Vieja Argentea gender

[duanes]

They were mine, the male killed the female soon after the spawn, he was then killed by a pantostictus. Argentea are omnivors in nature, they need veggies, balanced with not too much protein. I find a diet that would work for koi or goldfish perfect. Catfish pellets from the local feed store work well and are inexpensive. More than diet, I believe water changes (I try to do 2-3 per week) do more for health and coloration than anything. They come from rivers where massive amounts of water is changed every second

I also believe in lots of plants, they provide shelter, thus stress relief and soak up nitrates.

Thanks for the compliments. I don't remember their origin.

 

[Vancouver_98683]

sorry dude i dont have professional camera i just use phone camera but sooner or later, ill be buying one [/QUOTE]


@ Boang300
No need. It's a compliment to say it looks nice even without using a nice camera. Pretty fish.

 

[boang3000]

They look like the Rio Tulija strain from Don Conkel.


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i think they are the same rio tulija and vieja argentea i think?

 

[boang3000]

They were mine, the male killed the female soon after the spawn, he was then killed by a pantostictus. Argentea are omnivors in nature, they need veggies, balanced with not too much protein. I find a diet that would work for koi or goldfish perfect. Catfish pellets from the local feed store work well and are inexpensive. More than diet, I believe water changes (I try to do 2-3 per week) do more for health and coloration than anything. They come from rivers where massive amounts of water is changed every second

I also believe in lots of plants, they provide shelter, thus stress relief and soak up nitrates.

Thanks for the compliments. I don't remember their origin.

sorry for your loss mate. too bad the female died. i want to try to breed argentea soon enough but need to buy male. my argentea is female right? so they dont have hump on their head?

so you mixed it those and feed it with your argentea? may i know those names of food so i can try to feed it with my argentea? argentea are soft water right? does it help their color to enhance when the water is soft?

 

[boang3000]

@ Boang300
No need. It's a compliment to say it looks nice even without using a nice camera. Pretty fish.

thanks mate but that's what im planning to do soon buy a dslr camera hehe. like your datnoid. how big is it?

 

[aclockworkorange]

i think they are the same rio tulija and vieja argentea i think?

Vieja argentea is the species, Rio Tulija is the collection point I guessed at based on the freckling...


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[Vancouver_98683]

thanks mate but that's what im planning to do soon buy a dslr camera hehe. like your datnoid. how big is it?

I have two in the tank. The one in my avatar is 5.5" and the other is 6". There are pics in the Datnoid Media Lounge if you get bored.

 

[Vancouver_98683]

Also, I presume it's hard to find nice, i.e. costly CA cichlids in the Phillipines? If so, great find on your Argentea.

 

[boang3000]

Vieja argentea is the species, Rio Tulija is the collection point I guessed at based on the freckling...


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ahh ok so they have difference. i thought they are the same

 

[boang3000]

I have two in the tank. The one in my avatar is 5.5" and the other is 6". There are pics in the Datnoid Media Lounge if you get bored.

i have one datnoid too around 7" datnoid grow so slow ahah what do you feed with your datnoid?

Also, I presume it's hard to find nice, i.e. costly CA cichlids in the Phillipines? If so, great find on your Argentea.

it's so hard to find nice here in the Philippines esp. CA mostly cichlids available are those mbunas or haps or peacock. im satisfied on how they used to be and i switch to CA which is i found first the argentea around 3" and very expensive. grr!