New Cichla!!! And Questions!!!

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The funny thing is If they are wild.... And no one knows what river they came from.. That makes it harder for People like Boosten who has depicted why certain species are wild; and why they can be trusted, to be from certain areas to ID ;)

If you had an area and a part of the river they were collected. That; in my opinion, would make it simpler. For those that are seemingly able to id at such sizes and able to ID fish becasue of stated collection points. Allot of times it comes down to Patterns.. Which FARMED fish many times will NOT show...Or will show erratic form of..

As well as many Cichla exporters pull from PONDS; that they have cichla in, that have been wild caught as well as bred in those ponds .. Some will notice variations in the species they thought they bought. Because the same species from different areas and different rivers were thrown in togehter and spawned ;)

Now when I buy a WILD fish.. I think it is important to ask new vendors WHICH river and Which area of the river.. If I don't care then I should't call it wild.. Because those of us that do care WANT to know where .. And it is easy for the experienced to ask where the fish they are getting originated..

Some vendors have reputations for bringing in only wild fish.. New ones do not have this so it is the OBVIOUS to get that info.

Many Id's on small sizes like this are derived fromt he parents that were sitting on or near the collected fish ;)
 
Tongue33;2508601; said:
The funny thing is If they are wild.... And no one knows what river they came from.. that makes it harder for People like boost who has depicted why certain species are widl and why they can be trusted to be from certain areas to ID ;)

If you had an area and a part of the river they were collected. That; in my opinion, would make it simpler. For those that are seemingly able to id at such sizes and able to ID fish becasue of stated collection points. Allot of times it comes down to Patterns.. Which FARMED fish many tiems will NOT show...

As well as many Cichla exporters pull from PONDS that they have cichla in that have been wild caught as well as bred in those ponds .. SOme will notice variations in the species they thougth they bought because the same species from different areas and different rivers were thrown in togehter and spawned ;)

Now when I buy a WILD fish.. I think it is important to ask new vendors WHICH river and Which area of the river.. If I don;t care then I should't call it wild.. Because those of us that do care WANt to know where .. And it is easy for the experienced to ask where the fish they are getting originated..

Some vendors have reputations for bringing in only wild fish.. New ones do not have thsi so it is the OBVIOUS to get that info.

That's good info, thanks. Is snookn21 a new vendor here? I haven't been on the boards that long and these are the first fish I've ever bought online. I'll shoot him a message now and ask where these fish are from. Thanks again.
 
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He is newer here.. Though I have never seen him post anything more than that his cichla were wild.. No locations... This is all just my opinion..


My opinion is if you have a wild caught fish... KNOW where it is from :) Just formalities but still... After you have kept fish for a while you really regret not knowing and not being told more by a vendor :)
 
Tongue33;2508639; said:
He is newer here.. Though I have never seen him post anything more than that his cichla were wild.. No locations... This is all just my opinion..

My opinion is if you have a wild caught fish... KNOW where it is from :) Just formalities but still... After you have kept fish for a while you really regret not knowing and not being told more by a vendor :)

Yeah, I sent him a pm. His post in the marketplace says his 2 spot monos are from peru, but you're right everything else just says "wild".
 
i think that mono is a farmie...
wild ocells and monos have about the same head shape...i think...
either way,monos at that size will have more red than ocells at the same size.
thats how i tell.
but of course,farmies can be very different.
 
florida hybrids... i believe he said he has ponds full of them.... as well as florida...:lol2:
 
My message to him and his reply:

snookn21 said:
lnelms2 said:
Hey, thanks again for these awesome fish, they are doing great. Just a quick question. Where are these Ocells from? Do you know what country/river? Thanks.


Those are wild caught from guyana, i dont know the river only the country is what is supplied to me, thanks John
 
Well that is at least better than no country :) Allot of time the best you can do is the country which is more comforting than "They are Wild caught" :)
 
mjuniorc;2508707; said:
florida hybrids... i believe he said he has ponds full of them.... as well as florida...:lol2:

Sarcasm:confused:

Tongue33;2508774; said:
Well that is at least better than no country :) Allot of time the best you can do is the country which is more comforting than "They are Wild caught" :)

True.
 
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