Some hard water, high pH Characins (Tetras) found in Panama

[duanes]

https://youtu.be/BES1-ql8F7c

 

[cockroach]

Thanks for sharing your island.
The fish in the 4th pic, is that a leporinus?
And that longer fish in pic 2, what is that?

 

[duanes]

I believe it is Cyphcharex magdalenae, closely related to Prochilodotids, but instead it is considered a Curimatide (or a toothless Characin)

Different species are found from Costa Rica in the north, south as far as northern Argentina.
Here in Panama they are called Lisa's, or Sardinas and eaten like sardines.
They eat algae and soft detritus

 

[jjohnwm]

Great pics, once again poking me in the eye with a reminder of how much I loved collecting before moving to a jurisdiction where the gummint says it's an evil practice which cannot be permitted. I hope you appreciate how good you have it living in a place that allows you to enjoy that.

And, oooooohhh...almost got through a whole post without a picture of test tubes...soooo close...

 

[duanes]

As my odemeter maxes out, limitations suggest the riggors of collecting are getting kinda precarious.
Once i find Geophagus crassilabrus, parameter testing may be the extent of any future boldness, and that seems dull.

A friend went on a trip to India with his grandmother, an elephant she was riding on, got spooked ad crushed her.....
I envy that....

 

[jjohnwm]

As my odemeter maxes out, limitations suggest the riggors of collecting are getting kinda precarious.
Once i find Geophagus crassilabrus, parameter testing may be the extent of any future boldness, and that seems dull.

A friend went on a trip to India with his grandmother, an elephant she was riding on, got spooked ad crushed her.....
I envy that....

I understand that...and agree...completely.

I hope for your sake you never find the crassilabrus; can't imagine anything worse than reaching into the bucket for a new challenge and finding it empty. There should always be a bunch of stuff in there tempting you on.