Beiträge von FranciscoB

Forgot the picture...

Hi Ramon,

I am glad you like them. I have been enjoying them very much.

Tank is a 125gal, somewhat planted. Tank mates are a weird assortment that came together in various unplanned manners: A single ~9-10 inch flagtail Prochilodus (S. cf. insignis), a long-nose angelfish (P. dumerillii, purchased as a single specimen left over at store), a single M. boesemanni rainbow (his mate died years ago), a pair of corys (C. aeneus), a single adult Congo tetra (P. interruptus, inherited), and 2 bushynose plecos. Coming in this weekend, after a month quarantine are 10 lemon tetras (H. puchripinnis). Picture of tank attached just for kicks.

Cheers!

Francisco

Thanks Foxi. I am certainly enjoying them very much.

Here is the picture of the 4 fish (couldn't attach it before...).

Cheers!

[I know old thread]

I feel sorry you did not get the fish you expected (H. gracilis). However, what you got are beautiful fish!

I had not read this [now old] thread prior to posting a new one earlier today (see recent posts).

I do not think these are H. gracilis that have lost their red tinge. In my experience, H. gracilis stays small (3-5 inches maximum). The fish I posted about this morning (picture attached here are over 6 inches].

D.oes anybody have H. gracilis as large as 6 inches? I would be surprized if that is the case....

accidentally added one picture twice. Here are the 4 fish...

One of my favorite fish, unfortunately not that frequently seen (in my neck of the woods). The one species seen somewhat commonly is the red tail Hemiodus (H. gracilis from Guyana/Brazil said to grow to ~6 inches but usually much smaller in aquaria. I don’t have any of those but will love to get some, and to see pictures of yours.
Below are what I think are single-spot Hemiodus (H. unimaculatus), from Venezuela/Guianas/Brazil, although another possibility (less likely) is that they are the Paraguay Hemiodus (H. orthonops). I have had hem for about 2 years and have grown from 2.5inch to presently ~6 inches.
The single spot mid-body becomes one with an on-off gray/black line connecting the spot with the fork of the tail, which is mood-dependent.
Beautiful, fast schooling swimmers (hard to photograph!), prompt to jump, and very aggressive eaters, yet gentle and well mannered, not eating smaller fish or picking on anybody. They eat everything offered although supposedly are primarily aufwuchs-eaters. A delight to have. My four fish may include 2 males and two females judging by the tinge of reddish on the tails of two of them, versus the silver/white tail of the other two.

Got any Hemiodus of any kind? Would you show them here?
Cheers!

Hi Markus,

Absolutely beautiful fish and tank, and superb photography.

When I saw the first picture of your Metynnis lippincotianus, I said to myself - Wait, my lippincotianus do not look like that ! - Not because of their mood (being at the moment in breeding coloration or not), but because they did not have the humeral spots (one black, one red, adjoining each other) as my own fish, and the majority of what I have seen as M. lippincotianus .

But then, you brought up the issue yourself, and posted pictures of your new ones (with the humeral spots), which look just like my fish. I believe 2 closely related species (or varieties) are in the hobby under M. lippincotianus, and the nomenclature has not quite caught up with that yet. The recent revision of the genus Metynnis (Otta 2015) does not have both forms.

Some of my fish (but not much of my 3 M. lippincotianus) can be seen on an earlier thread (Mixed Metynnis dollars ( 3 spp) DO NOT eat my plants)

I also have some M. maculatus, which are now about 20 years old, and a single male M. altidorsalis.

Thanks for sharing!

Thank you both. I certainly enjoy them. I need to get larger tanks!

Hi,

I have lurked in the past, never posted before. Hi to all.

75gal planted tank with 8 silver dollars (Metynnis spp.): 4 M. maculatus, 3 M. lippincotianus, Metynnis sp.

They do not eat my plants (3 different crypts, java far, others). All decorations in tank are natural. Only plants eating duckweed (see floating corral), placed there for this very purpose. They provide all kinds of plant based and animal based foods that I provide, just not my planted plants.

Go figure!