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Classifieds => Want to Buy/Trade => Topic started by: NsweAandeguk on July 15, 2013, 03:27:12 AM

Title: looking for a pair of Amphilophus festae
Post by: NsweAandeguk on July 15, 2013, 03:27:12 AM
  Yep. Looking for a pair of Red Terrors if I can get them at a price I can afford.
Title: Re: looking for a pair of Amphilophus festae
Post by: Regalblue on July 15, 2013, 11:50:21 AM
IMO your best bet is to buy 6-10 juvenile & grow them out.  That way they can get the best pair bond possible. 
Festae already don't get very strong pair bonds & moving an adult pair to another home is most likely going to end in one getting killed.

Title: Re: looking for a pair of Amphilophus festae
Post by: RichE on July 15, 2013, 05:14:41 PM
Where is a good Place to find juvie's?
Title: Re: looking for a pair of Amphilophus festae
Post by: linuxrulesusa on July 15, 2013, 05:18:10 PM
Where is a good Place to find juvie's?

Several group orders from Rapps and others over the past few months have included festaes...probably your best bet to get good quality and a large group.  They are sometimes in LFS but hard to gauge quality and/or get a large enough group.  Maybe Fins can special order them, or one of the LFS by you?  Worth asking probably.
Title: Re: looking for a pair of Amphilophus festae
Post by: NsweAandeguk on July 15, 2013, 09:38:27 PM
I can;t afford a large group, I am on forced disabiliyt and would love a large group but can only afford a small group, Unless someone has some Cheap!
Title: Re: looking for a pair of Amphilophus festae
Post by: merritt on July 20, 2013, 09:36:01 PM
I bought ten f0 1.5 beauties from cichlidluvr Dan this past winter. I lost two in the first month before i could relocate them. I moved them to a 135 gallon and i have 3 females and one male in which i hope to develop a bond. I'm also  waiting on three more to mature and one runt. My experience is they grow slow and live hard. I should have some surplus fish if i get a bond soon.  I can't promise anything but I'd be glad to hook youup. I'll post when  i know more. I also agree with everything i've read