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Just got an e-mail today from the Newport Aquarium. Turns out my specs did not go into the huge Amazonian aquarium, they went into a much smaller display tank. I think they might be more visible in it, so I'm happy. I'll go there and take pics when I get a chance. Here is the e-mail:

Hey Randy

I wanted to let you know your fish are on display and looking great! I actually put them in a smaller display (1000 gal) rather then the Amazon tank because they are too awesome to hide in that big tank. They are in the exhibit across from the piranhas. They are doing well and eating good.

Thanks again
Dan Hagley | Area Supervisor of Fish and Invertebrates
NEWPORT AQUARIUM | One Aquarium Way
Newport, KY 41071 |

Oh yeah, the 2 specs I kept finally bred, they have free swimming fry, so I did a good job of keeping the right 2 specs.
 
I haven't made it back down to the Newport Aquarium yet, trying to formulate a plan to go down there and make a day of it. Definetly want to avoid this Labor Day weekend, way too crowded.

What I have left in my 90 is the pair of spectabiles, 1 polleni, 1 orange pike (Xingu I), and 1 buttikoferi. All 5 fish are of the a similar size, roughly around 6 inches. I want to keep the spec pair in there alone eventually so they can flourish. I don't want to get rid of the other fish, I like them. I want to put them in something like a new 120-180. I'll wait until I get some legal estate stuff taken care of before I get another aquarium that large. Don't know how long this is going to take. I will try to give the other 3 fish away if I have to.

I replaced the live Amazon Sword plants with fake ones. They were getting nasty, smaller, and clogging up the filter intakes. I don't regret the decision. They looked super in there last year, not so much this summer. I rearranged the decorations and rocks a little bit last July, after donating the other 4 specs to the Newport Aquarium. The 2 remaining spectabiles bred, I made a thread for it, I'll post a link to that thread in here later.

Now I'll pick up where that thread left off. I was in fear that the Xingu would eat the fry quickly, especially when the parents decided to parade the fish out in the open around the aquarium. The parents have done a nice job of holding the other fish at bay. Here is the newest video I just made tonight, showing the parents fending off a buttikoferi and a Xingu that seems to be hunry like a wolf to get to those fry. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkyLDJr9H20
 
Here's my favorite pic I took tonight, certainly not high quality. I just like how they lined up next to each other. Male is on the left. More pics to come.

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I cleared out a 20 long. I siphoned out some fry (about 25-30) and put them in the 20. There are still about a couple dozen still with the parents.
 
I have juveniles right now. the male is about 7 inches and the female is about 5. There is a definite size difference between the male and female. Also, the male is extremely dominant over the female even thought they are in a community tank with other flowerhorns and managuenses.
 
ceejayt2k;2602594; said:
I have juveniles right now. the male is about 7 inches and the female is about 5. There is a definite size difference between the male and female. Also, the male is extremely dominant over the female even thought they are in a community tank with other flowerhorns and managuenses.
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What speices are you keeping?
Unless there umbees Im suprised they can hold there own with flowerhorns and managuense.
 
I have a few Caquetaia myersi photos to add to this thread.

This is a group of F1 myersi from the ones collected in this article http://www.cichlidae.com/article.php?id=85 They were about 8 years old when these photos were taken.

Group shot
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11" male
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11" male
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Same male when he died at 10 years old
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This is a spawning pair from a different group at 4"
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