exCichlasoma istlanum
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I got 3 Istlanums from Wet Spot on Friday, their very small and very skittish so I wont be able to get any pictures just yet. I also had them send me a 2"-3" Grammodes (I'll start a thread for him later. They're all eating Omega one mini pellets and flake. With a bit of luck I'll get some pics this week.
Thanks for the heads up, Their tank is a relatively quite room with a little bit of traffic. They're already starting to come out of hiding even when there's no food present.
No problem. I didn't want someone making the same mistakes I did. They're pretty active fish and crazy aggressive. I had a problem with shipping on these and they ended up coming in right as my wife went into labor. I didn't have time to divide them up and came home to 2 dominates out of 7-10 after 3 days. I saved one of the bad ones with Epsom salt only to have the dominant male blow the divider one night to finish the job at 1" long.
Well I know now because he's the only one left 
He dropped the others like flys because of the bloat issue. Cost me $50 worth of fish not to mention overnight shipping and sidelined my breeding plans.
I wouldn't mind seeing some pics if you can ever get any. I've been curious about their istlanum even though I'm sure it's the same strain from the same place.
He dropped the others like flys because of the bloat issue. Cost me $50 worth of fish not to mention overnight shipping and sidelined my breeding plans. I wouldn't mind seeing some pics if you can ever get any. I've been curious about their istlanum even though I'm sure it's the same strain from the same place.
They've been out and about the tank and not really running for cover, I'm going to try and get pics in the next couple of days.
