Retroculus Lapidifer, anyone has care info & how to sex them ? - Page 2

28-09-2007, 09:06 PM

Wow, thanks for the stunning pictures

must be quite a big specimen

sheng · 28-09-2007, 09:14 PM

this site did mention some thing on male :
http://filaman.ifm-geomar.de/Summary...TOKEN=76801976

"In adults, males are larger, with extended dorsal, anal and pelvic fins"

May be this is a male :

Some interesting site :
http://www.elisanet.fi/katajisto/lapidifer_article2.htm

Can u PM me their price?
thanks

Freshman · 28-09-2007, 09:19 PM

wow! beauty!!

http://www.cichlid-forum.com/profile...ies.php?id=488

28-09-2007, 09:24 PM

Haha, glad you got them....quite rare in the market.
I was hunting high & low for them at one time.

sheng · 28-09-2007, 09:25 PM

Nice fish indeed

**amiidae** · 28-09-2007, 09:53 PM

WOW !!

Thanks for all the input and info.

Like Peter had mentioned, they are pretty rare in the trade. It used to cost abt USD60 each sometime back but cost abt half at the moment. so it is quite a steal.

28-09-2007, 10:14 PM

There was an article about a Dutchman who bred them....probably quite a feat. It will be quite an accomplishment if you can breed them.

I think his article is in the Eartheater forum.

frontosa · 28-09-2007, 10:34 PM

Wow nice fish indeed...I have never seen one, not even heard of them....before this. C328 you say?

28-09-2007, 10:50 PM

Hahaha, looks like you are going to own a pair too!

frontosa · 29-09-2007, 12:04 AM

Probably not...though am most tempted...would be a great fit for my Eartheater community. Pity I am now actually thinking of clearing some if not all the EEs....to make way for aros

Got bitten by the aro bug liao....now have a RTG swimming in the EE tank...heh heh...so not sure how much longer the EEs can last....will see how it goes....

But man, this is one great looking Eartheater!

28-09-2007, 09:14 PM	#12
sheng Dragon Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 2,198	this site did mention some thing on male : http://filaman.ifm-geomar.de/Summary...TOKEN=76801976 "In adults, males are larger, with extended dorsal, anal and pelvic fins" May be this is a male : Some interesting site : http://www.elisanet.fi/katajisto/lapidifer_article2.htm Can u PM me their price? thanks Last edited by sheng; 28-09-2007 at 09:21 PM.

28-09-2007, 09:53 PM	#16
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28-09-2007, 09:06 PM	#11
Mira Guest Posts: n/a	Wow, thanks for the stunning pictures must be quite a big specimen

28-09-2007, 09:19 PM	#13
Freshman Dragon Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 2,443	wow! beauty!! http://www.cichlid-forum.com/profile...ies.php?id=488

28-09-2007, 09:24 PM	#14
Spakase Guest Posts: n/a	Haha, glad you got them....quite rare in the market. I was hunting high & low for them at one time.

28-09-2007, 09:25 PM	#15
sheng Dragon Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 2,198	Nice fish indeed

28-09-2007, 10:14 PM	#17
Spakase Guest Posts: n/a	There was an article about a Dutchman who bred them....probably quite a feat. It will be quite an accomplishment if you can breed them. I think his article is in the Eartheater forum.

28-09-2007, 10:34 PM	#18
frontosa Dragon Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 2,873	Wow nice fish indeed...I have never seen one, not even heard of them....before this. C328 you say?

28-09-2007, 10:50 PM	#19
Spakase Guest Posts: n/a	Hahaha, looks like you are going to own a pair too!

29-09-2007, 12:04 AM	#20
frontosa Dragon Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 2,873	Probably not...though am most tempted...would be a great fit for my Eartheater community. Pity I am now actually thinking of clearing some if not all the EEs....to make way for aros Got bitten by the aro bug liao....now have a RTG swimming in the EE tank...heh heh...so not sure how much longer the EEs can last....will see how it goes.... But man, this is one great looking Eartheater!

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