Monster Midas and Vieja ID anyone?

[BrAveHrT]

13" Midas. He's a true gentle giant! Can anyone ID the vieja's in the first pic? Note: they are not synspilum

 

[cichla81]

those look like synspilums to me. im no expert but i got one that is identical to yours and everyone says they are synspilums, why do you know for sure they are not synspilums?

 

[BrAveHrT]

I specifically asked for no synspilum when I bought these...lol damn

 

[cichla81]

they are great fish, not as interactive as a midas, but they are stunners when they get around 8-10 inches. and that midas is sweet btw

 

[lyc]

nice syn. i find them more peaceful then other CA and best of all, i keep them with other more aggressive CA without problem. They very hardy and can withstand aggression very well IMO.

 

[fobrinkle]

They look just like my syns. Why didn't you want syns? I think they are great. THat Midas is a beast. Very nice.

 

[Modest_Man]

The ones in the third photo look more like fenestratus. The upper left one and the bottom right one in the first photo looks like fenestratus while the other two (bottom left two) look like synspilum.

If you got all four at the same time from the same tank labeled as the same thing...odds are you got mutts.

 

[BrAveHrT]

they are great fish, not as interactive as a midas, but they are stunners when they get around 8-10 inches. and that midas is sweet btw

Thanks bud, I agree. I have a 6" fene in there and he is not aggro at all either

 

[BrAveHrT]

nice syn. i find them more peaceful then other CA and best of all, i keep them with other more aggressive CA without problem. They very hardy and can withstand aggression very well IMO.

Thanks I guess the majority say they are syn then

 

[BrAveHrT]

They look just like my syns. Why didn't you want syns? I think they are great. THat Midas is a beast. Very nice.

It's not that I didn't want syns, I think syn are awesome when matured too but I just wanted something diff for breeding project.