Some North & South Amer cichlid pics

[duanes]

from North America, Herichthys pantostictus
male

female

South America, Crenicichla " belly crawler"

xCichlasoma ornatum

and an old world, the white spots on the face and gill plate are sensory pits
Stomatepia pindu

 

[baseballman1321]

Nice looking fish! That ornatum is going to be a real looker. It looks great now


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[bbortko]

Great bellycrawler, wish I had a female instead of a male.

 

[jonclark96]

Beautiful fish, Duane. How many tanks to you have up and running in your fish room? Seems like you have a wide variety of fish.

 

[petspoiler]

dang nice looking belly crawler. is it paired up there?

 

[duanes]

About 17 tanks, and a swimming pool, and stock trough to over winter the fish inside from 2 outside ponds. I basically have 3 lines of tanks, each on its own sump, and each line of tanks is related to temp. The north wall is for Uruguayan and cool water species, unheated.
A middle line for Madagascans, and fish that need temps in the 80sF.
And a line on a south wall for Central and North Americans, that only need 70s, so their heat only comes on in the dead of winter. Each line of tanks averages about 300 gallons.

Beautiful fish, Duane. How many tanks to you have up and running in your fish room? Seems like you have a wide variety of fish.