vieja microphtalma, anyone?

[freebyrd]

I was reading may issue of TFH and there was an article on this beautiful species, vieja microphthalma. Does anyone keep these? If so please post pics and your experience with them, also any info on aggression to availability. Ide love to keep a few! All I really gathered was they are from the Rio Copan, which there are cichlids available in the hobby from there. Interesting. A pic from the magazine

 

[Lusus_Naturae]

Have you contacted Rapps? It has nice colors.

 

[Aquamojo]

I kept a wild pair that we brought back from Honduras. Nice fish. Aggressive to con specifics. Beautiful breeding colors. A few people I know still keep them.

 

[Regalblue]

Very nice looking fish. I haven't seen those available, yet. (locally)

 

[warman98]

I make my words Regalblue's ones..

 

[freebyrd]

thats a great looking fish mo, is it male or female? were you able to spawn them? how big do they get?

 

[Aquamojo]

thats a great looking fish mo, is it male or female? were you able to spawn them? how big do they get?

All males in the photo. Fish gets about ten inches. Never able to spawn them. My good friend Dan Woodland did.

 

[cichluvr]

Mo,
I would be interested in who else has this fish. I have a pair that spawn all the time through a divider but very little luck in viable fry. I have a handful. I thought I was the only one that had a pair. Please elaborate. Thanks.

 

[Aquamojo]

i gave my pair to a friend of mine locally. they have spawned for him...much bigger tank...400 gallons. he just lets the fry in the tank. some make it, others just food. Dan Woodland had a pair for a long time. I think Eric Hanneman did...but not sure. A few others. These were pretty well circulated a couple years ago.

 

[HrHagel]

Seems like they died out, when people had a tough time raising the fry, let alone spawn them in the first place.

Hoping i can my hands on some, some day, however i don't think there's any left in europe