cool, thanks for your input. they are extremely hard to find around here so i bought a group of 20. i will keep some and then trade some to local fish stores to spread the wealth. i can't wait to get these.
hey_wood1981
I cant thank you enough for posting this thred, I didnt want to buy the 20 you were looking at but i contacted the seller and got 6 for myself, i live a couple hours away from the seller so shipping wasnt bad. I have been looking for Rotkeils around here for a LONG time and have been unsuccesful. Im very excited to get mine. It was a great deal, especially for F1 fry!
Thanks again, keep us posted with pics when you get them!
nathan, those are amazing looking rotkeils! i wish i had known about the swap in des moines. i'll just cross my fingers and hope mine turn out even some what as close as nice as yours.
Ooh a chance to post Rotkeil pics, hahahahahahaaa!
Clicky!
You have just bought yourself the coolest fish, ever, in my opinion of course .
Different headshape on your US ones, Gerry included, those are all F1s right, I know mine is WC but it's interesting that the breeders and Gerry's (and now yours) have a more "triangular" pointed snout. I wonder what the collection point is.
Very nice fish anyway, they should grow up to be stunners. Welcome to the Rottie club.... :thumb:
They were originally kept with a group of 7 adult Hecklii who decimated every one of their 8-9 spawns. The rotties are not the best parents, though. They gave up guarding their fry for pellets. :?
I sold the Hecklii and the sevs went through a divorce, lol. They're in a tank together but not getting along at the moment.
blairo1, those are very nice severums. It makes me miss my greens very much. I contemplated getting some last year for my 150g but ended up going with Mesonauta and Uaru fernandezyepezi instead. How many of the Rotkeils do you have?
Gerry, you sound surprised! :lol: I may only have one but I can tell you right now that food comes above all else, far above all else.... They're pigs for pellets and you really have to watch that, mine would eat me out of house and home if I'd let him...
As for sexing - venting is best bet, after that the "squiggles" on the opercular - ie males generally have them, or a lot more of them, whereas females tend to be lacking such extensive markings. Gerry's photos show this really well (the second pic of the post he linked you to). Also females are slighter in physique than males.
blairo1, your rottie looks quite handsome in that 3rd pic! mine are scheduled for delivery tomorrow. i need to get a new cable to hook up my camera to my computer to get pics up.
blairo1, what's your opinion on pineapple severums?
As for the pineapples, those aren't sevs IMO, they don't resemble any Heros I've ever seen. They look more like a Caquetaia or something similar - at least in that threads pics. You have one right? Can you take a few pics of it when you sort your cable out, I'd be interested in seeing some decent pics of them.
So whats the deal? you should have them by now! Where are the pics?!? :lol:
Seriously tho, let me know how they are, I have never dealt with shipping fish and mine are coming monday or tuesday.
Hope they all arrived in good condition and are doing well in your tank.
i don't think the pineapples are severums either. i'll take some pictures when i eventually get a cable.
as for the shipping, they all arrived alive! all 26 of them. i slowly acclimated them and they all are doing fine. i'm not sure when i'll get the camera cable. my car is taking a lot of my spending money right now. new timing belt, water pump, serp. belts, blah blah blah. i will see if i can borrow a friends just to get something up.
cool, thanks for your input nathan. did your rottie's look like mine when they were small?
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