Rio Negro.....Temensis. LOAD WARNING

[Superlaz]

With all the talk we've dedicated the RN Orino's, I thought it was about time to spread the love a bit. Tems are underrated in my opinion....definitely need more love in the hobby.

SO...I figured I'd shine a spotlight on some of the nicest Temensis

Rio Negro Temensis. The red on some of these guys can Rival a Fogo. The size....Unmatched.

Enjoy.

 

[gangster]

wow! the one w/ blue fins is hot! and the one w/ real dark thin bars towards the bottom\^^/...almost has the rasta colors.

 

[jcardona1]

incredible! anybody have these in the hobby? i remember seeing some pics a while back of somebody that had some crazy GREEN tems in his tank. i almost passed out.

anybody remember who this was or where those pics were? i NEED to see them again

 

[Tripletail]

Those are beauties

 

[pnoydlyte]

wow awesome colors

 

[jcardona1]

holy @&*$#%$ i didnt even notice the one with the blue fins fogo aint got nothing on these guys!

 

[TimTheBadass]

incredible! anybody have these in the hobby? i remember seeing some pics a while back of somebody that had some crazy GREEN tems in his tank. i almost passed out.

anybody remember who this was or where those pics were? i NEED to see them again

I can't remember whose tems they where but I saved a couple of his pics back when he posted them. They where the nicest tems I've ever seen in someones tank.

 

[armac]

Look at the water in picture three, I wonder if that water color does not influence the red color. Never seen a red in the aquarium hobby.

 

[Superlaz]

They are blackwater areas of the Rio Negro. Cichla in blackwater tend to be darker as a whole. We have some examples in the "oddball cichla' thread.

This may Intensify the red to a degree, but not to the levels we see on these Temensis. If it was a 'red booster' I would expect to see the same results on RN Orino's and some of the other cichla species that inhabit blackwater tributaries...Kelberi, Monoculous being good examples. This is not the case, they simply darken over...including the red areas.

The Tem pictured is a beautiful specimen of Temensis in the hobby, but not RN in my opinion. Simply a fully mature Tem which are seldom seen in the hobby because of the size they attain.

If I were to guess who may have them in the hobby I think immediately of Seichii. Also, we havent had an update from Boost on his 'Brazil Orinos' in a while, but after Wes' comment, and further inspection, those fish do look more Tem like than Orino. An update would greatly help

 

[armac]

Much of the mechanisms we have on our aquariums is to "clarify" the water. I wonder if this somehow bleaches out our captive fish. The water would have to make a difference, maybe the darker water increases the colors to some degree.

Laz I know you are from South Florida, I used to fish in Glades all the time, some of the Mayans we would catch were brilliant red. After some time in captivity, they lost that shine. The water in canals off of OLD 41 were tanin colored..........also the mayans ate a lot of grass shrimp, that improves the reds in fish.

Maybe the pbass down there are also eating crustaceans which would bump up their red colors. Just some thoughts. Could be the fish that the pbass feed on are feeding on crustaceans, therefor the pbass are getting the red that way.