Tricoti

[Chaitika]

Not mine, these belong to a local buddy of mine. I thought I would share the pics. It's not every day you see these. 8-9" sizes without including the tail. I can't wait until they finally spawn.

 

[swk]

awesome fish. That's on my "must keep someday" list!

 

[Mokujin22]

Incredible.

Looks like one of the females is holding maybe???....

 

[mike dunagan]

Bring them on over.

 

[Cleanbio]

Very cool. The finnage kinda reminds me of a Brichardi.http://www.aquahobby.com/gallery/e_brichardi.php

 

[Chaitika]

awesome fish. That's on my "must keep someday" list!

Me too.

Incredible.

Looks like one of the females is holding maybe???....

No, she's looked like that since he got her. She's wild caught. Funny thing she will "hold" air bubbles. I read somewhere that some female frontosa do the same thing.

 

[Chaitika]

Bring them on over.

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Not until I get some first!

Very cool. The finnage kinda reminds me of a Brichardi.http://www.aquahobby.com/gallery/e_brichardi.php

Yep, they are stunning fish!

 

[spirofucci]

Wow! Never seen or even heard of these guys. Dumb question, but what lake or system are they from?

thanks for the pics!

mark

 

[Chaitika]

They are from Lake Tanganyika. They live deep, between 100-150 meters down, right alongside frontosa. They grow to a foot in length.

 

[spirofucci]

Thanks for the reply! I guess I was too lazy to look them up! Beautiful fish.

mark