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 Feb 27 2010, 10:32 PM
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 take that mods  Group: Full Member Posts: 4013 Joined: 3-January 05 From: Janesville, WI Member No.: 1304 Real Name: neal Camera Type: canon 30D with 3 lens's Current Cichlids:  |
guy on my wi forum has a (3-3.5") pink Vieja Fenestratus and 2 1.5"-2" " F1" Vieja Synspilum. he wants 20 for the first one and 10 each for the other two, im gonna see if he will do a package deal. but does this seem like a good price? think these fish would be to agro for my sevrums? im also loking for somthing for my 125 also or vise versa donno whos going where yet. but i would like an idea about them? i know nothing and have done alil reading googleing them.....
em i know you and a few others seem to know alot about them how about some input:D -------------------- 180-
pair of gold sevrums, pair of green rotkeil sevrums, 1 female rotkiel sevrum, 1 female silivini, 1 female crenicichla lucius pike 1 P bichir lapradei, 2 striped raphel cats and a sump full of nic fry 125- temp home: 1 red devil, 1 pink Vieja Fenestratus, 1 male texas 75-3 female sajicas, pair " F1" Vieja Synspilum, 1 P. delhezi, 1 P. ornate, 1 Erpetoichthys calabaricus 40- 4 Herichthys carpintis "escondido", 4 amatitlania nigrofascinta "calico convicts" 30- 2 thorichthys sp "gold mixteco", 4 herichthys deppi, 4 small "giant" danios |
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Feb 28 2010, 12:37 AM
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 Jack Dempsey Group: Full Member Posts: 741 Joined: 5-August 06 From: Washington Member No.: 2514 Real Name: Jamie Current Cichlids: |
Fenestratus are a very nasty fish. I can buy the pinks for $5.99 for that size. The synspilum are a bit more docile but I can get 3-4" fish for $4.99. Granted, they're not "F1" but still.
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Feb 28 2010, 12:46 AM
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take that mods Group: Full Member Posts: 4013 Joined: 3-January 05 From: Janesville, WI Member No.: 1304 Real Name: neal Camera Type: canon 30D with 3 lens's Current Cichlids: |
thanks i need to find out where he lives first before i make him an offer but thanks for giving me those examples......
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pair of gold sevrums, pair of green rotkeil sevrums, 1 female rotkiel sevrum, 1 female silivini, 1 female crenicichla lucius pike 1 P bichir lapradei, 2 striped raphel cats and a sump full of nic fry 125- temp home: 1 red devil, 1 pink Vieja Fenestratus, 1 male texas 75-3 female sajicas, pair " F1" Vieja Synspilum, 1 P. delhezi, 1 P. ornate, 1 Erpetoichthys calabaricus 40- 4 Herichthys carpintis "escondido", 4 amatitlania nigrofascinta "calico convicts" 30- 2 thorichthys sp "gold mixteco", 4 herichthys deppi, 4 small "giant" danios |
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Feb 28 2010, 08:04 AM
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 Texas Group: Full Member Posts: 916 Joined: 8-January 05 Member No.: 1325 |
QUOTE(Modest_Man @ Feb 28 2010, 01:37 AM)  Fenestratus are a very nasty fish. I can buy the pinks for $5.99 for that size. The synspilum are a bit more docile but I can get 3-4" fish for $4.99. Granted, they're not "F1" but still. Those are some great prices for those 2 fish. I can't get either of them that cheap especially true Synspilums. |
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Feb 28 2010, 08:38 AM
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 Red Devil Group: Full Member Posts: 4173 Joined: 23-November 03 From: minnesota Member No.: 226 Real Name: Emily |
The prices seem pretty nice. I don't have any experience with the fene though, I wish I did, they have been on my wish list for a while now. The synspilum would be fine together at that size. Usually if they are young and about the same size they do pretty well. I have stocked them in my 125 and 210 in a community setting without any issues. The don't bother the other fish at all, but they spook really easily.
My 10" female zonatus however, is pretty intolerant of any kind of vieja. Too bad too, I kind of wish I could do something with her now that she is laying eggs on a regular basis. |
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Feb 28 2010, 09:13 AM
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 Fry Group: Full Member Posts: 19 Joined: 28-October 09 Member No.: 5313 Real Name: Steve |
I have never kept fenestratus, but my synspilum's were very conspecific aggressive but I never saw them once attack any other tankmates large or small. I'm from across the pond, so those prices are hard for me to speak of, as we seem to have completely different prices for certain fish.
