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Amatitlania septemfasciata

danotaylor said:
I hear ya mate, but I was actually celebrating your self control on the impulse buy, and the salvation of your guppy’s 🤗🤣
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Thanks man, its good to have finally learned impulse buys can go wrong after 30+ years of fishkeeping.
Of course i still have that voice in the back of my mind saying "they are only small, you will probably never see them for sale again, it might work out etc."

For the sake of my guppies i will resist.
 
Gourami Swami said:
I kept septemfasciatus recently, grew a group and kept in a 4 foot tank with some chetumalensis, dithers, and a big sajica.
The septemfasciatus behaved similarly to Myrnae- I would say not quite as tough or large-growing as standard convicts. They get to about 5". I don't think a 40 gallon with tank mates will be large enough for long. Could probably keep a solo male in a 40 long term if you wanted. They are not very predatory, didn't bother my dither fish, though they might go for something as small as guppies.
Here are some pics- Septemfasciatus male is the large reddish one.
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I have the footage of the giant ones in Rusty's tank... Also the picture of the 6" male I had. What was supposed to be a rough biotope worth of dithers, as well as anecdotes from the wild would beg to differ on the predatory nature. I'm glad you had better luck with them not eating your fish lol
 
Hybridfish7 said:
I have the footage of the giant ones in Rusty's tank... Also the picture of the 6" male I had. What was supposed to be a rough biotope worth of dithers, as well as anecdotes from the wild would beg to differ on the predatory nature. I'm glad you had better luck with them not eating your fish lol
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Can you link me the footage? Interested to see, I had not heard of them getting that large
 
Just out of curiosity are these fish expensive in the U.S?
Like i said they were originally $50AUD here but have dropped to $25, even though they are rare here they dont look very impressive all small and stuffed into the shop tank. Probably a lot of people dont know what they are either.
As a comparison the standard convict is usually $7-10 dollars depending on size and quality.
 
Gourami Swami said:
Very nice fish duane!
I would love to see the videos he mentioned of 6"+ septemfasciatus. I don't doubt they exist, genuinely curious @Hybridfish7 do you have video?
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Yes
The female in breeding dress watching them was about 2-2.5" for reference
 
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