Full house to start 2016: many plecos, ornatum, red pikes, Geos, dats+

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Seasoned greetings and best wishes to all for an enjoyable, prosperous, and always engaging new year!

Let's see how much I can get into this thread today. There are many, many cichlids, catfish, characins, and assorted goodies to cover and bring to your attention. It may require a few thread entries if I can include all the species I have in mind, or more aptly described as 'have in stock'.

As you well know, anyone interested in checking out what's immediately available can simply jump to the stock list of my web page to review all species, sizes, and prices of stock fish. The list is updated several times per week to account for, as best as time permits, the influx and sales of stock.
http://www.tangledupincichlids.com/stock.html
As you probably also caught on long ago, I tend to post recent photos of highlighted stock species on the home page of my web site.
http://www.tangledupincichlids.com/
That's pretty much what I'll do here now and again, but with multiple photos of some fish that I haven't space to include on my home page.










Pseudacanthicus histrix 3.5-4.5” 125.00 L064 ‘Rio Branco, Roraima’ very rare import of xl growing, N. Brazil ‘monster blue spiny pleco’

“ leopardus 3.5-4” 225.00 or 2 @ 215.00 ea. L600 ‘Rio Branco, Roraima’ the real deal! Extremely rare import of large growing (to 16”!) beauties

“ “ 4.5-5” 265.00 or 2 @ 250.00 ea. L600 ‘Rio Branco, Roraima’ next size up on truly remarkable ‘red fin giant spiny leopard pleco’

“ “ 7-8” 500.00 L600 ‘Rio Branco, Roraima’ – one of a kind, jumbo, incredibly impressive individual available








Panaqolus sp. L306 2.5-3” 75.00 or 4 @ 70.00 ea. L306 ‘Rio Tacutu, Roraima’ very rare N. Brazil import of red/black banded ‘mini-Panaque’




Ancistrus claro ‘Mato Grosso’ 1.5-2” 25.00 or 6 @ 22.00 ea. LDA008 real wild ‘gold marbled bristle nose plecos’ from Mato Grosso, Brazil

“ dolichopterus 1.5-2” 18.00 or 6 @ 15.00 ea. L183 real wild ‘starlight bristle nose plecos’ from Rio Negro; excellent for breeding project




Chromobotia macracanthus 3.5” @ 40.00 & 4” @ 50.00 ea. large sized, chunky wild ‘clown loaches’ of brilliant color/pattern






Datnioides microlepis 4.5” 100.00 select ‘3 full body barred’ Indonesian tiger fish/datnoids in ltd qty only


Mastacembelus erythrotaenia 15-18” 200.00 rarely imported jumbo sized ‘Indonesian fire eels’ of very limited quantity

More to follow on next thread entry. Just got the 'your thread is full' warning.

 

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Part ll

Adult photos posted below for which I have F1 juveniles now available.
In some cases, I will include other species of same genus in copy & paste version from my stock list format.
This is a very abbreviated highlighting of species. Please check stock list for many additional species.




Nosferatu labridens ‘Media Luna’ .75-1” 25.00 F1 ‘yellow Media Luna labs’ juveniles



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Thorichthys helleri ‘R. Chacamax’ .75-1” 8.50 or 6 @ 7.50 ea. F1 juveniles of rarely offered blue & ylw beauties

“ maculipinnis ‘Dos Caños’ .75-1” 7.50 or 6 @ 6.50 ea. F1 juveniles of bright orange & blue population collected from ‘Dos Caños, Mexico’

“ maculipinnis 3.5-4” 20.00 cb young adults w/ gorgeous blue spangles & orange breast

“ pasiones 3-4” 25.00 cb young adults of largest growing Thor. sp; violet eyes, yellow flanks, high dorsal fin








Parachromis dovii 3-3.5” 18.00 or 4 @ 15.00 ea. cb chunky grow out sized Nicaraguan ‘blue wolf cichlids’

“ friedrichsthalii ‘R. Danto = La Ceiba, Hond.’ 1.25-1.5” 8.50 or 6 @ 7.50 ea. F1 juves from collection of Rio Danto, Honduras population of ‘freddy’

“ managuensis 7-10” 75.00 pr beautiful cb lg breeding pair of bold white/black jaguar cichlids

“ motaguensis ‘red tiger’ 3-3.5” 28.00 cb ‘red tiger mots’ in chunky adolescent size already displaying red coloration



Geophagus cf. brasiliensis 1-1.25” 7.50 or 6 @ 6.50 ea. F1 ‘Laguna del Molly, Uruguay’-jumbo growing, brilliantly turq. spangled race from Uruguay collection

More on the Geophagus and related earth eaters later!
They are one of my personal favorite groups of cichlids and I tend to maintain a diverse inventory of various species.




