Today in the Fishroom~ 6/9/12 F0 Amphilophus hogaboomorum

I have a couple dozen of these juvenile F1 A. hogaboomorum's in various tanks acting as dither fish. Some of them were getting fairly large (5-10cm). I had a few open tanks and decided to move some of the better looking specimens to start another breeding pair.

Here's one of the smaller females @5cm:



And a few of the males @10cm. One of the things that I find pretty consistent with this particular species is the beautiful fins. Even when we collected some of the wild fish, I noticed that they had beautiful trailers on the dorsal and anal fins.





Here's the adult F0 male...squaring off with the other large male in the tank. You can still see the beautiful fins.



And the pair. I like the way there is a distinct color difference between male and female. The female in this photo is beginning to prepare for breeding. When that happens, her coloration turns into a much brighter shade of orange.





Pre-spawning always begins with the male gently pushing her around the breeding area...a pot near the right side of the tank.





She just so happened to be pushed flat into an upper flash, illuminating that orange for the photo.

stunning aqua-mojo was never into american cichlids but i do think there underestimated as these are very nice fish cheers for sharing

Great shots and lovely fish

cichlidguy wrote:stunning aqua-mojo was never into american cichlids but i do think there underestimated as these are very nice fish cheers for sharing

Thanks...and please call me Mo

These photo's are stunning, really is worth loading them to full size people. Great to see the transformation from juvenile to adult Cheers mo

mo they are just fantastic ..more people should get into american cichlids .we really only see the normal run of the mill ones not stunners like these ..great pics mate and top class fish ..fair play to u mo ..all the best jimmy

I will try and post some of the unusual stuff. Thanks.

Excellent pics Mo!

Beautiful looking fish, and cracking pics looking forward to seeing more

Beautiful fish you have there, aand nice photos well captured. Love the pink red gills, reminds me of a firemouth

Great first group of pics Mo. Thanks for sharin them man. Keep 'em comin.

Beautiful fish. Would love a CA tank. D o you keep any SA mo

mac wrote:Beautiful fish. Would love a CA tank. D o you keep any SA mo

I used to keep Unbriferum and also Festae. THe water that comes out of the faucet here is very hard. Not very good for the fish who thrive in softer SA water.

beautifull fish, great pics

Very impressive real nice fish

Where about are you from Mo, be interesting in seeing where you purchased these fish

I'm in NE Pennsylvania. I didn't purchase them. I collected them in Honduras.

So jealous, it would be fantastic to be able to go and collect your own fish

Nice...nothing like hunting and picking out your own wild fish, sounds great. Would you do it often?

Generally once a year we go somewhere...Mexico, Honduras, Panama...

sweet

savage pics mo and some real crackers you have there, keep them pictures flowing pal!!!

wayne

Another set of great pics Fair play for coming on and posting these mo really enjoyed them

Great pics Mo. Never heard of these guys till I seen your post they have great colours