Amatitlania Siquia 'Rio Cabuyo Nicoya' Breeding Pair
10/20/2012: This is a breeding Amatitlania Siquia 'Rio Cabayo Nicoya' pair I obtained. I obtained this pair from a gentleman in Chicago named Scott. The male is a wild caught male, originally collected from a UCLA researcher named Terence Lee from the Rio Cabuyo in Costa Rica which is a part of the Nicoya peninsula. The convicts and other fish found in the Nicoya Peninsula are considered different from others found in Costa Rica. There is a mountain range that separates it from the mainlaind. All the convicts the reseachers found, possesed the yellow coloration when compared to other convicts.
Information about the pair:
http://www.gcca.net/forumindex/3-central-american-cichlids/30085-amatitliana-siquia
Sam Borstein's website:
http://www.borstein.info/profiles/central/archsiquia.html
Information about the pair:
http://www.gcca.net/forumindex/3-central-american-cichlids/30085-amatitliana-siquia
Sam Borstein's website:
http://www.borstein.info/profiles/central/archsiquia.html
Wild Male F1 Female (Daughter to Wild Male)
The pictures with the wild male and female in the tank with the blue background are from Scott from Chicago. He gave me permission to use the photos below here on my page. These pictures were taken in 2011. Fish originally came from Sam Borstein.
The Day They Arrived...Acclimation
10/20/2012: My sister in law's friend lives in near Chicago and was able to transport the fish for me. He picked up the fish from Scott around 9pm. My sister in law's friend arrived to the Twin Cities around 3:30am. I picked up the fish and acclimated them in their tanks.
Wild Male and F1 Female Breeding Pair
10/30/2012: 1st batch!!!!! This is my first batch from the Wild Male and F1 female since my possesion of the pair. Very excited! Pair was in a place that was impossible to take a good picture. Fry were on the other side of the rock.
Below are short video clips of the pair with fry I took with my iPhone:
http://youtu.be/XjqnEMHm3TQ
http://youtu.be/ZQoHjD_FDXA
http://youtu.be/UXHU4mtLFAU
11/27/2012: Added a new picture of the old male. His yellows are amazing.
Below are short video clips of the pair with fry I took with my iPhone:
http://youtu.be/XjqnEMHm3TQ
http://youtu.be/ZQoHjD_FDXA
http://youtu.be/UXHU4mtLFAU
11/27/2012: Added a new picture of the old male. His yellows are amazing.
Breeding Pair # 1
10/30/2012: This is my first batch from my F1 pair. This male looks amazing! Thick and tall-bodied. If you look carefully, you can see some fry on the bottom of the pair in the gravel. This is a sibling pair from the Wild Male and the F1 female.
A video clip I took from my iPhone:
http://youtu.be/ek0uHtBV66k
A video clip I took from my iPhone:
http://youtu.be/ek0uHtBV66k
Male Rio Cabuyo
11/27/2012: This male is quickly becoming one of my favorites. Very stocky and currently breeding with two females.