Vieja bifasciata ‘Grijalva’ 1.25-1.5” 7.50 or 6 @ 6.50 ea. F1 ‘red bifas’ juveniles from population collected in Rio Grijalva, Chiapas, Mexico

“ “ “ 2-2.5” 12.50 or 5 @ 10.00 ea. next size up on chunky F1 grow outs

“ bifasciata ‘Rio Chacamax’ 1.25-1.5” 8.50 or 6 @ 7.50 ea. F1 ‘red/ylw bifas’ juves from population collection in Rio Candelaria, Campeche, Mexico









For the above photos, I wanted to add a short explanation. The jumbo fish we all know as synspilum/synspilus/synspila (depending on which genus was applicable in recent years) is pictured above as adult and again at the size of which I have in stock for reference.
Let's see, there was Cichlasoma, Theraps, Paratheraps, Paraneetroplus, and Vieja.
But all those classifications are rendered moot as the fish formerly known as synspila has been determined, both meristically and genetically, to be synonymous with V. melanura :/
They don't like quite the same fish to me - not as juveniles nor as adults, but suffice to say that I am in no position to challenge the DNA research that is applied to these fish. Conversely, I am very much in favor of straightening out the Heroini clade of American cichlids.

Without losing sight of this thread, have you seen the recent descriptions and newly designated genus names of, for example: Trichromis salvini, Cincelichthys bocourti and pearsei, Maskoheros argentea and regani, Rheoheros coeruleus and lentiginosus, Chiapaheros grammodes, etc?

It's exciting work and I've sent many, many pickled and frozen fish to ichthyologists for meristic and DNA sampling.

Back to the melanura thing; the best that we aquarists can do is to continue to maintain the races of melanura separately and label them accordingly to avoid further confusion.

Actually, you'll need to please excuse the name that appears on the above adult photo of melanura. I took that photo and labeled it when the species was considered Paraneetroplus.
At least the species names remain the same in almost all cases

The below listed fish are not F1 stock, but rather 'cb', or captive bred.

Vieja melanura ‘Rio Yaxha’ 1.5” 7.50 or 6 @ 6.50 ea. juves. of colorful orange/gold/blue ‘Rio Yaxha, Guatemala’ race

“ “ “ 2-2.5” 12.50 next size up on juvenile grow outs of ‘Rio Yaxha melans’

“ melanura ‘var. synspila’ 5-5.5” 35.00 cb young adults of gorgeous red headed cichlids formerly known as ‘V. synspilum’

And now some featured (but certainly not nearly inclusive listing) S. Am cichlid stock to share below.






Heros efasciatus ‘rotkeil’ 1.5” 8.50 or 6 @ 7.50 ea. cb ‘red shoulder/rotkeil severum’ juveniles

“ “ “ 2-2.5” 12.50 next size up on cb ‘rotkeil severum’ grow outs

“ “ “ 3.5-4” 25.00 limited quantity of grow outs on ‘rotkeil severum’

“ liberifer 5-6” 55.00 or 2 @ 50.00 ea. wild recently described mouth-brooding red spotted/sided severums from Colombia

Hoplarchus psittacus 6.5-7.5” 125.00 wild Orinoco sud-adult ‘parrot cichlids’ displaying vivid green, ruby red eyes, rose-colored breast









Crenicichla cincta 8-10” 135.00 or 2 @ 125.00 ea. wild, lg growing, showy red/green Peru pike cichlids in ltd qty only

“ lepidota 4” 25.00 one wild male from Salto, Uruguay; ‘true lepidota’

“ lugubris ‘red Atabapo 1’ 7-7.5” @ 100.00, 8-9” @ 115.00 ea. wild adolescents of super solid red species; a highly attractive Colombian, large growing pike

“ “ “ 10-11” 135.00 or 2 @ 125.00 ea. wild adults of stunning solid deep red color- very showy

“ sveni 3-4” 15.00 or 4 @ 12.50 ea. wild gold spangled, md growing attractive Colombian pikes

“ sp. ‘Orinoco dwarf’ 2-2.5” 15.00 wild red, black, & green dwarf pikes from Orinoco drainages in Colombia

Just hit capacity of photos for this thread.
Onto next page!

 

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Part lll of this TUIC thread saga.








