Male Amphilophus Comparison. Red Isletas sp (Vs) Barred Midas

[RMac]

Oops, sorry, misunderstood your question..., she is off of House_64's colored pair of wild midas that he got from Rapps. Unfortunately, the barred one and the red one are brother/sister unless House had fry from more than one breeding pair when he sent me the midas as fry.

 

[Dmaan.]

Thanks guys



very interesting, learn something new every day.






canada's a long holla from where i'm at, if you were closer i'd help you out, i really don't need this one.

lol hey hey hey, you wouldn't be helping me out.
it's the fish you'd be helping out lol

 

[Mad About Cichlids]

Great quality pix and comparisons everyone

 

[metalslug]

Yes, they are with a batch of fry at the moment which I just took out yesterday. I think they are getting ready to breed again...
I've got a pair of barred Midas too that are setting on eggs soon to be wigglers... The female is really nicely colored. The barred's come from House_64's breeding that he made from wild fish that he got from Rapps.
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I never seen a barred midas peel like that. Is that normal? Or very much rare?

 

[Dmaan.]

you can order similar looking fish from jeff rapps.
i don't know if you'll get as red and nice looking as that though.

 

[straitjacketstar]

I never seen a barred midas peel like that. Is that normal? Or very much rare?

My female went from

to

I lost her trying to spawn her with this guy

Rmac, or anybody else got a similar female, I'm BUYING!
I'll be hitting up Rapps when I got some more money saved up.

And not to get completely off topic, my male Isletas @ 6.5".

My F1 male Barred with about the most red I've ever seen on him.

 

[cichlidinsomniac]

My female went from

to

I lost her trying to spawn her with this guy

Rmac, or anybody else got a similar female, I'm BUYING!
I'll be hitting up Rapps when I got some more money saved up.

And not to get completely off topic, my male Isletas @ 6.5".

My F1 male Barred with about the most red I've ever seen on him.

sweet fish, nice isletas

 

[Dmaan.]

My female went from

to

I lost her trying to spawn her with this guy

Rmac, or anybody else got a similar female, I'm BUYING!
I'll be hitting up Rapps when I got some more money saved up.

And not to get completely off topic, my male Isletas @ 6.5".

My F1 male Barred with about the most red I've ever seen on him.

your f1 male barred midas is probably my f1 barred midas's brother lol.

how many inches?
if it's around 10-12" it's probably true.

 

[straitjacketstar]

your f1 male barred midas is probably my f1 barred midas's brother lol.

how many inches?
if it's around 10-12" it's probably true.

He's about 11" and Rapps stock from RuckFules as was the crackly/PB female. The PB male is F1 directly from Rapps and the Isletas (pair) is Rapps F1 from Guapote.
When it comes to Amphilophus I'm making sure to get from a legit source and after getting burned online once already I'm only picking up fish I can verify comes from either Rapps or Ken Davis. I got some F1 red/colored cits and hogas from Ken growing out right now.
I'm hoping my barred midas eventually grows to look like his dad but it's a pain in the ass trying to get him grow any humpage. I'm gonna split him up in a tank with divider with the PB male on the other side to see if that does anything to pump him up.

 

[Dmaan.]

word, our fish likely came from the same parents then lol
when i look at him i kinda see a bit of my fish to.