Viejita/Macmasteri Inquiry and Videos

[pschmitt]

The following video is footage of a wild-caught mother with her fry. The mother was sold to me as wild caught viejita and the father was a tank-bred variety of veijita (or macmasteri). The father can be spotted in the background at the end of the video. I am hoping to get people's opinion on these fish:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMKGA8gbEVo&feature=channel_video_title

The next video is footage of two wild caught specimens, a male and female. They were from the same batch of wild caught viejita as the mother in the preceding video. The male was a monster and a great fish:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XR8hIwtPWyI&feature=relmfu

This final video is the wild caught mother with her and the wild caught father's brood of fry:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AzWV_vQsMQs&feature=relmfu

 

[Jonathan Aquari]

nice fish. Where did you get them? or from whom were they bought from? Wish i had a female for my A. sp. "Steel Blue"

 

[mateomedina]

Paul its good to see you on the forum! that WC male is a BEAST! Let me know if you get him to spawn i would definitely be interested in getting some fry from that bloodline of his =)

 

[pschmitt]

All the fish were purchased at Uncle Ned's Fish Factory in Millis, MA. It is a very good fish store.

Mateo - That "beast" did breed with the female, however, I only have 5 left from the original 30 fry due to heating/ammonia spike issues. Unfortunately, the big male has since passed as well. I think he was quite old when I got him and I am lucky I got a few offspring from him.

 

[Mike Wise]

Beautiful A. macmasteri (Rotrücken/Red-shoulder Mac) form. I have photos of the same wildcaught form that I had back in the 1980s.