Cirrus
Arowana blogger
These fish are beautiful wild caughts (Rio Orinoco?) from Oliver Lucanus at belowwater.com
I paid just over $700 for them as a group of 6 adults last fall.
One died a while ago, the other five are thriving. I have two breeding pairs, meaning a clutch of 100-200 fry every 2-3 weeks. The fish are really entertaining mouth brooders; breeding behaviour is interesting, colours of the fish amazing.
These fish are rarely imported. Their fry as F1's should carry a bit of a premium price where ever they are sold. These fish are perfect for community aquariums. The parents won't eat small fish like tetras, are totally peaceful sand sifters. They are the true Geophagus winemilleri (note the dark spot at base of mouth towards rear). There should be a ready wholesale market at LFS anywhere. Raising the young follows same pattern as any cichlids.
Parents are eating NLS and Hikari carnivore/massivore.
Asking $750 for the group, includes the shipping if applicable.
Here are some recent videos:
Video of the fish and fry (note the female hovering over the slate is holding a clutch of fry, need to be stripped tonight) :
Video of fry and parents taken this morning:
Video of the parents:
Video of the parents with fry:
I paid just over $700 for them as a group of 6 adults last fall.
One died a while ago, the other five are thriving. I have two breeding pairs, meaning a clutch of 100-200 fry every 2-3 weeks. The fish are really entertaining mouth brooders; breeding behaviour is interesting, colours of the fish amazing.
These fish are rarely imported. Their fry as F1's should carry a bit of a premium price where ever they are sold. These fish are perfect for community aquariums. The parents won't eat small fish like tetras, are totally peaceful sand sifters. They are the true Geophagus winemilleri (note the dark spot at base of mouth towards rear). There should be a ready wholesale market at LFS anywhere. Raising the young follows same pattern as any cichlids.
Parents are eating NLS and Hikari carnivore/massivore.
Asking $750 for the group, includes the shipping if applicable.
Here are some recent videos:
Video of the fish and fry (note the female hovering over the slate is holding a clutch of fry, need to be stripped tonight) :
Video of fry and parents taken this morning:
Video of the parents:
Video of the parents with fry:
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