Astronotus sp. "jurua" "Rio caqueta"

[Hybridfish7]

Species 110 for me, just got him from TUIC today. Love the little guy. Has an iridescent green shine to his body under the light, iridescent copper on his fins. Very long ventrals. Love his shape overall. Already seems to hate the male hybrid cutteri; the hybrid keeps doing dominance displays at him, so he's started just snapping at him when he gets near him before he gets a chance to do his thing. I look forward to seeing him mature. He tried to bluff charge one of the amazonarum, amazonarum didn't even react. Funny little guy
(I named him Caillou just because I laughed my ass off at the idea of naming a fish Caillou)

Astronotus sp. "jurua" "Rio caqueta"

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Don't mind how cloudy the tank is, I just did a wc.

 

[JDCichlid]

Can’t wait to see him grow!

 

[Hybridfish7]

The day I got him:

Today:

Yes, he is iridescent green

 

[Toiletcar]

Can barely see it in the tank. Why so much sediment? Also why put heaters in the substrate?

 

[Hybridfish7]

Can barely see it in the tank. Why so much sediment? Also why put heaters in the substrate?

Didn't notice the heater, probably got buried by one of the acaras. I have no clue why the water clouds up like that every time I feed them, I've siphoned all of the mulm out of that tank like 4 times.

 

[Hybridfish7]

This is the end of his "story" from my end, as he is now with thebiggerthebetter at fish story, as I can no longer provide for him in particular. Couldn't find a good home for him locally, nor did I want to drop him off at a pet store, so I'm very thankful for Viktor for taking him.
The last pics I got of him:














A show of how much he's grown: