My Lfs gets them a lot, never seen one as an adult though, almost all of his are around 4 or 5" long, a lot more blue than that though, he said the will lose a lot of the blue as the get older.
HONDURAN JAGUAR ?
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superleggera123;3591338; said:
Nope, I have one as well. When these guys were collected, other than Mojo, Ken from Fish Farm also had a wild breeding pair, and back in early 2008 he sold tiny f1 fry. Everyone snatched them up, and since then Ken lost his male and was unable to breed them. I lost 3 and kept 2 alive at less than an inch. Fearing that these would not be a pair, I asked Mojo for some fry but he does not ship (i dont blaim him, its a pain in the butt). Lucky for me the remaining two were a breeding pair. I wish there was a way to prove it, there is no obvious difference between the hondos and common jags but a little more blue in the right lighting. Youl just have to believe me or not. Hopfully Mojo and Ken can vouch for me
pics 4&7 on the first page are the female and male respectively.
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=274293
I have spawned them and just been giving away the fry to friends since the pair lives in a 600 with too many other fish for the babies to survive. Unfotunately, the fry never make it cuz their too small when I remove them. The plan is to give these guys their own tank and start selling the larger fry. But, when I do get this set up, the fry will not only be f2 but inbred as their parents were from the same spawn.
fish_n_vw;3595287; said:
I'm really not set up for shipping fry. No boxes or other materials. And as John pointed out, it's just a royal pain in the butt for the amount of money you make. I do GIVE away a bunch of fry at the various club gatherings and the annual ACA convention. I had six 3-4" of the F1 Managuense from these fish that I brought to Cincinnati this year.
John Rambo;3596019; said:
John is correct. The only difference is the accentuated blue back on the fish. The older the fish and the closer to wild I believe will have more blue. The two large males in the pond (the fish I posted in this thread) have a lot of blue in the back.
Here's another of the males that I have in a 100 gallon tank.
So does anyone know if I could get these in washington state I will drive up to 4 hours 1 way wich means portland and eastern washington are options.
fish_n_vw;3596707; said:
I have a Honduran varient male jag about 6''-7''. I got from Aquarium Paradise back in may.
