pic of my nicaraguensis

[andruboz]

these are the boys. the one in the back is dominant. the bite on the tail on the one in front was from another fish in another tank.

i'd post a pic of the new female but she's been on lfs food and isnt nearly as colorful as some you guys have posted. she'll look much better after 2 or 3 weeks of blood worms, shrimp and better flakes.

 

[Gordeez]

Nice.
Are those the ones from Darbs?

 

[andruboz]

yup. have you seen the big blackbelt they took in on trade? its in a cube tank by the catfish. pretty nice fish.
they also had 2 HUGE oscars in the 240g the last time i was there.

 

[Marcus]

Too bad their both males. Females are actually the prettier of the sexes when it comes to Nics.

 

[AikidoGuy]

heres one of my females. This pic was taken a while ago she double this size and has twice as nice coloring then at the time of the pic. A female Nic in full bloom can compete with some saltywater fish as far as color goes!

 

[dcallen]

Wow, great looking fish. Thanks for the pics.

 

[Tightdog1]

congrats to you all on the nice pics, keep up the good fish keeping.

 

[Lila]

Those are great pics. I have one myself. He was the only one at the store, so I bought him. But, now, I'm wondering if it's actually a female.

Great pics!

 

[Marcus]

Look at the fins. Males will have heavy spotting in their unpaired fins. Female's fins stay pretty much clear.

 

[andruboz]

a little update. even lfs's make mistakes now and then..

i traded in a male to get a female and the lfs lady without thinking about it told her partner to throw it in a tank with another male and female of similar size. the established male thrashed him to extinction over night. i felt so bad i was going to give the store credit back but she said it wasnt my fault, and not to worry about it. i used the store credit to pick up a firemouth. hopefully i got a male this time.

so far ive seen my nics do a little chasing but no serious attacking. but then i have them in a 55 and she had them in a 15.