Geophagus Brasiliensis "Laguna de Molle"

[C. Breeze]

here’s one of Ken Davis’s males. Think this is an F1 he says his wild breeders all have died off.

 

[Kevin@TUIC]

Great species! I have had the opportunity to keep and maintain this particular race since around 2009.. I do offer up F2 stock from time to time. I good friend of mine still works with his long time kept F1 stock that was originally distributed by TUIC 15 or so years ago. Like dogofwar mentioned Laguna de Molle, located in Cerro Largo, Uruguay is an oxbox and is filled with waterweed. If you look up Nicholas Pena you can probably find videos of these hiding in thick weeds in the lagoon. Attached is a photo of a wild adult that was text to me by the late Felipe Cantera that I have dated June 25, 2016 (I still have the text!). Also older photos of adults maintained here in the US from a local hobbyist and friend of TUIC (George Markadakis) that he took for TUIC for stock photo ID back in 2009.
these get big! Although not hyper aggressive they certainly have always been a bit more on the tougher side as far as keeping with others. they take a little longer to color up but when they do they are impressive red body and brilliant blue spangles all over the body.

 

[Black Tuna]

Great species! I have had the opportunity to keep and maintain this particular race since around 2009.. I do offer up F2 stock from time to time. I good friend of mine still works with his long time kept F1 stock that was originally distributed by TUIC 15 or so years ago. Like dogofwar mentioned Laguna de Molle, located in Cerro Largo, Uruguay is an oxbox and is filled with waterweed. If you look up Nicholas Pena you can probably find videos of these hiding in thick weeds in the lagoon. Attached is a photo of a wild adult that was text to me by the late Felipe Cantera that I have dated June 25, 2016 (I still have the text!). Also older photos of adults maintained here in the US from a local hobbyist and friend of TUIC (George Markadakis) that he took for TUIC for stock photo ID back in 2009.
these get big! Although not hyper aggressive they certainly have always been a bit more on the tougher side as far as keeping with others. they take a little longer to color up but when they do they are impressive red body and brilliant blue spangles all over the body.

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Great information Kevin.

 

[Black Tuna]

I collected them a few years ago - they get BIG (like 12") although my experience with them in aquariums is that they take a long time to get beyond say 8" even in a big tank. They'll breed much smaller.

Laguna Molle is an oxbow near the Rio Yaguaron in eastern Uruguay. It's positively full of Anacharis, which made swimming in it really creepy (for me at least).

That oxbow is pretty much the only place in that area where I've caught them - they're not in streams or the big river (at least that I've caught).

Wow sounds like a really cool experience. On my bucket list. Thx for sharing

 

[Black Tuna]

God yes haha look at the mouth placement in yours.. more terminal location (downward arrangement) than the old brasiliensis, check out pics on the net, an example I can think of is geophagus steindachneri a “few” years back tangledupincichlids brought in a steindachneri type fish that wasn’t positively described as steindachneri out of Venezuela which I bought and spawned, cool fish which the males also carried, just saying your fish looks different than the old fish..

That's pretty cool. I'd love to keep the old school variant someday.