btate617

A buddy called last night and said he was done with my pair of Hypselecara Temporalis (chocolate cichlid) so I will be picking them up today around noon!
I got eggs before he took them but no fry so I excited to try at breeding these guys.
He also has 3 extra good sized ones for me, 1M/2F so anyone around Winnipeg you can have them for free if you pick up!
Will post some pics once they settle in.

Brian

bolivianbaby

Wow! I just googled them. They're beautiful! You're going to make me want to move to Canada, Brian

btate617

I don't know BB, when I walked the kids to the school bus yesterday morning it was -4c (24F). I am not ready for winter!. I wonder if the kids are big enough to walk themselves once it gets to -40 hmmmm.
But yes they are a cool fish aren't they.

Brian

bolivianbaby

That's not good. I freeze when it drops below 60 here. I beg for hot flashes in the winter

Amanda

They are pretty! It's getting pretty cold here too. I want summer back!!

Shawnie

wow great fish cant wait for pics!!!! and hopefully a very sucessful spawn
winter blah ! long as we dont have the ice storms and burried in snow, im good LOL

btate617

So here's the story with these fish. I had a pair of Hypselecara Temporalis that were about 6" or so. I needed their tank for another project so I gave the pair to a buddy, I also had 18 small ones from somewhere else about 1-1.5". So I gave him the big pair and sold him the fry for $20. I was suppose to pick up the big pair, but they began cleaning a spawning site late last night, so when I got there to pick them up he told me. I will just let him keep those and I grabbed a pair from the smaller guys. The original pair is HUGE now easily 9-10" and about 2.5" thick. So here are some pics of the pair I picked up, not great as I just got home with them. I will get some nice pics once they settle in in the next few days.

Male all stressed out from the bucket ride home.



Female same thing.


And after about 2 minutes in the tank.




Heres a 1.5" sev to give some size reference



I promise to get some good pics in the coming days!

Brian

bolivianbaby

They're gorgeous! Their markings, their eyes are just incredible! Congratulations!

I love that severum He's not afraid of anything. It's so cute!

btate617

Thanks BB.

Shawnie

wow even stressed they are awesome...hope you have success with them also!

Tony G.

you are so cool! you get the coolest kinds of fish! im jealous!
lol

btate617

Thanks Shawnie and Tony.

I couldn't wait heres a few more pics.....






Brian

Amanda

They are some good looking fish.
What size tank are they in??

bolivianbaby

Brian,

Can you move that ugly pot out of the way so I can see the pretty fish?

btate617

Thanks, they are in a 6' 90gal for now.



ok I had that one coming, gonna be double teamed on this one I see.
I may need some help here Tony!

bolivianbaby

Honestly, Brian, I don't think anyone took offense to that post I for one almost fell out of my chair laughing because you actually had to courage to post it.

It was pretty funny

btate617

Yea I don't think so either.
I wonder how much work it would be to switch you and Shawnie over to just SA/CA hmmm

bolivianbaby

I won't keep anything in my tanks that I can't pronounce or spell

btate617

Lordy...this is gonna be tougher than I thought....

Amanda

I'm a SA/CA cichlid fan only. Not a huge fan of Africans. Too many different names, and types that can't go together for me.

btate617

We can't all make the right choices Amanda......

Seriously though there are lots of very cool African species, I did them for about 3 years and just couldn't get into them like the others. I still research them from time to time, but not sure when or if I will do another tank of them. I will be ok by looking at others fish.

Brian