exCichlasoma ornatum and others.

[Modest_Man]

Took a trip to see Mel's setup with dmopar74 today. I believe Mel is the first one in the states to have exC. ornatum. The photos aren't great, the tank they're in is quite dark.

Male C. umbee 10"

Male A. zaliosum 12"

Beast of a 12" uro. 13 years old I think.

And the 18"-20" dovii male

Eventually he's going to have the dovii pair in one 600 gallon, umbee pair in another 600 gallon, and the rest of the fish are going into either a 10' (or 12') X 4' X 3' he'll be building in his garage soon.

 

[dmopar74]

i dont know much about cichlids, but what i saw at Mel's was very impressive. of course my fav's were the dovii and the umbee's.

 

[peathenster]

what a smile in that last picture...

 

[hailmike]

how are the ornatum doing? that uro is ridiculous and the umbee is awesome looking.

 

[Modest_Man]

They just got moved to a larger tank about a week ago. Me thinks he has 3 male or 2 females (or the other way, I don't recall). Hopefully they breed for him soon.

 

[hailmike]

i hope so too, i would love for these to get into the hobby. from pictures i've seen they're amazing looking. in the video on youtube i think he said they acted a lot like festae is that still holding up?

 

[BastardFish]

NICE MAN! Yeah Mel is the first to have ornatum but not the only we have some too
Has he had any luck getting them to pair? They are super hard to tell the sex and man they are mean towards each other!!

 

[Modest_Man]

Yes, they look and act quite a bit like festae. From what I've seen (only watched them for an hour) I didn't see much aggression between the 5.

Where did yours come from? Oliver as well? How many? What size?

 

[BastardFish]

yes from him we got the last of them 5 as well and around the same size as when Mel first got them although I see his have put a bit of size on since than. They are very hostile towards each other from what we have seen even in a large tank. I for see it will be quite a challenge to get them into the breeding nature with each other, but we shall see.

 

[BastardFish]

his Umbee looks almost identical to Chris's as well very nice man