Thorichthys pasionis: A Jewel of the Yucatanl

[tlindsey]

Sucks to hear that

+1

 

[ahud]

I know this thread is a little old, but WOW. Nice photos and video. I have always wanted to try this species. Unfortunately, my water is super soft and the Central American cichlids do not do so well.

 

[Gilbert the Guppy]

Just to clarify range: it's in the Yucatan peninsula, south from Laguna Noh and in warmer lagoons and rivers across the Rio Candelaria and Usamacinta systems. I have seen it in ponds around Villahermosa. It occurs with T. meeki and T. helleri in much of its range. I have seen it in still and flowing waters. Have not seen it in fast-moving waters, but that doesn't mean it's not there. It's not in Peten Itza, and I have not seen it in rivers flowing into the Caribbean.

The fact that it occurs with both helleri and meeki does not mean that all three fish share a common range. As stated elsewhere, helleri occurs in swifter water, and meeki has a larger range that does indeed reach into rivers flowing towards the Caribbean.

 

[HUKIT]

Does anyone know why Jim stopped posting? He had some amazing threads, including his last two.

Thread 'Paretroplus nourissati / Lamena: A 'first'.'

Nov 24, 2016

I decided to leave the latest spawn in with the parents rather than 'pull' it, to see how far things would progress naturally. Well, after 6 days of diligently being guarded, the eggs have begun to hatch. There has been a marked change behaviorally in the parents. The usual scenario pre-hatching is that the female is 'tight' to the eggs and the male does peripheral guard duty, cruising about looking to repel threats. Now, both parents are attentive to what is going on inside the pot. As the fry fall from the roof of the pot to the bottom, the parents are both searching for fry that may...

• notho2000
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• Forum: African Riverine & Madagascar

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Post in thread 'Paretroplus menarambo / Pinstripe Damba Guarding Spawning'

Feb 11, 2016

Awesome video

What are the 8 species you keep?

I have 5, hard to find some others I want

Thanks Jason. Paretroplus maculatus, menarambo, kieneri, dambabe, nourissati, Ptychochromis grandidieri, oligacanthus, Paratilapia polleni.

Amazing video (again!). Are you running blue lighting on this tank? The color saturation on these Dambas is more intense than I recall seeing before. Superb job on this pair.

Thankyou. I'm not sure why the video is more blueish. The lighting is 'daylight' fluorescents (T8s)

Wow! Fantastic!

Thanks.

I decided to pull the spawn on the third...

• notho2000

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[Fallen_Leaves16]

Does anyone know why Jim stopped posting? He had some amazing threads, including his last two.

Thread 'Paretroplus nourissati / Lamena: A 'first'.'

Nov 24, 2016

I decided to leave the latest spawn in with the parents rather than 'pull' it, to see how far things would progress naturally. Well, after 6 days of diligently being guarded, the eggs have begun to hatch. There has been a marked change behaviorally in the parents. The usual scenario pre-hatching is that the female is 'tight' to the eggs and the male does peripheral guard duty, cruising about looking to repel threats. Now, both parents are attentive to what is going on inside the pot. As the fry fall from the roof of the pot to the bottom, the parents are both searching for fry that may...

• notho2000
• Replies: 8
• Forum: African Riverine & Madagascar

• 

Post in thread 'Paretroplus menarambo / Pinstripe Damba Guarding Spawning'

Feb 11, 2016

Awesome video

What are the 8 species you keep?

I have 5, hard to find some others I want

Thanks Jason. Paretroplus maculatus, menarambo, kieneri, dambabe, nourissati, Ptychochromis grandidieri, oligacanthus, Paratilapia polleni.

Amazing video (again!). Are you running blue lighting on this tank? The color saturation on these Dambas is more intense than I recall seeing before. Superb job on this pair.

Thankyou. I'm not sure why the video is more blueish. The lighting is 'daylight' fluorescents (T8s)

Wow! Fantastic!

Thanks.

I decided to pull the spawn on the third...

• notho2000

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Not sure. But he's still active on Facebook, as a well-regarded member of CARES.

 

[HUKIT]

Not sure. But he's still active on Facebook, as a well-regarded member of CARES.

Thanks for the reply. I don’t have any social media unless you consider this to be. He still does post short videos to his YouTube channel but I definitely miss the behind the scenes.