Capital Exotic Fish

My new Troph's!!!

RIFT_LAKES_RULE

RIFT_LAKES_RULE

Member of the Darkside Tang's Rule!
Ok, it's now time to introduce you to my newest family members... I've kept it a secret because I wanted to get a photo in the contest without anyone knowing that I even owned these fish, figured it would be harder to figure out who's photo it was :D

I've waited 8 yrs to try my hand at Tropheus... Got these guys on the 20th of Feb if I remember correctly :confused: , sorry I held out on ya for so long :angel2:

Tropheus moorii Kantalamba "Red Rainbow" (Wild Caught from Cichlids&Herps, Thanks Alison!!!)

"Hello CCA members"
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I got 25 fish, lost 1 and have 24 going strong. The one that I lost appeared to have tried to eat some algae inside of an old style powerhead that is in the tank :eek:, it wasn't showing any signs of sickness or bloat, just came home and found her head first in the powerhead :(.

They are in a 75g, Eheim pro3, emp 400, AC70. 300w titanium heater w/external controller, quad t-5 programmable fixture, playsand, and rocks from a construction site I worked on last year ;). Some believe a 75 is now to small to house WC Troph's, mine are doing just fine :cool:

Came home last week and found these two ladies holding!!! :jumpy:

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Again, I appologize for holding out on you guys for so long... it's been killing me not to show these guys off but it just didn't seem like it would be very sportsmanlike to show them off and then enter a pic in the photo comp the very next week ;)
 
Leffler817

Leffler817

CCA Members
Oh no Mike, I counted about ten or so covered in Ick! If you need a quarentine tank for their recovery I have 80gals ready to go. :)

Very, very nice fish. I have fish envy.
 
Tony

Tony

Alligator Snapping Turtle/Past Pres
I didn't know tropheus came in those colors! :eek:

Very nice fish. Enjoy! :)
 
RIFT_LAKES_RULE

RIFT_LAKES_RULE

Member of the Darkside Tang's Rule!
Thanks Tony ;)

There are so many location variants of the moorii species alone that it'd be hard for anyone to not find a troph that's pleasing to their eye. I remember when I first saw a tropheus about 10 yrs ago, it was a duboisi, 2nd and 3rd trophs I saw were bemba and ikola... so I was under the impression that all tropheus had a saddleback pattern. Then I saw a moliro about a year after that and was shocked to see a solid red troph, once I started looking into them more I was blown away with all the different variants!!! I'd have to say the "Rainbow Lineage" is my favorite "group" of troph's tho ;)
 
bertolli

bertolli

Members
I think they maybe be called "tropheus" cuz they seem to be a bit of a trophy fish ;) I'm jealous to say the least... very nice fish
 
RIFT_LAKES_RULE

RIFT_LAKES_RULE

Member of the Darkside Tang's Rule!
chris_todd said:
Nice fish, Mike!

And congratulations on winning the POTM! That's two out of three so far this year...
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Thanks Chris!!! ;)

I've gotta get busy snappin pic's again, I'm all out of good ones (or atleast good for me :lol:). The Darkside is makin a good showing so far, hopefully we can represent all year. :cool:
 
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