David R Posted March 3, 2008 Report Share Posted March 3, 2008 I just picked up six of these from Hollywood Albany on the weekend. Really cool little fish, glad I've found them. Hollywood Mt Roskill and Jansens Mt Eden have some more (altho Jansens are $10 more and are labelled Geophagus). Just thought I'd share a few pics... Looking scared just after I had cleaned the glass Hanging out in the corner Action shot with three juvenile uarus digging into a cube of bloodworms with my big chocolate talking cat And lastly what I hope they'll look like in a year or two's time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supasi Posted March 3, 2008 Report Share Posted March 3, 2008 Technically threadfin acaras are geophagus. they are eartheaters. the pics look identical to my three geoaphaegus surinemensis. How come you think they may be threadfins??? just out of curiosity?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted March 3, 2008 Report Share Posted March 3, 2008 I was thinking the same thing however I put it down to being a bit of a sth american nube so kept my mouth shut :oops: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David R Posted March 3, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2008 Technically threadfin acaras are geophagus. they are eartheaters. the pics look identical to my three geoaphaegus surinemensis. Technically they're not geophagus, they belong to the genus Acarichthys, not Geophagus. They are closely related [thus sometimes being called threadfin earth eaters], and maybe once were lumped under the genus Geophagus? They look kinda like a surinamensis when young and badly photographed, but are quite different. They have a black and white patch on the top of their dorsal fin, the anal and pectoral fins are orange, and they have a black bar running thru their eye, which seems to disappear when they get older. If you have a look at some adult pics you can see how different they are. http://www.amazonasrochen.ch/pictures/a ... 010011.JPG http://www.amazonasrochen.ch/pictures/b ... 010025.JPG http://www.acara.be/mambophil/cpg132/al ... elii01.jpg http://www.wallpaperfishtalk.com/wallpa ... 000040.jpg http://213.180.95.58/artregister/artbil ... hansen.jpg The first two pics are from this page that I randomly found while looking for pics. Takes a while to load, but well worth a look, an amazing collection of amazon fish!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supasi Posted March 3, 2008 Report Share Posted March 3, 2008 Ha ha ryan, i sometime am the same with africans. Think i know but wait to see what everyone else says. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted March 3, 2008 Report Share Posted March 3, 2008 lol ill happily chirp up on those ones Sounds like David is onto it so ill take his word for it They are nice looking fish as adults good to see you got enough of them to have an attempt at breeding some and spreading them around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supasi Posted March 3, 2008 Report Share Posted March 3, 2008 Hey david Im not trying to disagree. Justwondered how you figured they were threadfin if they were labelled as geo at the shop. I do agree that the black bar through the eye is different to my geo babies . Browsing some pics of thread fins and as adults the are a very pretty fish,imo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David R Posted March 3, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2008 Justwondered how you figured they were threadfin if they were labelled as geo at the shop. The shop was Jansens/Animates. I won't say any more or I'll get into trouble. :lol: From what I've found in NZ shops in general (and sadly a lot of hobbyists) don't bother to use/learn the latin names of fish. Anyway, there's more pics from that site I posted here. amazing tanks!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supasi Posted March 3, 2008 Report Share Posted March 3, 2008 Anyway, there's more pics from that site I posted here. amazing tanks!! Now, how cool would that tank be. I want it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiden Posted March 3, 2008 Report Share Posted March 3, 2008 It's about time these fish got "back on the shelves as it were" really would want to get some meself :bounce: Good luck with yours David Btw does your chocolate do much? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoandWilly Posted March 5, 2008 Report Share Posted March 5, 2008 They are being imported as heckelii, unfortunatly its not the shops faultsscientific names can't be given, the importers don't give scientific names. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David R Posted March 5, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 5, 2008 They are being imported as heckelii, unfortunatly its not the shops faultsscientific names can't be given, the importers don't give scientific names. Surely that has to be B.S considering they need a latin name to be imported, or maybe it helps stop the importers getting in trouble if stuff has been incorrectly identified? They are on the list as Acarichthys heckelii, so thats obviously what they have been imported as. I'm guessing the shop calling them Geophagus was either too lazy to id them correctly, or someone still thinks they're a Geophagus (and probably thinks the genus Cichlasoma is current..). Cool pics Mystic, how big are those? I think it was your pics in a thread about geo's that inspired me to get them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David R Posted March 5, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 5, 2008 Btw does your chocolate do much? Other than sit in his pipe and get fat? Not really.... :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiden Posted March 6, 2008 Report Share Posted March 6, 2008 :lol: Exactly wot mine did when I had one :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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