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Candiru
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Today i went down to my LFS cose they had a fish on sale iv wanted for a while but i was to cheep to pay full price. They called him a red tiger managuense. Is he a hybrid? A few LFS in my area have them in right now.....

(sorry for the bad pics)
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(he fliped out of the net so i snaped this pic)
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It's a Parachromis motaguense, common name is Red Tiger Mota (RTM). Nice looking fish.
 
Very nice looking fish...the females are even prettier, although smaller. A word of caution though, regarding your plans for this fish if you buy him, they can be very mean to other tank mates. We just sold our pair because the male was very very mean to everyone in our 220. He would even bite the large catfish that just hung out on the bottom. Our whole tank is happier now that they're gone. Before we moved them to the 220, we had them in their own tank and all they did there was hide and pout...they were supposed to be a mated pair, but they never spawned for us. Even our LFS wouldn't take the pair in exchange for store credit because the owner said, "No way! Those fish are mean as hell." Overall a disappointment and kind of a pain. Cool looking fish for sure though :)
 
Nice RTM i had a lovely Female RTM i used to love her colours and yes she could be quite mean at times.

Good Luck.

Thanks Darren.
 
^^ the marketplace here would have been a great place to sale those, I'm sure there wouldn't have benn no shortage of worthy takers .
 
I know! I suggested it, but we went the craigslist route first...hopefully the buyer knows what he's doing. He said he was going to try to keep them with his three flowerhorns...we told him they were pretty mean and good luck. Wonder what the outcome was...
 
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