Anything Caquetaia!
- Thread starter Mourinho18
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I just picked up 4 Spectabile... Doing a little research now... I think I may have two pair. Two are in the 7-8" range and two are a little smaller...
There was a misunderstanding and they are no longer mine.....
Great thread! Good to see some more caquetaia keepers!
I keep a caquetaia umbriferum myself currently around 12 inch, sex unidentified.
I have a few questions about diet as im running out of my current pellets (home made high protein from a local cichlid breeder) Other than these pellets this fish has been fed a variety of live insects and some quality feeders (when i had room to breed them)
What i would like to know is what diet would give an umbee optimum growth and colour? Which pellets, any other recommended foods like beef heart or certain shrimp?
I was thinking of trying hikari gold/insects/shrimp
I keep a caquetaia umbriferum myself currently around 12 inch, sex unidentified.
I have a few questions about diet as im running out of my current pellets (home made high protein from a local cichlid breeder) Other than these pellets this fish has been fed a variety of live insects and some quality feeders (when i had room to breed them)
What i would like to know is what diet would give an umbee optimum growth and colour? Which pellets, any other recommended foods like beef heart or certain shrimp?
I was thinking of trying hikari gold/insects/shrimp
Along with diet a good water change scedual is key... minimum 1/3 water changes once a week. THis will make him grow faster too...
Caquetaia spectabilis is a predator beautiful and great. This large predator mouth protrusible ambush was typed by Steindachner in 1875. spectibilis C. is a hardy fish with an assortment of shocking blue, yellow, orange and green and is a must for lovers of cichlid predators.
Question on Umbi's. I have been really unimpressed with the pictures of the Panama Green version of this fish - the color just doesn't seem to pop like the standard blue form. Is this a case of being difficult to photograph, lack of large adults to get good photos of, or just the fish not being as brightly colored?