Jackos80 Posted July 3, 2010 Share Posted July 3, 2010 Went up to LFS and they had a few of these in their tanks. I was told these were allowed into the country last year. Anyone had these and are they common now. I think they are called Thorichthys ellioti The fry looked good and was told they only grow up to 10-15cm. Is that what they look like adult size Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Citypainter Posted July 3, 2010 Share Posted July 3, 2010 They are called THORICHTHYS MACULIPINNIS - (formerly T. ellioti) Here is alink with more info. Another site with info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Link2Hell Posted July 3, 2010 Share Posted July 3, 2010 Yes they have reappeared in the hobby as T. maculipinnis but seem to be a different locale varient to what I use to keep they are more aggressive than Firemouth's T. ellioti post by Planted T maculipinnis post by auritus Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcsx Posted July 3, 2010 Share Posted July 3, 2010 They arn't heaps popular, but you can probably pick up a young breeding pair for 150 dollars. Fry are $10 per cm. A few people have them, and are breeding them. Cheers Mark~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Link2Hell Posted July 3, 2010 Share Posted July 3, 2010 there will be a bag of 4 fry at the mini auction tonight about 3.5 cm I'm told Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Planted Posted July 3, 2010 Share Posted July 3, 2010 they are more aggressive than Firemouth's in my experience in keeping and breeding Ellioti, it's the other way round. i had trouble keeping Geo's with firemouths because of aggression from the firemouths, but have a breeding pair of Ellioti with small geo's and no problems what so ever... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Link2Hell Posted July 3, 2010 Share Posted July 3, 2010 with other fish they seem fine but we have found them to be aggressive with each other in a group at breeding size, unlike firemouths I have kept that would just flare at each other but not follow through any further with the threat posture BTW Spencer Jack confirm ID as T. maculipinnis and that ellioti was now a synonym, he had some great pics of Thoricthys species he has back home Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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