hello i have got 3 thorichthys ellioti's and the is not alot of info on the internet. i wanted to know the basics i have had the thorichithys family before and so has my dad so i now quite alot about them but not alot on these. i find these elliotis more aggressive than my firemouths?. but still not a killer. also can they stand up to fish like jd and gt?
thorichthys ellioti info
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from a little bit of reseach i did. they are T. maculipinnis
T ellioti is a synonym. to be treated as you would most Thorichthys sp,
heres 1 article on them
http://www.cichlidae.info/article.php?id=143
T ellioti is a synonym. to be treated as you would most Thorichthys sp,
heres 1 article on them
http://www.cichlidae.info/article.php?id=143
thanks alot mate, iam waiting until my whitespot goes and swapping my other male for a female. does any one else know anything else about them
Heard of them years ago. I was always under the impression that they were really just a sub-species (or just slightly different morph) of Firemouth that some megalomaniac nammed Elliot had found 
"A fishkeepers guide to Central American Cichlids" by David Sands has photos of this "species" on the end pages, but no mention of it in the text, and the photos look almost exact to his firemouth photos. Seems odd to me that one would put photos of a particular fish near the front and back cover of their book and yet not mention a thing about the species. Anyone know if Sands has a son or daughter named elliott?
"A fishkeepers guide to Central American Cichlids" by David Sands has photos of this "species" on the end pages, but no mention of it in the text, and the photos look almost exact to his firemouth photos. Seems odd to me that one would put photos of a particular fish near the front and back cover of their book and yet not mention a thing about the species. Anyone know if Sands has a son or daughter named elliott?
The one I had was quite aggressive, more so than my firemouth. I've read that this is the case generally for maculipinnis. I'll also mention that mine absolutely HATED clown loaches! He chased them dawn to dusk and I eventually got rid of him because of that. Odd to me, since they would never come into contact normally. I don't know whether that was an individual oddity or not, but for what it's worth, I figured I'd mention it.
Generally they get larger than most Thorichthys as well... They are great fish, with more subtle of colors, but still absolutely stunning! I haven't been able to find any, but would love to get some someday. Treating them like you would most other Thorichthys species would be advised. Don't put them in with overly aggressive species, or fin nippers either.
They are great fish, with more subtle of colors, but still absolutely stunning! I haven't been able to find any, but would love to get some someday. Treating them like you would most other Thorichthys species would be advised. Don't put them in with overly aggressive species, or fin nippers either. Probably with the Oscar or some Severums, but the GT, JD, and Jag would probably be out due to them gettin beat on...
bugga, I'll try it with my gt and jd but i have other tanks were they could go but i had plans on the tanks for others