'Geophagus' sp. "Red Bahia"

[flowerpower]

Just wanted to share a photo of this guy. He's 5, maybe 6" and growing fast.

Anyone else keeping this fish? Pics are welcome.
Thanks for looking.

 

[Zeppelin3k]

Yours is a real looker, love all of the red on him. I thought that they maxed out at 5-6"? anways heres my group of juvies. I got 11 of them from a local breeder

 

[selki]

Nice!!

 

[ryansmith83]

I just got some little ones last week from jgentry -- they're about an inch or so and growing fast. After a week they had doubled in size. Mine eat everything. I can't wait until they're bigger.

 

[darth pike]

Yours is a real looker, love all of the red on him. I thought that they maxed out at 5-6"?

I think you are thinking of 'Geophagus' iporangensis ... they are the ones that stay in the 5"-6" range. I've seen pics of a documented 9" SL red bahia male on another site several years ago.

 

[flowerpower]

@zeppelin

I think you are thinking of 'Geophagus' iporangensis ...

I agree.

@ryan_ ya don't say, I just picked up some orangeheads, atabapo sevs, and sajicas from J.D. a few weeks ago.
I got my red bahias from Ken Davis early last year I think. They were tiny like yours are now. They started spawning at like 1.5-2.5", females- males respectively so look out!

 

[jgentry]

@zeppelin

I agree.

@ryan_ ya don't say, I just picked up some orangeheads, atabapo sevs, and sajicas from J.D. a few weeks ago.
I got my red bahias from Ken Davis early last year I think. They were tiny like yours are now. They started spawning at like 1.5-2.5", females- males respectively so look out!

My red bahia also came from Ken. I picked up 12 of them at the Atlanta club auction last fall. Most likely from the same spawn as your flowerpower. Ken said he lost his female so it's good to see this strain carry on. I saw there dad at one of the ACA shows, great looking fish that was easily 9".

 

[JK47]

Beautiful Ed! The red in the finnage is stunning.

 

[flowerpower]

Here are a few shots of the females (3 in total though I may have only captured one of them in these pictures). At least two of them have spawned with the male.

 

[LOPAKA]

very nice