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reposting this from a question raised over on Anubias design yahoo groups cause it got me thinking of the idea
All,
I have been fortunate to have had some success breeding this little fish, and while I can't say it's been easy, it has been fun. I lost my last female from a nice strain that I had kept going for a couple of years now, and so in my attempts to replace her, I did a little research, and discovered that there are more than one "color form" of this fish and like the Checkerboard cichlid, Dicrossus filamentosus, which form you get depends on where the fish are collected from. There appears to be a Rio Negro form and an Amazon form, for D. filamentosus, the difference is in the caudal spotting, etc.
At any rate, I am wondering if anyone on here can comment on the number of color/pattern variations that T. candidi show, due to collection point. Where are most of the T. candidi collected for the trade? Which form is coming out the far east breeders?
Maybe, in light of this, I should get a whole new breeding group and start from scratch, rather than inadvertently mix things up from different locations???? Thoughts???
Best,
Brian Perkins
www.wildperu.net
All,
I have been fortunate to have had some success breeding this little fish, and while I can't say it's been easy, it has been fun. I lost my last female from a nice strain that I had kept going for a couple of years now, and so in my attempts to replace her, I did a little research, and discovered that there are more than one "color form" of this fish and like the Checkerboard cichlid, Dicrossus filamentosus, which form you get depends on where the fish are collected from. There appears to be a Rio Negro form and an Amazon form, for D. filamentosus, the difference is in the caudal spotting, etc.
At any rate, I am wondering if anyone on here can comment on the number of color/pattern variations that T. candidi show, due to collection point. Where are most of the T. candidi collected for the trade? Which form is coming out the far east breeders?
Maybe, in light of this, I should get a whole new breeding group and start from scratch, rather than inadvertently mix things up from different locations???? Thoughts???
Best,
Brian Perkins
www.wildperu.net