Steatocranus sp. superslender

[Nebraska_cichlids]

I just returned from a business trip to Germany and managed to bring back a small group of Steatocranus sp. superslender. I obtained a group of five (3 males, 2 females?), but lost one of the females because my luggage got held up in Chicago and was sent to Lincoln on the next plane. The remaining female looked banged up but should make it. I took pictures of one of the males before relasing him into the quarantine tank.

 

[Hawkeyes]

Wow Janos, he's a beauty!

 

[MarkSmith]

Hi Janos

Hi Janos

Put me first on your list to get some babies when you spawn them!! Congrats on bringing them in!

 

[aquaticclarity]

Nice looking fish Janos! Good luck with them. How big are they right now?

Jeff

 

[Nebraska_cichlids]

Jeff, the males are up to 2 1/2", the female is considerably smaller.

 

[Gordon C. Snelling]

I like it.

 

[jmtrops]

Very nice, can't wait til they spawn for you.

 

[tjudy]

Awesome... always nice to see new species make it into the country. Did you bring anything else back?

 

[Nebraska_cichlids]

Nope, Ted, only the superslender. Long story short: I was scheduled to travel to Vienna, Austria, and had the superslender shipped from Germany to Anton in Vienna. I was hoping to obtain additional species during my stay in Vienna. Then the trip to Vienna got postponed until fall, but a trip to Germany came up. The superslender were shipped back to Germany where a buddy of mine was holding them for me for three weeks. I picked them up the night before my return to the U.S.

 

[Simon Morgan]

Can you please tell me the original source, I might get the chance to go to Germany on business too!

 

[westafrica]

Hi!

A bad pic of a mature female (approx. 12cm) :

 

[tuna]

Nice fish I would love to have some.

 

[Nebraska_cichlids]

Funny you are moving up the thread now. I have a business trip to Germany coming up next week and made arrangements to bring a small group back to the US. Unfortunately, I am not allowed to bring more than five at a time.