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crilee70

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Hi at all,



I'm Cris from Italy.

In my country there is a few hobbyst that like "big fishes", and I am one of them...

:D

At the moment I have at my active 4 tanks, one of them (200 liters) set up tanganikan lake, one other (300 liters) south american set up (heros severus), another 200 lt with Angelfish and at last a 300 liters with some "small" mixed south/central american cichlids, (2 JD, 2 GT, 2 Aquidens Pulcher )

...and awaiting for the future, more room and more bigger tanks :grinyes:

Ok, now if someone can help me...

some days ago a LFS sold my wife a couple of severum juv...... :(
Severum ?? Without vertical bars? Mmmmmmm....
Big, big mistake.... infact there are (for me) some Vieja (paratheraps) specimen,
probably maculicauda or zonata, but is the first time that i see one.

I will attach a pic of one of them, in awaiting to get back to LFS :(
Infact, if my prediction will right , they grows too big for any of my tank setup

Thanks in advance !

Cris
 
Hmm...it almost looks like a severum crossed with a firemouth...doesn't really have a vieja look to me.
 
SinisterKisses said:
Hmm...it almost looks like a severum crossed with a firemouth...doesn't really have a vieja look to me.
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I partially agree...I'd say it almost looks like a firemouth crossed with a spinosissum. I'd definitely have to say hybrid though. the mouth and dorsal fin are off for any kind of Vieja/Paratheraps imo. :)
 
I have re-sized your images for you so that everyone can view them easier !

Next time you want to upload any of you pictures you can use the MFK gallery which auto sizes images for you.

I personally think your fish is some kind of Vieja what size is it ? and how long have you had it ?
 
Tank you for resizing ! What is the best size in kb's for future up's ?

I will use MFK gallery in any case :-)

About fishes, i've got 3 weeks ago (approx) at 1" and their actual size is about 3".

Before asking you, I trying to search in the web, but unfortunally is very rare finding juv or fry pics of vieja spec.
 
crilee70 said:
Tank you for resizing ! What is the best size in kb's for future up's ?

I will use MFK gallery in any case :-)

About fishes, i've got 3 weeks ago (approx) at 1" and their actual size is about 3".

Before asking you, I trying to search in the web, but unfortunally is very rare finding juv or fry pics of vieja spec.
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KB's vary it all depends on how many pixels you camera is. But the size which is prefered for the forum is 640x480.

i suggest if your fish is only 3" give it a while more and let it grow then we will be able to give you a much more possitive ID.
 
Ok, following your tips I'll post new update pics when fishes grows in size !

Tnx for the moment ! :)

Cris
 
It almost looks like a black belt with a stripe that never quite happened you will be able to tell for sure around 6 inches i would guess
 
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