down to the Rio Negro. lol
 
that catfish absolutely stunning
 
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