Caquetaia spectabilis

[Madness]

Has anyone every raised one of these? It is now on my want list.

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Picture is compliments of Sam Borstein

 

[DMD123]

Beautiful fish! If I had one I would name him... :scratch: couldn't resist. :lmfao:

 

[Madness]

I am definitely going to get some. Cichlids of the Americas has free swimmers right now, and thy should be available in about a month or 2. So until I find some elsewhere, I am ordering some from there in about 6-8 weeks.

So Get ready.

 

[Anonymous]

Never kept one, really nice looking!

 

[rattle1972]

looks like it would be a great alternative to the monster umbees.

 

[Madness]

looks like it would be a great alternative to the monster umbees.

Thats what I was thinking. Looks a lot like the Umbee and the Kraussi.

 

[DMD123]

When is the order? :tongue:

Saw he has my snook on his list too...

 

[Madness]

Yes he does. Either small ones or a big one. Hmmmm which do I pick??

I was looking at a couple Trimacs, Guttalatus, and some Spectabilis when they are large enough to purchase. Maybe a Pearsi, and he has some F0 Festae.

 

[DMD123]

I would be afraid to add the big one. I think he said it was like 11". It would probably try and swallow my argentea!

 

[Madness]

She probably deserves it. Let me know when you want to go with it, and we will see if its doable.

 

[DMD123]

Interesting that one person compared these guys to snook in behavior:
http://www.cichlidae.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=8249

Found a tiny bit of info here:
http://www.cichlid-forum.com/profiles/species.php?id=523
Only 10" size, that would be pretty do able for a lot of people.

I might need to get some.

 

[Madness]

I likey. :hugg: Sending him an email inquiring about how long before he makes them available and at what size. Obviously he says 1" they will actually be about .5".

 

[fishman09]

i always liked the idea of doing a caquetaia genus tank with the myersi, spectabilis, kraussi, and umbriferus temper permitting. the spectabilis looks awesome and only 10" is very manageable

 

[DMD123]

Obviously he says 1" they will actually be about .5".

Unless it was me, who says 1" and then you would end up with a 3-4" fish :lmfao:

I just might be interested in one of these my self.

 

[Drd62]

Jeff Rapps has them for sale a few days ago. Nice addition to the Caquetaia family. They are nice and colorful and are not readily available.

 

[Madness]

The difference between Rapps and Dan is about $80 in shipping. I like Jeff, but unless I am placing a huge order for some rare stuff, his shipping is way too expensive.

 

[Anonymous]

The difference between Rapps and Dan is about $80 in shipping. I like Jeff, but unless I am placing a huge order for some rare stuff, his shipping is way too expensive.

+1

 

[DMD123]

So when is the order? :tongue:

 

[Madness]

Just spoke with Dan, and they should be ready in 2 weeks. Looking at maybe getting a few others also. Maybe a Gutt, a couple Lyonsi from different parents, couple Trimacs, a Kraussi (I just lost one), a Pearsi, and a hand full of the Spetabilis. But I wont be able to order, if at all, for another 3 weeks or so.

 

[fishman09]

sorry about the kraussi was it the big one?