Spawning south americans

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freebyrd

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My c. umbriferum and and exC. festae both were in the mood yesterday. The umbees are two years old and have been in my care since last February. They are offspring from 'the general' the male is close to 12"-13" or so, its hard to guess his size because they share a 265g tank.

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These festae are in a 125g tank, these fish are offspring of umbeeking's Ecuadorian pair. The male is 6" or so and the female 5.5" or so. This is there second spawn with me, the first was not successful, so I'm hoping to get fry this time. They are very aggressive at this point and have made it clear to me that I need to stay away. The female gets very upset with me when I get near the tank. These guys have been with me for a short time, only about a month or so. Special thanks to Bastardfish for doing such a great job growing them from tiny fry. I hope to do the same with my brood.

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Seen these fish in person pictures do them no justice. Awesome pairs Adam.

Drew

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Holy moly 😳😳😳😳 that Male Rio Mag is gorgeous!!!!! I'm saving one of these pics bro hope ya don't mind ;) congrats on spawning both pairs and GL

BTW how's the aggression in the 265 with umbees and the others in there??? Didn't think it was even possible... and the black substrate is working well with those Festae.


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Awesome job Adam!!! bpth pairs look great:) keep up the great work, and good luck with your spawns.
 
BTW how's the aggression in the 265 with umbees and the others in there??? Didn't think it was even possible... and the black substrate is working well with those Festae. [/url] app

The umbriferum are in the 265g alone, I've tried silver dollars, giant danios, midas, jaguars etc. With no luck the male is vicious to say the least. He plays chase around at first when the lights go out he turns to murder mode.

Thanks for the nice comments everyone
 
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