columbian festae

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Jeb77

Jack Dempsey
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ok so ive seen the peruvian and the ecuador festae but who has the colombian, anyone have them and could post pics.
 
These were bought as wild caught Columbian Festae. I was pretty dissapointed with them. They never developed any nice reds and always looked rather dull greenish. I'm not sure what was up with them. The group they came from seem to have a very high percentage of deformities questioning their wild origin.

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Male

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Female
 
Male looks good to me, most males dont get red anyway, nice metallic finish on cheeks , no bars , spotting all through body. a little different , but i would of been happy with them, do u still have them? and how big are they now? I have m/f wc from peru that i got from cichlids of the americas, They are really red and colored up with adult colors almost like their breeding, cant wait till they get 8 or 9 inches. I cant imagine what they will look like. male has dropped bars and has good spotting all through the body,will put them up when I get some good pics which should be any day now.
 
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