vieja zonatus

jaws7777 · Oct 22, 2015

Well this was just an epic fail ! Had the surgery last week and really wasnt paying attention to my tanks. This past weekend i noticed the pearsei and bichirs acting weird. Fins were all torn up. Watched for a while and these little zonatus were nipping at everyone including each other. I was completely shocked. The zonatus are between 2.5 and 3 inches and they had everyone on the run (9 inch beefy pearsei and bichirs between 8 to 12 inches) they chewed the tail down on a 12 inch lap.

Anyway i moved them out today. Gonna rehome 2 and keep the best looking

utku982 · Oct 23, 2015

They are beautiful. May be its early to say but i think its possible them to be coatzacoalcos. Becouse i dont see any other dark place on body except the horizontal line. May be im right or not, but it doesnot change the fact that coatzacoalcos is a great speciemen too. Hope u dont get me wrong.

jaws7777 · Oct 23, 2015

Took this vid this morning and by dinner time the smallest on had almost no tail and the middle sized was also beaten the crap out of. Rehome 2 to lfs and kept the largest who has been a maniac. Normally dont ney fish (my kids do they get a kick out of it) but inthink im gonna call the one i kept El Diablo lol

ragin_cajun · Oct 23, 2015

What kinda substrate is that?

jaws7777 · Oct 24, 2015

Black gravel. Its all i had on hand

jaws7777 · Oct 27, 2015

Liking the look with the darker substrate

jaws7777 · Nov 14, 2015

Started with 11 now down to the one keeper. They are just to nasty even at this size to be kept with other cichlids. Probably not gonna keep him/her on the black substrate long term but i think it looks nice for now. Waters a little cloudy as i had just dosed with ridx

isde02 · Nov 15, 2015

jaws7777 said:
Started with 11 now down to the one keeper. They are just to nasty even at this size to be kept with other cichlids. Probably not gonna keep him/her on the black substrate long term but i think it looks nice for now. Waters a little cloudy as i had just dosed with ridxView attachment 1149501 View attachment 1149502 View attachment 1149503 View attachment 1149504

Looking good, what's the growth rate like?

jaws7777 · Nov 15, 2015

isde02 said:
Looking good, what's the growth rate like?

Thanks man. I would say average cichlid geowth. Fast than the other viejas ive kept though. Have a heterospilus that grows super slow and an argentea that was on the slow side too