Vieja Bifasciatus variety Info..

[terrors r us]

Hello vieja lovers.....I am setting up a large tank of Centrals & South
Americans...I always wanted Bifasciatus and started doing my research...
What I found amazed me....I found four different species of Bi's and I
think there are even more...Here is the list:
1) Rio Candeleria
2) Rio Chacamax
3) Rio Grijalva
4) Rio Carolina

I googled each one to see the difference but not to much info. out there...
I have two of these at the moment and will have all four by the end of the week...
at two inches they all look the same....
Does anyone know the differences in color, size, etc of these species????

 

[hamfist]

Interested to see what follows here ! I have a little 3" bifa. No idea what it's heritage is as yet though.
Just to note that the species is bifasciatus, so they are all the same species, just different regional variations of the same species.

 

[cavamart]

Here is a F1 Chacamax at 2" for comparisons.

 

[terrors r us]

Interested to see what follows here ! I have a little 3" bifa. No idea what it's heritage is as yet though.
Just to note that the species is bifasciatus, so they are all the same species, just different regional variations of the same species.

I will start taking pic's once they are a bit bigger and all settled in....
you should take some pic's of yours so you can compare later......

 

[terrors r us]

Here is a F1 Chacamax at 2" for comparisons.

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Very nice...about 2inches???? Did you get those fro Jeff Rapps?
That's where I got my Chacamax but mine don't show that much red yet....

 

[llebles]

It will be that size for about a week... I have one, he is a year old and about 10" long, 5" high and almost 2" thick. They grow faster than oscars!

 

[cavamart]

I have 6 from Rusty that are a little past 4" now. That picture was taken whe I first got them at about 2".

 

[izzy_here]

I currently have three 4.5" male Rio Chacamax bifas from Rapps.

I've not kept Paratheraps/Vieja very long but these guys seem uber mellow. I'd have thought three males of that size would shred each other...but no, not these guys. They might posture, chase and nip a little but it never leads to serious bloodshed. It seems many people have this experience with Rio Chacamax bifas, one post in a thread I read referred to them as the "Community" Vieja. Recently read something that claimed Rio Chacamax bifas to be noticably more mellow in comparison with another type/regional varient of bifas the author of the post was also raising. I've seen this mentioned enough times on various forums to think it has a grain of truth to it. Perhaps Rio Chacamax bifas really are less aggressive than many varients tend to be.

Another type/regional variety of bifas for your list...
bifas Rio Usumacinta...
http://www.cichlidae.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=43970

 

[Ctrl_Alt_Dlt]

This thread is awesome. Would love to know more info on these guys too. Thanks!