Honduran red points

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Some pics of the pair together
Female is kinda beaten up but their relationship is getting better and they seem to be tolerating eachother more and more

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Are these being kept in natural light mine always look best in natural light
They're actually in a tank with a half broken $15 plant LED, with a modest layer of water lettuce, salvinia natans and minima, frogbit and greater duckweed. The LED has that red white and blue layout but it fell in the tank, so half of them are just kinda out. There's a mild bit of oak tannins, and a good layer of oak leaves at the bottom of the tank. In my experience with that tank, that setting seems to bring out the best colors in everything I've kept in there. My cutteri and Rio mongo convicts used to be in there too.

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Diet seems to not have been a contributor, as I have switched foods randomly between bug bites flakes, seachem cichlid flakes, tetra flakes, new life spectrum ultrared, bloodworms, etc.
 
Gotcha mine always sparkle in the sunlight but under normal light they look light blue
 
I've seen mine in sunlight too, better than the flashlight. I wish there was a way to simulate sunsets in aquariums.
 
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I just received these in the mail today from Ken Davis at Southeast Exotics and Tropicals Inc. Supposedly his line are direct descendants of Rusty's line as well. Can anyone who have kept young Honduran red point cichlids confirm that these look like young HRP and not hybrid mixes? I'm hoping they'll color up more as they settle in (they're in a quarantine tank) and mature.

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Not sure how I missed this thread, but your red points are beautiful!! Kevin over at TUIC is the man. Purest red points in the hobby straight from Rusty wessel. Have they had any babies yet?
 
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Not sure how I missed this thread, but your red points are beautiful!! Kevin over at TUIC is the man. Purest red points in the hobby straight from Rusty wessel. Have they had any babies yet?
Don’t you have some directly from Rusty Wessel as well? I believe your the guy from Reddit that linebred for several gens for some insane blues, correct? Would love to get some off you some day if you ship or even plan too. Ridiculously awesome line you got going on. Kept your line in the back of my head for a while, was thinking of contacting you someday.
 
Don’t you have some directly from Rusty Wessel as well? I believe your the guy from Reddit that linebred for several gens for some insane blues, correct? Would love to get some off you some day if you ship or even plan too. Ridiculously awesome line you got going on. Kept your line in the back of my head for a while, was thinking of contacting you someday.
Yessir that’s me. I have no problem sending you some. My bluest male & bluest female just had fry, so I can raise them up and send them to you if you’d like.
 
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