Video: Satanoperca Mapiritensis / Orange Heads

[JK47]

Just realized that I have never seen a video online of this species, ever.. Here's a quick vid of my 125 gallon in the dining room. Can you tell it gets sunlight from three sides all day long lol? I just added a 40 watt UV sterilizer to help prevent more algae growth, we'll see if it helps in a month or two.

The group I have are growing slowly but their muzzle barring is finally starting to seperate into spotting on the largest two.

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[peathenster]

Cool tank! I like the look with all the green algae.

 

[devder1]

loveee the orange heads as always! also love the sifting motions on the maps lol something about the way that they take those huge mouthfuls of sand and spit it everywhere lol
are all of your OH's related? im starting to get worried that, if it comes to breeding, all of my ohs are siblings and i dont want to be putting a bunch of frys that arent really strong all over the market

 

[JK47]

Cool tank! I like the look with all the green algae.

Thanks Peter! You can see the bottom 6" is where I get the hard green spots from direct sunlight that escapes through the back of the canopy. The wife likes it too but I hate it. Makes it really hard to take decent pics but meh.. it's about the fish anyway...

 

[peathenster]

Thanks Peter! You can see the bottom 6" is where I get the hard green spots from direct sunlight that escapes through the back of the canopy. The wife likes it too but I hate it. Makes it really hard to take decent pics but meh.. it's about the fish anyway...

I do have an extra 8" flagtail Trying to sell it locally coz I don't know if it would ship well....

 

[JK47]

loveee the orange heads as always! also love the sifting motions on the maps lol something about the way that they take those huge mouthfuls of sand and spit it everywhere lol
are all of your OH's related? im starting to get worried that, if it comes to breeding, all of my ohs are siblings and i dont want to be putting a bunch of frys that arent really strong all over the market

Thanks Dev. There is probably three people on MFK who like this species but I love them. So peaceful. My OH's are F1, not sure about siblings but I can do pretty easy math too. lol

I do have an extra 8" flagtail Trying to sell it locally coz I don't know if it would ship well....

Flagtail doesn't stand a chance on this stuff. Magfloat won't even touch it. I get a workout when I pick a spot and have at it with the magfloat... I'm getting pretty buff!