These were all taken before I got a decent camera so bare with me...... I like these guys because of the great difference in appearence from male to female. I let a buddy borrow them to spawn them, he works out of town and came home to a pond disaster.......so I too have been looking for more. Male Female Pair Brian
I LOVE them! Yep, on my list. Now to find a breeder. Is 70 a good temp for them in the winter and up it to 78 during the spring and summer? You do realize that you enable me to find species that I can't even pronounce, right?:;laughing I should've taken Latin instead of Spanish.
Nice looking fish, but I'm leaning toward G. norte. http://www.cichlaholic.com/uruguay_list.html#norte
Hello Brian. :;hi2 Beautiful fish and great photos as always. I love the female photo where she is peeping out from behind the terracotta pot. Too cute! I always appreciate it when you share your fish with us! Ken
Yes, ToddnBecka i have a nice trio of Ex-Meridionalis, very pretty fish, less aggressive than Balzani.
Thanks. I would try for 74* normally and anything under 68* or so for the winter and you should be fine. I have kept the Gymno's at 78* and have found they do way better around 74*, but thats just my opinion. Thank you. Thanks. Thanks. Huh??? Are you talking about the first pic? The first pic the fish in the middle of the pic looks like a Norte, but it is a Gymnogeophagus n. sp. Blue Neon. And the Balzanii is in the upper right. I have no Norte..... Thanks Ken, thats where they always did their business....