Rio Magdalena VS. Gorillus Blue

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I was gonna post this on the gorillus thread but figured it would be more appropriate on its own. So here we go, Rumble in the Jungle!!!! Rio Mag (General Line) Vs. Gorillus Blue (Gorillus Prime)
They are both pushin 6" eyeballing. Here are some pics of them face to face and 1 on 1. Lil history on them, The Rio Mag is my last growout from the General which is for sale. But for now hes divided with Gorillus Prime to try and get eachother pumped up!! Gorillus Prime is an offspring from Umbeekings Legendary Wild Gorillus Blue pair, which he caught Himself! I recieved this guy in May at around 3/4" I am definitely impressed with how the Gorillus are turning out. Prime is gaining tons of blue and red in his face!! I cant tell wether its blue on red or red on blue LOL So here we go a comparison of the brand new Gorillus to the always loved Rio magdalena. Here you can easily distinguish the gorillus from the rio mag:/ This isnt a contest of which umbee looks better but merely a side by side comparison. Ill always Love the Blue umbee but im also curious on working with the Gorillus to see what comes of them. And speaking of blues... The MagnumX's are now available in very limited quantity which i bred myself with a wild Location X male ( Xtreme) to a beautiful female Rio Mag from the (General) These lil Umbees are fricken phenominal Blue umbees and im only selling the general male in the pics to make room for my new MagnumX's which i will take the nicest male from my group and breed with a nice female from WorldBelows group!!! Anyway's enough about that, Time for the pics;)

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Jason, Im I see correctly here. Did the Gorillus out grow the Rio Magdalena? That Gorillus is a much younger fish and is just now starting to color up. Give him another Month or so and he will be bursting with blues :) Very Impressive growth rate on these guys... They both look amazing and your pictures show the difference in the two. (Built and Coloration.)Crazy to think your looking at the same species but are from two different locations within the same country or two different populations but are the same species. Great pics brother! The RED FRECKLED MONSTER vs The BLUE FRECKLED MONSTER :) I love them both. Once again, great pictures!
 
Great comparison. Awesome photos. I like the Rio Mags better. The gorillas are nice. With the comparison pics, the gorilla has a slightly different face structure than the rio mag. To me the gorillas face structure and built resembles the panama green umbee.
 
Thank you Guys:) they are both nice specimans and i dont blame anyone for voting Rio Mag. now what if the shoe was on the other foot and the rio mag was just introduced??? Its all good tho. and yeah Danny the gorillus face does look very similar to the Panama greens. Chris mentioned something tha i forgot to add. I recieved the Gorillus in may at 3/4" and the rio mag was 4-4.5" now theyre about the same in length but the gorillus is passing the mag in girth. Umbeeeee Poowwweeerrr!!!!
 
There certainly are clear differences between them but both are very nice. You are lucky to have the opportunity to grow out both variants side by side. It will be great to see how they compare a few years from now. Best of luck with your Umbee projects!
 
Inspirational. I have some gorillus blues that I am growing out and its awesome to see what I have to look forward to. I say gorillus blues hands down but your rio aint too shabby either
 
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