The ornatum photos are of current stock.
The juvenile atromaculatum is of current stock. The adult female and male photos are included for reference so you may see how beautiful this species can be at maturity.


Mesoheros atromaculatum 3-3.5” 35.00 or 4 @ 30.00 ea. wild stock from Rio Calima, Choco, Colombia of gorgeous orange/black/yellow lg growing rarity

“ ornatum 4.5-5” @ 75.00 & 6-7” @ 125.00 ea. wild Rio Calima stock of adolescent to adult sizes; amazing red/blue spangled beauties



Water in Uaru tank is conditioned or buffered by addition of almond leaves, hence the light 'tea color' of water.

Uaru fernandezyepezi 3-4” 75.00 wild ‘Panda Uaru’ of md size; a rare import of very impressive, black water Colombian gems

Alright, let's dive into those earth eaters, etc!




Adult G. argyrostictus photo included for reference only.






Adult G. abalios photo included for reference only.











Geophagus abalios 3-4” @ 18.00, 4 @ 15.00, 8 @ 12.50 ea. wild Colombian high-backed green & red showy earth eater; adults sport impressive fin filaments

“ argyrostictus 2.5-3” @ 50.00, 3 @ 45.00, 5 @ 40.00 ea. F1 juveniles of much coveted ‘Rio Xingu argy’ – very rare offer of crazy cool earth eater

“ brasiliensis 4” 18.00 great sized; most robust of the earth eaters – can compete w/ many md. growing C. Am species

“ cf. brasiliensis 1-1.25” 7.50 or 6 @ 6.50 ea. F1 ‘Laguna del Molly, Uruguay’-jumbo growing, brilliantly turq. spangled race from Uruguay collection

“ brachybrancus 2.5-3” 15.00 or 5 @ 12.50 ea. wild Guyana juveniles of md growing, attractive ylw/red earth eater w/ cheek spot

“ camopiensis 6” 125.00 jumbo F1 male; likely the only individual of this uber rare Fr. Guiana species in all the US. A stunning show fish

“ dicrozoster 2-3” 15.00 wild Colombia earth eater w/ red eyes, red/blue fins, iridescent grn/gold body & blk spot on cheeks

“ sveni 5-6” 150.00 or 2 @ 140.00 ea. wild Rio Araguaia adults; maybe most spectacular earth eater w/ longest streamers

“ sp. ‘red head Tapajos’ 1” 10.00 F1 juveniles of md growing, colorful earth eaters


Retroculus xinguensis 2-2.5” 50.00 F1 juveniles of much coveted ‘Xingu Retros’ in very ltd qty

Satanoperca daemon 3-3.5” @ 18.00, 4 @ 15.00, 8 @ 12.50 ea. wild Orinoco ‘3 spotted demon earth eater’ in md size

“ “ 4-4.5” @ 25.00 @ 5-5.5” @ 35.00 ea. wild sub-adults & adultsof great size; super showy as adults w/ long streamers

“ leucosticta 2.5-3” 15.00 limited wild Guyana-collected earth eaters w/ full body spangling

“ mapiritensis 3-3.5” @ 18.00, 4 @ 15.00, 8 @ 12.50 ea. wild iridescent green spangled Colombian earth eater w/ profusely spangled face

“ “ 4-4.5” @ 25.00 & 5-6” @ 35.00 ea. wild sub-adults & adults; very impressive color, spangling, and showy fins


Bing!
Next page please...

 

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Part lV





Photo of adults immediately above included for reference. I have a small quantity of 5-6" sized wild stock on hand.





Geophagus sveni 5-6” 150.00 or 2 @ 140.00 ea. wild Rio Araguaia adults; maybe most spectacular earth eater w/ longest streamers

Gymnogeophagus cf. meridionalis 2.5-3” 18.00 cb ‘Sequiera (Norte), Uruguay’ origin - blue & red stripes w/ gold head

“ cf. rhabdotus 1.5” 12.50 or 5 @ 10.00 ea. cb ‘blue neon/Valentines’ of Cantera Ranch in Uruguay origin; iridescent blue striped

What I can put in my tanks with cichlids &/or plecos?
Some cool characins that, species dependent, are ideal applications for providing interest and movement to the mid-upper areas in tanks.






