Super Red Salvini - The Quest for the Holy Grail

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mabirchell said:
Fish will be here in a few days. My supplier went fishing again and caught a few more and one of the males is loaded with red! So I'm gonna have her send me the red male along with the female with the most red. Ill just put my current male in my new world tank to grow up and live out his days without the hassle of a woman lol.
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Awesome! Hopefully the shipping goes well and post some pictures of those beauties when they arrive!
 
that's true. my salvini is dull in color right now, but when i had my "mystery cichlid" in her tank she brightened up with intese yellow and red spots. the two even dug out craters for spawning, but i never saw any babies.
 
Maybe a late reaction, but I saw that 2 of the links in your start topic are mine Salvini Chacamax on youtube

A few years ago, we had two red varieties here in Belgium and in The Netherlands fore a while: Rio Chacamax and Rio Almoloya.
Not found in stores but from hobbyist trough hobbyist.
The story that came with this varieties was that they where captured and taken home by some Germans who go geth their fish themself in the wild during their Holiday's..
Today I stil have both varieties, but now adays, they are almost disappeared again in the hobby :(

Here a picture of the Almoloya couple:

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When older:

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Here a picture of the Chacamax Couple out of the Youtube movie's in excited condition and 'dreamy' condition:

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And here a picture of my offspring couple of this first couple.





Too bad I'm from Belgium and dont know how to possibly get them in to the UK.. :(
 
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jeroenvr - thanks for posting here! Your YouTube videos are why I started this thread.

The Chacamax strain is exactly what I am looking for, but seems as though no one has these in the US or if they do they are not breeding as selling fry.

Regards!
Patrick
 
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mabirchell said:
Got the girls in. One is full of red, from the black line down! Ill post pics when the settle in. Anyone know how to pair them? The male is very aggressive.
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Any update on the girls?
 
Very nice sals!!! No updates on the girls. All I can say is they are nice. The one I'm gonna breed is red from the black stripe down with red in the fins and a very bright yellow. But I can't get her to stop flashing around the tank to get a pic. Ill see what I can do tomorrow. The male is finally starting to bond to her. The other female is pretty small around 2 inches so I put her in my African cichlid tank to grow. She has a lot of color too, just not the intense red like the older one. Not sure what the heritage of the Florida fish are but they sure are pretty. 99% sure they are wild raised because of size and the fact they have been spawning there for almost 30 years now.


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sorry to bring an old thread back to life.. but i just received a pair of jeroen's salvini chacamax! direct from the netherlands.. eventually if all goes well, i hope to spread these amazing cichlids around to other red fish lovers in canada and the u.s..
 
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