New holy grail since beani?

[Modest_Man]

If you notice most of these fish get huge. All have been in the hobby at one time or another. The $15 beani on Aquabid are coming out a pond on an abandoned fish farm in Florida that bred them years ago and no one would buy them because they got to big and killed everything. When they became "The fish" recently someone went and checked and they were still in there breeding. In 6 months (or less) they will be $5 fish.

Now this I find freaking hilarious. So the whole last 5-6 years people were pining for beani and there was a breeding population in Florida the whole time?

 

[darthodo]

Now this I find freaking hilarious. So the whole last 5-6 years people were pining for beani and there was a breeding population in Florida the whole time?

It is too funny. I wonder if they have a pond of ramsdeni sitting around?

 

[duanes]

When I searched for info on beani a couple years ago, a map of Florida popped up at the Desert fishes council website with a little red dot, in the north central area of the state.
I wasn't sure it was reliable, guess I should have made the trip, and checked back then.

 

[TheOscarGuy]

Now that beani are popping up everywhere now (and that is a really good thing), what is the next holy grail to own?

How about wild odos? Or have we had them in the hobby recently (wild, not tank raised)?

 

[jgentry]

Spinies are another one that was widely available for a little while...then gone.

I basically gave away two breeding pairs when I moved cross country about 2 years ago. No one wanted them.

And LFS acted like they were doing me a favor to take a dozen good-sized (2") grow outs for $1 each.

I could see that. Not a particularly colorful fish or anything. Just something I'm interested in.

 

[darth pike]

I could see that. Not a particularly colorful fish or anything. Just something I'm interested in.

Neither are argentea really, but they are insanely popular. Of course I don't know how recently their popularity is. I tend to refer to spino's as mini-argentea ... at least that's what thier pattern reminds me of.

 

[WildCAught]

I've always thought of the Ramsdeni as the holy grail.

 

[fishfarm]

Now this I find freaking hilarious. So the whole last 5-6 years people were pining for beani and there was a breeding population in Florida the whole time?

I've know about it for a while, took over a year to get permission just to go and look to see if they were still actually in there. They have been down there for at least 15-20 years. No body has been feeding them, pond full of weeds, ect. Ken

 

[bigguapote]

I've always thought of the Ramsdeni as the holy grail.

I imported a fair number of captive bred ramsdeni several years ago from Europe.
They bred repeatedly, but none of the eggs were ever fertilized.
European hobbyists who kept progeny from the same spawn of ramsdeni as I experienced the same results.

Here are a few pics of them just for reference.

They may not have any bright primary colors to enjoy, but they were interesting to keep. The nuchal hump grows to resemble an ice cream cone that someone tipped upside down on top of the fishes' head!

 

[balton777]

I imported a fair number of captive bred ramsdeni several years ago from Europe.
They bred repeatedly, but none of the eggs were ever fertilized.
European hobbyists who kept progeny from the same spawn of ramsdeni as I experienced the same results.

Here are a few pics of them just for reference.

They may not have any bright primary colors to enjoy, but they were interesting to keep. The nuchal hump grows to resemble an ice cream cone that someone tipped upside down on top of the fishes' head!

Nice pics Jeff.