Metynnis fasciatus 3-3.5” 35.00 or 3 @ 32.00 ea. ‘tiger striped silver dollars’; incredibly marked, outstanding in groups, grow to ~ 6”

Mylossoma duriventre 3-3.5” 30.00 or 4 @ 27.00 ea. seldom imported, uniquely deep-keeled wild Brazil silver dollar w/ blood red fins

Myleus schomburgkii ‘wide bar’ 4-4.5” 55.00 or 3 @ 50.00 ea. wild ‘wide bar/blue hook’ silver dollars of great size & pattern

“ “ “ 5-5.5” @ 65.00 & 6-7” @ 115.00 ea. wild large & rarely imported jumbo sized (only two individuals) of ‘wide bar/blue hooks’












Brachychalcinus retrospina 2-2.5” 28.00 or 4 @ 25.00 ea. very rare import of ml growing ‘discus tetra’ from Bahia state, southern Brazil

Chalceus macrolepidotus 3-4” 15.00 or 4 @ 12.50 ea. wild Colombian ‘pink tailed chalceus’; great species to keep in md-lg communities

Laemolyta taeniata 7-8” 55.00 or 2 @ 50.00 ea. super rarely imported Anostomid with striking thick blue-black horizontal stripe & gold back

Lebiasina multimaculatus 3-4” 35.00 very rarely collected, orange/blue spotted wild characin from Choco. Colombia-very ltd qty

Semaprochilodus laticeps 3-3.5” 25.00 or 4 @ 22.00 ea. the reddest-finned ‘flagtails’ originating from Orinoco River valley

Triportheus angulatus 3-4” 25.00 or 5 @ 22.00 ea. ‘triport hatchets’ that grow to super size of 7-8”! Awesome mid-water activity for md-lg communities

I've still got a bunch of plecos and catfish to highlight, but I think only two photos left on this thread.
How about a couple Old World cichlids to finish up?




Adult photo of T. buttekoferi is shown for reference only. It's actually of a fish I keep in one of my home tanks.


Paratilapia bleekeri ‘sm. spot’ 2.5-3” 15.00 or 5 @ 12.50 ea. adolescent ‘small spot marakely’ or ‘bleekeri’ – highly attractive Madagascar species

“ “ 5-6” 35.00 young adults of jet black body covered w/ gold & blue spangles

Tilapia buttekoferi 3.5” 18.00 or 4 @ 15.00 ea. chunky sized grow outs w/ bold & highly attractive yellow/black bars

More to follow, including fish that suck (gotta love the plecos)!

 

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Part V (in case anyone is still following this thread and hasn't gotten completely bored of the stock



























Aguarunichthys torosus 5-6” 150.00 awesome ‘bolt cats’ already displaying remarkable mature spotting & patterns

Callichthys callichthys 2-3” @ 8.50, 5 @ 7.50, 10 @ 6.50 ea. peaceful, bubble nest-building, md growing armored catfish; very useful scavenger

Cephalosilurus apurensis 10” 200.00 ‘Apure jelly cat’ of large size and remarkable orange/black mosaic pattern

Corydoras cf. araguaiaensis 2-2.5” 35.00 or 6 @ 30.00 ea. rare import of wild Rio Araguaia Cory, super size w/ big, bold spot pattern

“ species Cw086 2-2.5” 35.00 or 6 @ 30.00 ea. rare import of wild, undescribed, Acre-collected iridescent green high dorsal species

Goeldiella eques 4-5” 35.00 attractive, md growing (to 12”) ‘gold horse head Pim cats’

Hepapterus mustelinus 3.5-4” 35.00 very rarely seen Artigas, Salto, Uruguay ‘weasel catfish’ individual; so very cool

Lophiosilurus alexandri 7-8” 115.00 or 3 @ 100.00 ea. Rio Sao Francisco wild pacman cats; such an unusual, incredibly cool cat

Pimelodus albofasciatus 5-5.5” 18.00 or 2 @ 15.00 ea. ‘four lined Pim cats’; active species that mixes well in md-lg community tanks


Pseudopimelodus bufonis 3-4” 35.00 wild orange & blk banded bee cat from Colombia; beautifully patterned, grow to 12” max

Pseudoplatystoma orinocoense 5-6” 75.00 wild ‘Colombian tiger shovelnose’ w/ intricate stripes & unique red edged spotted caudal fin

Pterodoras granulosus 7-8” 25 ea, 2 @ 20 ea, 3 @ 15 ea. jumbo growing ‘prehistoric cats’ – awesome show cats; will not eat tank mates

Scleromystax barbatus 2.5-3” 35.00 or 4 @ 30.00 ea. wild ‘Mage, Rio de Janeiro’ very impressive ‘super Cory cats’


Synodontis decorus 2.5” 18.00 or 3 @ 15.00 ea. cb African cats w/ attractive lg spots

“ eupterus 5-6” 35.00 super sized, ornate African catfish with huge, feathered dorsal fin-great in md-lg communities

Trichomycterus gabrielli 5-6” 28.00 or 3 @ 25.00 ea. rarely imported Brazilian ‘eel-like cat’; very attractive w/ jaguar spots over entire body

Bad Jeff! I said I was going to get plecos on this thread, but I never got to that section.
So these are some of non-pleco catfish species on hand.
Plecos on next round...

