Do Male Salvini Cichlid get Red Coloration?

[WOLF2013]

I'm going to be placing an order with Jeff Rapps from TUIC. I am thinking about adding one of his 4-4.5'' male salvini cichlids to the order. Do salvini males get any red coloration to them? I love the look of females but never kept a male only females. If you could post pictures of your salvini males that would be great.

 

[A201]

This pic is of the best pair of Salvinis I've kept. The male displayed a lot of color.

 

[Lawton C]

Depends on the fish. I have seen a lot of salvinis with a red coloration.

 

[WOLF2013]

This pic is of the best pair of Salvinis I've kept. The male displayed a lot of color.View attachment 1336042

Wow! That male is gorgeous! I am going to go ahead and order one, just tell him to send me one with a lot of color.

Depends on the fish. I have seen a lot of salvinis with a red coloration.

Ok awesome. I am going to get one.

 

[PhishMon84]

I believe that there are two location pints where males show a lot of red. Off the top of my head I can’t think of them, however

 

[Reiner]

There is a blue and a red strain

 

[Toiletcar]

The red depends on catch location.

 

[lunsforj]

Rio chacamax males display almost an equal amount of red as the females. I've also read rio candelaria males display a lot of red as well, but so far my grow out males are displaying more of the blue spangling and less red.

 

[decoy50]

I bought a group of 10 from Rapps about a month back but they were 1-1.5in at the time. I'd say most are around 2in now & I'm starting to see some color show up. For a commonly found cichlid, this will be the first time I've kept them. I'm liking them a lot so far