cichlid_mafia Posted March 18, 2012 Share Posted March 18, 2012 Hey all I managed to get a nice 8 inch true red terror and can't seem to find any females around?any help? And any tips on breeding them would be awesome thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tranced Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 what i would like to know... whats a false red terror? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishinf Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 what i would like to know... whats a false red terror?a cross breed one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rols Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 The ueropthalmus ( not sure if spelt correctly)is known commonly as a false red terror.I have both species. I Breed the red terrors but I only have a male Ueropthalmus and if I could find a female would be very happy.They are not as big as red terrors or as colorful but are very sturdy looking fish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rols Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 Because they are hard to get...and hard to breed.....and are susceptible to disease once they get a bit bigger so must be kept in very clean water.I have breed several hundred of them and keep a fair few..will have a few available in a few months as I have a spawn just hatched a week or so ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Euan Edwards Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 send the male euro up this way please there are a few 'brown' terrors floating around - quite bland without barring, not like the early individuals..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishguts Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 what I would like to know is... why doesn't anyone call them Amphilophus Festae so that we all know what we are talking about???I have seen some juvies in a pet shop in Nowra...About 5cm,they got them from Bayfish.Not sure what they are worth.Cichlasoma Uropthalmus is also known as the Mayan Cichlid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joller Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 i think if anything we should adopt the terror naming scheme to all cichlids, all the terrors of the rainbow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishguts Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 I was in Nowra today and they have about 6 left....$32 each i think. they are a little bit smaller than i thought, 4cm at most. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oscar79 Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 The best way to get a female festae in my experience is to get a few juvies (5 or more) and grow them out. From the batches I've had so far the there seems to be a much higher male %age then female.goodluck!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cichlid_mafia Posted March 27, 2012 Author Share Posted March 27, 2012 The best way to get a female festae in my experience is to get a few juvies (5 or more) and grow them out. From the batches I've had so far the there seems to be a much higher male %age then female.goodluck!!thanks oscar i have two small juvies but as you said there looking to be male but im on the hunt .... just cant seem to find many around . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Link2Hell Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 as juveniles the only way to sex them is the females will get adark spot at the front of the dorsalA. festae are more colourful but A.uropthalmus are harder to find+1 with fishguts more care in ID'ing fish is required and the correct Latin nameshould also be used if you use a trade name ...... gets off soapbox Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishguts Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 Come on mate,... Nowra isn't that far away... Go for a drive this weekend.They have been there for a while now...you might get em all for a good price??? (how keen are ya??)Thanks for your support Chris....It just makes sense... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oscar79 Posted March 31, 2012 Share Posted March 31, 2012 G'day Mafia, howd you go finding the Festae? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cichlid_mafia Posted April 2, 2012 Author Share Posted April 2, 2012 Not as good as I would like I got a couple of small fry but I'm not willing to wait for them to grow my guy is pretty big I seen in the buy and sell someone gave a 6 inch female away not long ago so cut I missed out I'm just waiting for the day lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MRNOS Posted April 8, 2012 Share Posted April 8, 2012 Plenty here in QLDive got 3 breeding pairsMy new hopeful pairMy other pairThe boy was a bit pale in this pic, normally more greenAnd my little pairGot a few extra males/females that im waiting to pair up, theyre out there just gotta find them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Link2Hell Posted April 8, 2012 Share Posted April 8, 2012 nice Festae Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moosedagoose Posted April 8, 2012 Share Posted April 8, 2012 nice fish mate. want some of these 1 day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oscar79 Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 Nice looking pairs you have there MRNOS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vicdan Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 Im looking for a pair down here in Melbourne if anyone knows where to pick some up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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