.....Post'em VIEJAS .....

[C. Breeze]

Pet store black belts. Just castnetted these out of the 1k gallon vat. 90percent sure that all 3 species have spawned. These, I know just spawned, the Midas and the carpintis- but I don’t know if there will be any fry this fall- I think a lot of fry are getting eaten.

 

[keystonewma]

Pics from early 2020, August 2020, then June 2021. He sometimes goes nuts and bumps his head on rocks when spooked, thus the nicked up most recent pic.

He is the only vieja I have now worth posting. Have some up and comers.

 

[stiker]

Young V. Melanura ‘White Water Lagoon, Belize’ (pics are a few months old)



Not a Vieja but a close relative. Maskaheros Argenteus


Male above, female below




In a few weeks, once the new aquariums for my V. Melanura and V. Maculicauda (not pictured) arrive I will take better updated pictures.

 

[..puSkar..]

That's one big guy!
How long have you had him and is he a solo resident of the tank?

Pics from early 2020, August 2020, then June 2021. He sometimes goes nuts and bumps his head on rocks when spooked, thus the nicked up most recent pic.

He is the only vieja I have now worth posting. Have some up and comers.

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[keystonewma]

That's one big guy!
How long have you had him and is he a solo resident of the tank?

I had a female in with him with a divider. Odd thing, she wanted to breed, but he wanted to fight. After several close calls of roughing her up, he must have kept her from going back through the divider when I was at work and killed her. That was about 9 months ago. He has been by himself since (except for a few tetras and a pleco). He has gotten a lot thicker and fins have lengthened since being by himself.

I got him from COTA in March of 2016 as a 1" fish. So he should be a little over 5.5 years old.

I would like to get another Rio Chacamax bifasciatus female eventually and try again.

Also, I must apologize for my poor pictures.

 

[..puSkar..]

Power BUMP ??

 

[Man-made Monsters]

My new male starting to settle in. Not eating really strong yet but I have had this experience with large adults in the past where it takes them extra time to get comfortable.

 

[stiker]

My new male starting to settle in. Not eating really strong yet but I have had this experience with large adults in the past where it takes them extra time to get comfortable. View attachment 1470309

Stunning Melanura. Really enjoying watching mine grow. Beautiful fish

 

[Man-made Monsters]

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Stunning Melanura. Really enjoying watching mine grow. Beautiful fish

Thanks, maybe these two will breed.....

 

[newworld]

looks like a “synspilum” and a “melanurus”