What are your favorite Amphilophus species?

[Jexnell]

Festae is no longer classified as an Amph species?

No, they have been moved to Mesoheros

 

[Ichthioguy]

My female came out this morning just before scheduled maintenance.

 

[Gershom]

The only one I have experience with happens to be the best!
A. labiatum, of course.

 

[Ichthioguy]

The only one I have experience with happens to be the best!
A. labiatum, of course. View attachment 1550990View attachment 1550991

Lies lol but good looking fish.

 

[duanes]

In the past I have kept A amarillo (left), A flaveolus (middle). and A trimculatus (right), and of course the standard pink midevel types.
My latest , a formerly Amphilophus, but now give its own separate genus status Isthmoheros, is tuyrensus.
When I first caught tem in eastern rivers of Panama, they were only less then a couple inches.


But now, after about 6 months of regular meals, they are approaching 6 inches.

 

[Gershom]

Duane—
Very nice! Did you catch them with a dip net?
That must have been fun…

 

[duanes]

I use a cast net most of the time (not thay I am very adept at it), and transfer with a dip net.
https://youtu.be/cVsyNl_LqLI
Another species I enjoyed keeping, formerly placed in Amphilophus, but now in given separate genus status is Wajpamheros nourissati.

 

[Gershom]

I use a cast net most of the time (not thay I am very adept at it), and transfer with a dip net.
https://youtu.be/cVsyNl_LqLI
Another species I enjoyed keeping, formerly placed in Amphilophus, but now in given separate genus status is Wajpamheros nourissati.
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Ha! You look mighty adept!

 

[bkfamus]

Favorite is istlanum.. But they're major a'holes..

Second favorite is lyonsi.. Here's my last spawn..

hogaboomorum is next on the bucket list..

 

[cich78]

You already know my friend!...it's nice when we can identify each other based on our fish....