Large Honduran Red Points

[Knutsen1122]

Just curious what the largest HRP anyone has seen. I have a Large luesistic male and I want to know how big they truly get. Here's my male.

 

[DMD123]

Good looking fish!

 

[Madness]

BEA utiful. Like I mentioned when you were here, I never knew that they got that big.

 

[Knutsen1122]

BEA utiful. Like I mentioned when you were here, I never knew that they got that big.

Thanks Shawn! That's the whole reason I posted this and asked the question. If you haven't seen one I wonder if anyone has.

 

[Madness]

Going to ask a few more places.

 

[DMD123]

I have only seen a couple HRP's around and nothing with any real 'size' on it. Most have been secondary fish in community cichlid tanks so not a lot of focus was put on their growth or size. Seen some freakishly large convicts however...

 

[Knutsen1122]

Thanks guys!

 

[lloyd378]

What's the difference between a leustic hrp and a leustic convict? Visually they are too similar for me to differentiate

 

[Knutsen1122]

What's the difference between a leustic hrp and a leustic convict? Visually they are too similar for me to differentiate

Hey Lloyd! Check this out it tells a little about the difference.

http://www.gcca.net/art-pics/cichlid-pr ... CzbT3i9LCQ

 

[DMD123]

Getting back to big hrp's I saw a post on MFK about cons specifically but one of the members there posted a pic of a 5" hrp that he had lost. Post# 329 & 338

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forum ... vict/page9

 

[Madness]

That is what I am finding out. The Luecistic HRP males tend to grow much larger than the other regular HRP males. Some have seen/owned them as large as 5-6". I wonder why this is, maybe the luecistic is a different fish and not just a different colored HRP.

 

[Knutsen1122]

That is what I am finding out. The Luecistic HRP males tend to grow much larger than the other regular HRP males. Some have seen/owned them as large as 5-6". I wonder why this is, maybe the luecistic is a different fish and not just a different colored HRP.

Wouldn't that be something. I noticed the same thing. All the really large ones are luecistic.

 

[lloyd378]

What's the difference between a leustic hrp and a leustic convict? Visually they are too similar for me to differentiate

Hey Lloyd! Check this out it tells a little about the difference.

http://www.gcca.net/art-pics/cichlid-pr ... CzbT3i9LCQ

Thanks Colin for the link. I already understood most of the differences between hrp and convicts, but I'm still fuzzy on the leustic ones. They look one and the same to me. This makes me agree with madness' thought of them being the same fish ( which would explain why they both grow to the same size)

 

[Knutsen1122]

Getting back to big hrp's I saw a post on MFK about cons specifically but one of the members there posted a pic of a 5" hrp that he had lost. Post# 329 & 338

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forum ... vict/page9

That's impressive for a non leucistic red point. In the next week or so they will be moving into a new tank and I will try and snap a shot with a true measurement.

 

[lloyd378]

Just a thought, when I was trying to gauge growth on my male umbee, I drew a 12" ruler with marks on the front of my tank with a whiteboard marker. As he swam by, I was able to make pretty accurate measurements of him

 

[Knutsen1122]

Just a thought, when I was trying to gauge growth on my male umbee, I drew a 12" ruler with marks on the front of my tank with a whiteboard marker. As he swam by, I was able to make pretty accurate measurements of him

That's a great idea! Doing it tonight

 

[ShortyKiloGyrl]

Just a thought, when I was trying to gauge growth on my male umbee, I drew a 12" ruler with marks on the front of my tank with a whiteboard marker. As he swam by, I was able to make pretty accurate measurements of him

Awesome idea, that's going on my tank!