Tues April 7th, my guide Danny and I went to collect in the Rio Los Lotes, east, and north of Panama City.
Here in Panama, we have been in an extended dry season, and all rivers are extremely low, and running quite slowly compared to the norm, and the fish are quite concentrated
With the lack of rain, Rio Los Lotes was on this day (beyond being low) extremely clear. Without effort we were able to see cichlids from the surface (like the Andinoacara, in the right hand lower corner of the photo below)
We caught 3 cichlid species Tues, most were Andinoacara coerleopunctatus, 1 Darienheros calobrense, and the largest, what appears to be an @ 4” Isthmoheros tuyrense.
Beyond cichlids a number of Curimatas tetras (?) were kept, and what appears to be Ctenolucies hujeta/beanii.
As always, I tested the rivers water for pH and nitrate. The pH overwhelmed the normal midrange solution, so I switched to the high range reagent to get a more accurate reading, the grab sample suggested a pH of 8.2, and, that nitrate was undetectable.
As usual tetras were the most populous fish, probably 50 per each cichlid, and many appeared to be quite large, the largest shoaling in the middle of the river, in the deepest parts, They looked to easily be 5 to 6” in total length.
Here in Panama, we have been in an extended dry season, and all rivers are extremely low, and running quite slowly compared to the norm, and the fish are quite concentrated
With the lack of rain, Rio Los Lotes was on this day (beyond being low) extremely clear. Without effort we were able to see cichlids from the surface (like the Andinoacara, in the right hand lower corner of the photo below)
We caught 3 cichlid species Tues, most were Andinoacara coerleopunctatus, 1 Darienheros calobrense, and the largest, what appears to be an @ 4” Isthmoheros tuyrense.
Beyond cichlids a number of Curimatas tetras (?) were kept, and what appears to be Ctenolucies hujeta/beanii.
As always, I tested the rivers water for pH and nitrate. The pH overwhelmed the normal midrange solution, so I switched to the high range reagent to get a more accurate reading, the grab sample suggested a pH of 8.2, and, that nitrate was undetectable.
As usual tetras were the most populous fish, probably 50 per each cichlid, and many appeared to be quite large, the largest shoaling in the middle of the river, in the deepest parts, They looked to easily be 5 to 6” in total length.
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