Rebuilding fishroom... follow our progress here :)

[Ayi]

Just wondering, are you going to the AAAA auction?

 

[severum mama]

Just wondering, are you going to the AAAA auction?

Oh, definitely. We never miss an auction.

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[Ayi]

Do you have to pay anything be attend or buy something from the auction?

 

[severum mama]

Do you have to pay anything be attend or buy something from the auction?

No, it is free to buy and sell. Club members get a better split on items they sell vs non members.

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[Supergummy]

I wished I had a local fish auction

At least, I don't know of one

 

[severum mama]

I haven't updated since the spring auction. We came home with a lot of nice fish. Pics are of some of our new fish, and some of our old fish.

Cynotilapia afra Cobue

Labidochromis hongi "red top"

Purple fire guppies

Apistogramma cacatuoides "super red"

Xystichromis phytophagus "Christmas Fulu"

Gymnogeophagus labiatus sp. Valintine "big lips" (undescribed species, wild from Uruguay)

Pundamilia sp. Naso Bay Red Side

 

[Brookster123]

Super red!!!! Fantastic

 

[severum mama]

Super red!!!! Fantastic

Thanks, they are a breeding project (as is most everything in there). We have a young trio.

 

[Brookster123]

Thanks, they are a breeding project (as is most everything in there). We have a young trio.

are they hard to breed? Special water requirements?

 

[Fishdude3233]

I thought you bred some brookster?!

 

[Brookster123]

I thought you bred some brookster?!

double orange, a little different, some apisto's seem more difficult to accommodate, didn't know if the super reds were any different..

 

[severum mama]

are they hard to breed? Special water requirements?

Cacatuoides are easy to keep and breed. I've kept double red, triple red, and orange flash before getting the super reds. I've bred them before, just didn't take the time to raise the fry. This time I want breeder points so I'll do what I can to breed them and raise the fry. They are still a little young for breeding, I think. The male is barely over an inch long.

 

[Brookster123]

Yah he still has the dark coloration of a cranky teenager... Is "double orange" a misnomer? Is there just that many variations?

 

[Fishdude3233]

Yes there are that many variations.

 

[severum mama]

The fish in your avatar would be considered a double red (even though it's orange... yeah, I know, I know). Triple reds have the orange coloration on the anal fin in addition to the dorsal and caudal. Super reds have the orange coloration on the pectoral fins in addition to the dorsal, caudal and anal fins. At least, that's how it was explained to me.

Orange flash lack the black patterning on the fins. Their fins are solid bright orange.

There are some gold varieties now too, I think. I don't know anyone around here that has any.

 

[Brookster123]

All these months I've been living a lie..... Double red it is at any rate he's the coolest fish I have!! So here's a question Severummama.. Would all the females look close enough that there's a chance that the fry I currently have could turn out to be a different color variation??

 

[Fishdude3233]

The fish in your avatar would be considered a double red (even though it's orange... yeah, I know, I know). Triple reds have the orange coloration on the anal fin in addition to the dorsal and caudal. Super reds have the orange coloration on the pectoral fins in addition to the dorsal, caudal and anal fins. At least, that's how it was explained to me.

Orange flash lack the black patterning on the fins. Their fins are solid bright orange.

There are some gold varieties now too, I think. I don't know anyone around here that has any.

Wow i thought that they had orange, and red. Oops :/

 

[severum mama]

I don't actually know how that works, lol. We have kept more wild type apistos than hobby strains. They're very popular in our area, largely because our tap water is really well suited to keeping and breeding them.

 

[Fishdude3233]

I don't actually know how that works, lol. We have kept more wild type apistos than hobby strains. They're very popular in our area, largely because our tap water is really well suited to keeping and breeding them.

I also tend to prefer the wilds and wild type apsitos more then the triple reds.

 

[Brookster123]

Aww man, I kind of hope they're the same, if they're different I'll have to keep some.. That means a new tank..this could be a problem..you have nice soft water??