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Feb 28 2010, 12:00 PM
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 Shakin' it thrice  Group: Admin Posts: 5255 Joined: 13-September 05 From: Southwest Florida Member No.: 1862 Real Name: Paul Current Cichlids: |
QUOTE(Modest_Man @ Feb 28 2010, 12:37 AM) Fenestratus are a very nasty fish. I can buy the pinks for $5.99 for that size. The synspilum are a bit more docile but I can get 3-4" fish for $4.99. Granted, they're not "F1" but still. I, on the other hand, can't find Synspilums around here to save my life and would gladly pay $10 for a 1.5" Syn. The adult Syn I have now was raised with +12" Midas cichlids and he held his own, and when he was moved into a tank with smaller fish did not end up being a bully at all. I would be careful about putting one with a Sev though, unless you are raising them together or if the Sev is larger than the Syn. |
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Feb 28 2010, 12:38 PM
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 Better when I'm bad  Group: Moderators Posts: 4565 Joined: 10-May 05 From: BC, Canada Member No.: 1631 Real Name: Alaina |
I can't find EITHER of them around here and would probably pay twice that without hesitation
 Vixen (my female fenestratus) is too aggressive to be kept with severums. She's fairly docile on her own, but on the rare occasion I've tried to keep her with another fish, I have to split them up pretty quickly. --------------------  |
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Feb 28 2010, 11:16 PM
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Jack Dempsey Group: Full Member Posts: 741 Joined: 5-August 06 From: Washington Member No.: 2514 Real Name: Jamie Current Cichlids: |
That's funny sin cause Harry Tolen totally saturated the Seattle market with syn the last decade or so. Had so many the shops practically give them away. Figured they'd have made it just up north over the border. (That's who Aquamojo's syns came from.) I actually got the couple I had for free cause I went and picked them up and he was trying to give me dozens of 5-6" fish.
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Mar 1 2010, 01:13 AM
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take that mods Group: Full Member Posts: 4013 Joined: 3-January 05 From: Janesville, WI Member No.: 1304 Real Name: neal Camera Type: canon 30D with 3 lens's Current Cichlids: |
im gonna get them 35 for all three for now they are gonna be in my 40 gal after i get things moved around i can space things out enough and i have enough egg crate and empty tanks ill make shit work.
im either gona put my chicken shit RD in the 30 down stairs or test him in my 125 seriously this fish sucks, its beautiful and it hides all the time:( thanks everyone -------------------- 180-
pair of gold sevrums, pair of green rotkeil sevrums, 1 female rotkiel sevrum, 1 female silivini, 1 female crenicichla lucius pike 1 P bichir lapradei, 2 striped raphel cats and a sump full of nic fry 125- temp home: 1 red devil, 1 pink Vieja Fenestratus, 1 male texas 75-3 female sajicas, pair " F1" Vieja Synspilum, 1 P. delhezi, 1 P. ornate, 1 Erpetoichthys calabaricus 40- 4 Herichthys carpintis "escondido", 4 amatitlania nigrofascinta "calico convicts" 30- 2 thorichthys sp "gold mixteco", 4 herichthys deppi, 4 small "giant" danios |
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Mar 5 2010, 09:55 PM
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take that mods Group: Full Member Posts: 4013 Joined: 3-January 05 From: Janesville, WI Member No.: 1304 Real Name: neal Camera Type: canon 30D with 3 lens's Current Cichlids: |
well i drove over and got them, the syns im pretty sure of the other i donno its funny looking and he had alot of hybreds........ but i do know where he lives. guy had them in a tank with nothing no gravel no decor not back ground they looked kinda crappy, the syns colored up as soon as i got them in my tank and the other one has a funny pattern ill get pix tomarrow after they have settled
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pair of gold sevrums, pair of green rotkeil sevrums, 1 female rotkiel sevrum, 1 female silivini, 1 female crenicichla lucius pike 1 P bichir lapradei, 2 striped raphel cats and a sump full of nic fry 125- temp home: 1 red devil, 1 pink Vieja Fenestratus, 1 male texas 75-3 female sajicas, pair " F1" Vieja Synspilum, 1 P. delhezi, 1 P. ornate, 1 Erpetoichthys calabaricus 40- 4 Herichthys carpintis "escondido", 4 amatitlania nigrofascinta "calico convicts" 30- 2 thorichthys sp "gold mixteco", 4 herichthys deppi, 4 small "giant" danios |
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