fishguts Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 Hi All,Do we have cryptoheros Cutteri in Oz?...If so is this one??I bought this little girl a week or so ago... she's only about 2cm....She might be a spirullim.... but she might be a Cutteri... tell me what you think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joller Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 never seen cutteri but doesnt look much like the blue eyeds i used to have, the bars where usually all the same width Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod54 Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 I bought these as purple sajicaI first thought they were C spilurusBut I also have C spilurus....and they are differentThey maybe C cutteri?What do you think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John McCormick Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 Look exactly like my spilurus, I have had them for a few years now.Markings change considerably depending on the phase the fish are in, pre-spawning, spawning, raising fry etc.The fish in the OP are definitely not what we have as spilurus.John. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod54 Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 Fair enough....My other C spilurus have no red on the fins.....all bluelike this onehttp://www.borstein....s/spilomale.jpgPerhaps we have different localities?Hey Fishguts.....Did you buy a male? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joller Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 yeah i think i've read on a couple of places round the net that theres 2 variants for spirilums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishguts Posted March 15, 2012 Author Share Posted March 15, 2012 Fair enough....My other C spilurus have no red on the fins.....all bluelike this onehttp://www.borstein....s/spilomale.jpgPerhaps we have different localities?Hey Fishguts.....Did you buy a male?No Mate... she was by herself in a tank with some calvus i think.I have another spirullum male and he won't even acknowlege her.There are a few pics on the " american cichlids assosiation" that look alot like her and a male to go with her.I will try and post some and show you what i mean.The top two photos are from that site.i wish i could take some better photos bu she is so bloody quick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishguts Posted March 15, 2012 Author Share Posted March 15, 2012 Here they areI hope my one turns out like these Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod54 Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 http://www.aquabid.com/cgi-bin/auction/auction.cgi?fwcichlidc&1333060851In the Good old days.....they could have been added to the next cichlids club order!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishguts Posted March 16, 2012 Author Share Posted March 16, 2012 @ $5.00 each....i'lll take 10 :yes: Sad really...so close but yet so far Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod54 Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 I remember the Qld Cichlid Club shipment when Herotilapia (Archocentrus) multispinosa (rainbow cichlids) were first imported into Australia......if only I knew what was in the future! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishguts Posted March 19, 2012 Author Share Posted March 19, 2012 geez mate... i thought i was old :lol3: that would have been in the early 80"sThat big male of yours is a beauty. The red version is beautiful.I ve just discovered a spawn of freeswimming Convict/sajicas buzzing around the bottom of the tank.I wonder what they would look like I could tell a few of my asian friends that they are Dwarf Flowerhorns.... they could be the next big thing in Chinatown!!! Come to think of it....if you mixed a spirullum with a sajica you might just get something that looks like my little one.what do you think??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod54 Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 Hahaha....more like early 70'sThanks.....he is a nice fishMmmmm.....not into hybrid cichlids.....but it seems to be where the hobby is headedI think you have a girl Cryptoheros spilurus (spirullum is an earlier name since updated) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surtac Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 I remember buying a pair of Herotilapia multispinosa around 1976.So they have been around for a long time. Hybrids should not be sold,use them for live food.It is getting harder to find many of the american cichlids that are pure strains.We can't import them anymore so we need to protect what we already have.I will probably upset someone here but flowerhorns should be treated like carp.Ground up & used for fertilizer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishguts Posted March 20, 2012 Author Share Posted March 20, 2012 I can only agree with ya mate....They are in an 8x2x2 with about 70 other americans so i cant see em growing to any great size.1976 ahh?? did they call em "Rainbow cichlids" then?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surtac Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 I doubt that they would have much chance of surviving in that tank.It is only a problem when people start selling them.I only knew them as multispinosa I don't know when they became rainbow cichlids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joller Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 can you get any better pics fishguts?glad those hybrids won't survive, apparently spirilums with some convict in them aren't a rare thing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishguts Posted March 22, 2012 Author Share Posted March 22, 2012 yeah... i wish the bloody male sajica would take a liking to the bloody female sajica and not the female convict!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Topogigio Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 yeah... i wish the bloody male sajica would take a liking to the bloody female sajica and not the female convict!!!!Once they go dark meat, they don't want to go back! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishguts Posted March 24, 2012 Author Share Posted March 24, 2012 Now thats a scary thought! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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