 

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Part Vl
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Baryancistrus beggini 2.5-3” @ 35.00 & 3.5-4” @ 50.00 ea. L239 ‘blue Panaque’ from Colombia; uniquely colored navy blue pleco

“ subviridis 2” 35.00 L200 ‘green phantom pleco’ from Colombia; emerald green w/ ylw fins & spots

“ “ 5-6” 60.00 or 2 @ 55.00 ea. L200 ‘green phantom pleco’ of seldom offered, remarkably large size

“ sp. L142/LDA033 3-3.5” 35.00 or 2 @ 32.00 ea. LDA033/L142 Rio Tapajos ‘snow ball plecos’, jet black with lg spot ‘snow ball’ spots

Hemiancistrus guahiborum 2.5-3” @ 15.00, 4 @ 12.50, 8 @ 10.00 ea. L106 ‘spotted orange seam pleco’; hardy, colorful, md growing pleco

“ sp. ‘blue phantom’ 4-4.5” 50.00 or 2 @ 45.00 ea. L128 ‘blue phantom pleco’ from Colombia; navy blue w/ white spots

“ “ “ 5-6” 65.00 or 2 @ 60.00 ea. L128 ‘blue phantom pleco’ of seldom offered, remarkably large size

Leporacanthicus cf. galaxius 2.5-3” @ 35.00 & 4-4.5” @ 50.00 ea. L240 ‘Orinoco vampire pleco’ – jet black body & fins covered in white polka dots

“ “ “ 5-6” @ 75.00 & 7” @ 100.00 ea. L240 ‘Orinoco vampire pleco’ of highly impressive large + one individual of xl adult size

“ triactis 4-4.5” 50.00 or 2 @ 45.00 ea. L091 ‘three beacon pleco’; beautiful red/orange & blk banded adipose, dorsal & caudal spines

Panaque bathyphilus 8-9” 100.00 or 2 @ 90.00 ea. L090 Peru ‘white lyre tailed royal pleco’ – gorgeous, lg & showy, highly impressive

“ cf. nigrofasciatus 10” 200.00 L330 jumbo ‘watermelon pleco’! 100% fully spotted show specimen

Peckoltia braueri 4-5” 50.00 L305 ‘Rio Tacutu, Roraima’ psychedelic/maze pattern on head, orange seamed fins

“ lineola 3.5” 35.00 or 2 @ 32.00 ea. L202 bold, attractive wide, wavy black bars over a light colored body, hardy & md growing

“ sabaji 2” 30.00 L075 wild ‘decorus pleco’ from Colombia in ltd qty

Pseudancistrus asurini 3.5-4” 45.00 or 2 @ 40.00 ea. L067 profusely white/yellow spotted w/ yellow trimmed fins

Pseudohemiodon apithanos 2.5” 125.00 or 4 @ 115.00 ea. very rarely offered wild ‘chameleon whiptails’ of irresistibly attractive blk/white patterns

Pseudorinelepis sp. L095 10-11” 225.00 real Rio Branco ‘orange cheek/orange fin pinecone plecos’ in impressive lg size

Pterygoplichthys ambrosettii 10-12” 50.00 ‘snow king pleco’ individual of large size; very intricate & attractive pattern

“ gibbiceps ‘albino’ 3-4” 28.00 or 3 @ 25.00 ea. L083 / L165 ‘albino sailfin plecos’ – super showy morph of ivory color w/ red eyes

Squaliforma emarginata 6-7” 25.00 or 2 @ 22.00 ea. L011 ‘red fin thresher pleco’-uniquely stretched body covered in blk spots, red edged tail

Sturisoma aureum ‘albino’ 3” 28.00 cb albino ‘royal farlowella’ – remarkable whiptail cat w/ full albino traits; real standout on dark substrate




Potamotrygon schroederi 8-9” 350.00 wild female ‘Orinoco flower ray’ – proven hearty eating, truly gorgeous fish

Hope you enjoyed that!