Tahuantinsuyoa macantzatza

[ewok]

i think there are some on aquabid and with TUIC as well. pick some more up and get a pair or two

 

[Jmart159]

I've never even heard of these. They look pretty nice though.

 

[Dan F]

If they both have doral/anal fins like the one in the bottom pic, I'd tend to agree that they might both be males. In the subadults APFP had, they have several more colorful ones with fins like yours and many more that were smaller with much shorter, rounded unpaired fins and that were much less dull.

If the sex out like most acaras, I would have assumed the differance to be male/female ... but these are so rarely kept I wouldn't bet money on that fact.

They are virtually indistinguishable. With the rest of my cichlids I can tell them apart fairly easily (I think of them as [species} #1, #2, et cetera). With the T. macantzatza I just think of them as a pair. Yhey are a bit bigger than I previously stated, I would estimate right around 4.25-4.5" TL.

Thanks for the info!

 

[Dan F]

i think there are some on aquabid and with TUIC as well. pick some more up and get a pair or two

I would like to, but I have a wife to answer to.

If they ever come up again locally I probably won't be able to pass them up. Of course that will lead to setting up a breeding tank...

I've never even heard of these. They look pretty nice though.

Believe me, I hadn't seen them outside of a book before I bought these.

 

[NorCaliCichlids]

I had a 5" one of these a few years ago. I really like the more elongate look of this acara type and I agree, excellent pictures.

 

[darth pike]

I had a 5" one of these a few years ago. I really like the more elongate look of this acara type and I agree, excellent pictures.

In the first article I read on them, the author described them as 'elongated blue acaras' in look. Seems pretty apt with these adult pictures.

 

[Nemesis]

Question? How exactly do you pronounce their name? I've always wondered. I've always just called them by their nickname when speaking of them.

 

[Dan F]

Question? How exactly do you pronounce their name? I've always wondered. I've always just called them by their nickname when speaking of them.

It's a fun one!

Tah-wahn-teen-sue-yo-ah mah-cahnt-saht-sah

 

[Aquanero]

Question? How exactly do you pronounce their name? I've always wondered. I've always just called them by their nickname when speaking of them.

That's a lot to say......haha. Inca stone fish or T. macs much easier.

 

[dogofwar]

I just call them Inca Stone Fish too

I had a group of three that ended up as a pair and spare female. I found that at about 2.5" that the dimorphism becomes more apparant - male is larger and more colorful with longer fins.

Mine spawned a couple of times in a tank mixed with Gymnogeo grow-outs... the male turns into a Torquoise-streaked madman!

Matt