New additions - Gymnogeophagus yerbalita

[FSM]

Gymnogeophagus gymnogenys yerbalita

I bought 3 at the local aquarium club auction, looks like a male and 2 females based on the size difference.

The tank is a 75 gallon, there are 4 balzanii, 2 'paso pache II', a Crenicichla minuano pair, and the yerbalita. A bit crowded? No aggression right, I may upgrade or sell the paso pache II in the future.

female in front, male in back, the size difference is obvious


male


shiny scales


male + 2 balzanii


one of the females, they are pretty small


I was initially worried that the females were small enough to get eaten by the male minuano, but, being an insectivore, it has a relatively small mouth. If they don't do well I can move them to my 29 for a while.



I also picked up two big yo yo loaches to go with the group I already have in another tank.

 

[HiImSean]

they look great. i got 3 from ken. yours are quite a bit bigger than mine though

 

[peathenster]

looking good! are the pikes in the same tank?

 

[titansfever83]

Very nice! JD was eyeballing me when those came to the auction table. He was waiting on me to start bidding, lol. I just don't have a tank I can dedicate to them ATM.

Keep us updated! I wanna see the hump when it becomes noticable!!!

 

[FSM]

These are from the last bag that sold, I got them for $5.

All my Uruguay fish are in the same tank.

 

[jgentry]

Nice pick up!!! The male already looks good.

There was a lot more SA/CA cichlids at this one. The spring auction had very few. It was good to see a lot better selection for us new world folks.

 

[robmcd]

Nice pickup!! I really like the stocklist....

 

[HiImSean]

Nice pick up!!! The male already looks good.

There was a lot more SA/CA cichlids at this one. The spring auction had very few. It was good to see a lot better selection for us new world folks.

i was surprised to, it was nice. at the spring it was pretty much angels, discus, and apistos

i'll post up in a little while my yerbalita

 

[Felipe Cantera]

Hi!
They come from "Arroyo Yerbalito", but the (common) name is Gymnogeophagus gymnogenys "Quilero":
http://www.aqvaterra.com/cichlids_gymnogenys_quilero.php
And they come from this region;
http://www.aqvaterra.com/map_gymnogenys.php

C.minuano; they eat fish too, but no problem as far as the diff. of the size is not to big.

Good luck with your new fishes!

Felipe
www.aqvaterra.com

 

[jgentry]

Thanks for the info Felipe!!

I thought they looked like quilero but thought maybe they were just young. I was at the auction they were sold at and didn't bid becuase I thought they didn't look like the labiatus. I was afraid I wouldn't be able to ID them if they were labled wrong.

The quilero are really nice fish FSM!!! My wild male is a stunner, by far my best looking gymno at the moment. Makes me with I would have hung around and bid on them.