Today begins the rehome of some of the amphilophus. I am supposed to meet up with someone for Red Devils and Midas this afternoon and then on Sunday with
Jexnell
for a Hoga. This will only put a small dent in the 20 amphilophus I have but its a start.
Of the Petsmart Red Devils, the original one I bought first has the big thick build I like and is a keeper. Also the new white with orange will be a keeper. Even if it turns out female it would likely get a garage 75 to itself. It is just so cool looking.
With the Hoga, I am starting the thin down with the middle one that I believe is a sub-dominant male. Then I need to see if the bottom of the pecking order Hoga is a male. This is my likely keeper since it is calmer and shows more color than the dominant one.
The Sagittae are still growing so have not determined what to do with the 3. But will keep one male. The hope is for the two toned and one of the white to be males and would keep two.
The midas are the tough ones... pretty sure the largest is male and a keeper but not showing any special characteristics. Just a light orange. Then the littlest one that peeled has a white mask round its eyes might be a keeper. So 2 out of 10 that I might keep.
The goal is 6 amphilophus to keep in the 300. So far I have 1 Petsmart Red Devil, and 1 Hoga for sure. Probably 1 or 2 Sagittae, and 1 or 2 midas, with the other Petsmart Devil rounding it out.
Jexnell
for a Hoga. This will only put a small dent in the 20 amphilophus I have but its a start. Of the Petsmart Red Devils, the original one I bought first has the big thick build I like and is a keeper. Also the new white with orange will be a keeper. Even if it turns out female it would likely get a garage 75 to itself. It is just so cool looking.
With the Hoga, I am starting the thin down with the middle one that I believe is a sub-dominant male. Then I need to see if the bottom of the pecking order Hoga is a male. This is my likely keeper since it is calmer and shows more color than the dominant one.
The Sagittae are still growing so have not determined what to do with the 3. But will keep one male. The hope is for the two toned and one of the white to be males and would keep two.
The midas are the tough ones... pretty sure the largest is male and a keeper but not showing any special characteristics. Just a light orange. Then the littlest one that peeled has a white mask round its eyes might be a keeper. So 2 out of 10 that I might keep.
The goal is 6 amphilophus to keep in the 300. So far I have 1 Petsmart Red Devil, and 1 Hoga for sure. Probably 1 or 2 Sagittae, and 1 or 2 midas, with the other Petsmart Devil rounding it out.
