Cichlasoma festae.

This guys a recent import . Unreal colours at this size. Well chuffed

looks like it has potential to be a beaut, can't wait for mine to start to colour up like that

Yeah real head turner , I had two but lost one. I closed down a few tanks recently so put him in with my absolute beasts of fish and he's thriving. Expected him to be swallowed but is a crafty wee git...

Very nice

Very nice, did he come from Hardys Paul?

now that's a lovely looking fish, looking forward to see how it progresses

These are hard enough to come by now. Truly stunning colours when in adulthood. Any more vids or pics Paul?

cracker fish

2poc I got it from a guy in England 'oneclicfish ' before he stoped tradeing. Hes a rio tumbes festae , ment to be f0 wild caught, but I have my doubts..... Mickdeja will get more pics up.

I've never heard of wild caughts being described as F0, was that how the guy described them ?

Yeah , that's how they list them.. oddball express has them aswell as F0's.. but id
love to know Their definition of wild caught, especially when you get them at 2" , always thought they'd be more likely F1s and they use the F0 to amp it up a bit..

Nice fish Paul, thanks for sharing, colouring up really well for all the size of him. I have my doubts at any fish that says wild caught. Not unless i knew exactly where they came from.

Great looking fish! Yes you are right; wild caught at 2 inches is a rarity! :D

paulmac31 wrote:Yeah , that's how they list them.. oddball express has them aswell as F0's.. but id
love to know Their definition of wild caught, especially when you get them at 2" , always thought they'd be more likely F1s and they use the F0 to amp it up a bit..

Funny you saying them at 2" maybe not being wild, I've been getting quite a few plecos in and they are wild caught and are pretty small as well, I try to find out where they are being sourced from then follow the chain back to their supplier and look at there lists to double check

Yeah think your right there, doing a bit of research is always a benefit..

Bit of a nerd when it comes to researching, love that part of it, so hard now but the internet keeps contradicting itself that's why I'd rather hear it from peoples personal experiences here