32 species of Victorian basin fish arrive in the US

[teknikAL]

I believe Claudia has been in touch with the organizers of this shipment.

I happy to post that the following species have arrived in the US. The fish range in size from fry to 4". Within the next few months expect to see some fry for sale as the colonies become acclimated with their curators. The fish were shipped from Germany (after a Volcano delay) by Marco Welss. Special thanks to Axel, Thomas, Albin, Arne, Jorg, and anyone I may have forgot from Cichlidenwelt IgV conservation group in Europe. It is through their mighty efforts along with Dr. Seehausen and many curators throughout Europe (shout out to haplochromis.org for their conservation efforts as well), that these species are even available.
More details can be found at Cichlids of Victoria (http://www.cichlidsofvictoria.com/) as they become available.

Astatoreochromis alluaudi
Astatotilapia nubilus
Enterochromis cf.paropius (Haplochromis Sp "broken bar" )
Haplochromis Kenyan gold
Haplochromis Red Back Scraper
Haplochromis Blue Obliquidens
Haplochromis thereuterion
Labrochromis ishmaeli
Lipochromis melantperus
Lipochromis Matumbi hunter
Lithochromis Rubripinnis (Hap Sp "blue Pseudonigricans" )
Lithochromis xanthopteryx
Mbipia lutea Makobe
Neochromis omnicaeruleus MAKOBE
Neochromis rufocaudalis Saa Nane Island
Neochromis nigricans
Neochromis omnicaeruleus RUTI
Neochromis sp. "Bihiru scraper"
Paralabidochromis chilotes RUTI
Paralabidochromis chilotes Zue Island
Paralabidochromis sp. "rockkribensis" Makobe Island
Pyxichromis orthostoma
Pundamilia azurea RUTI
Pundamilia macrocephala
Pundamilia nyererei Kissenda Island
Pundamilia nyererei Makobe
Pundamilia nyererei Senga
Pundamilia pundamilia Senga
Pundamilia spec. Red Flank
Platytaeniodus degeni*
Ptyochromis Red Rock Sheller
Yssichromis pyrrhocephalus
Yssichromis piceatus

[dreday]

woot woot

[Claudia]

Congratulations on the safe arrival of this impressive collection of conservation priority species, Allen!

We certainly look forward to hearing of their progress.

Thank you and Cichlids of Victoria so much for your many efforts with this project!

All my Best,
Claudia

[teknikAL]

Not to forget anyone, a very big thank you to the administrators at Cichlids of Victoria for taking on the responsability of organizing, receiving, and distributing the rare fish.
Thank you Allen, Big Jim and tr6.

[Clifton]

All we have to do now is get all these fish to their new keepers. We had a small amount of DOA's, but that was expected with a shipment this large. We are going to let them rest for a week or two before shipping them out to their new homes.

[Allen]

Hello!

I have completed the video!

Thank you for the kind words. This project has been fruitful, very trying at times but fruitful all the same. I see TeknikAL beat me to posting the list ;)

Here are the videos of the actual fish the only species not doing so well right now is the Neochromis sp. "Bihiru scraper". We are currently sitting at 3 alive and 1 is very dark appearing to still feel stressed.
Video Part I
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Video Part II
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You can find more information at http://cichlidsofvictoria.com

Allen Casselman
http://cichlidsofvictoria.com
http://frontosa.com

[DogFish]

Nice collection of Vic's I think it the most I've seen in one place. No wonder dre was wooten.:)

[Allen]

And I did not video the vic's I already had there ;)

Currently there are about 40+ different species/collection points of vic in my place.

[tr6]

And the 4 at my place!!!

Haplochromis thereuterion
Neochromis omnicaeruleus Makobe
Paralabidochromis chilotes Ruti
and Haplochromis sp. Flourescent Pink Piebalds

[Clifton]

Some pictures of the fish we brought in.

Pundamilia nyererei Senga Island
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t35/J_J_Cichlids/100_0202.jpg

Pundamilia spec. Red Flank
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t35/J_J_Cichlids/100_0210.jpg

Neochromis rufocaudalis Saa Nane
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t35/J_J_Cichlids/100_0226.jpg
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t35/J_J_Cichlids/100_0225.jpg

Paralabidochromis sauvagei Makobe
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t35/J_J_Cichlids/100_0211.jpg
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t35/J_J_Cichlids/100_0209.jpg

Labrochromis ishmaeli
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t35/J_J_Cichlids/100_0229.jpg

[Clifton]

We have only one more box to ship out, and we will be done. With only 3 DOA's on all the other shipment, I would say this has been a great success. :D

[deadman]

from the ivg i recieved the pundamilia sp. red flank they have spawned three times.
http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd236/fulu-1/new%20cam/IMG_4699.jpg
http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd236/fulu-1/new%20cam/IMG_4734.jpg
i also recieved the yssichromis piceatus begining to show sighn of soon breeding.
http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd236/fulu-1/new%20cam/IMG_4672.jpg
http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd236/fulu-1/new%20cam/IMG_4645.jpg

[tr6]

Paralabidochromis chilotes Ruti Alpha male
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y51/tirzo13/101.jpg



Paralabidochromis chilotes Ruti Alpha male and female
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y51/tirzo13/166.jpg



Paralabidochromis chilotes Ruti holding female
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y51/tirzo13/096.jpg



Paralabidochromis chilotes Ruti beta male
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y51/tirzo13/150.jpg


Neochromis omnicaeruleus Makobe
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y51/tirzo13/102.jpg


Haplochromis thereuterion
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y51/tirzo13/009.jpg

[staples2485]

I see you guys got some Lithochromis Xanthopterxy in and i was wondering whoever got them? I have a trio left getting older and I burned myself sold the last fry and im afraid i might not get another spawn and i dont want to loose my line of the spieces the male is getting really bad!!!

[aquacichlids]

Are some of these species available now ? I would be interested in a few groups.

[teknikAL]

If you poke around Cichlids of Victoria, there are some lists with the owners who are members of that site. The site principles organized the buy, so the people who got the fish are pretty much all members of that site.
I have had some luck with my P. chilotes Zue Island. but I already started a list....

[aquacichlids]

Thank You
I will definatelt check it out

[Vaudeville]

Just joined their site but either it is down or something
I would love to grab some of these puppies.
I have been wanting to help with some of these rarer types with my little buddy but I can't get a call back from our CARES group

[Narwhal72]

Victorians really aren't my cup of tea but I must admit they are some nice looking fish. Good luck to everyone participating in the program and I hope to see a lot of these fish in next years BAP program!

Andy

[tr6]

Are some of these species available now ? I would be interested in a few groups.

Most of the fish that came were fry, when we unpacked them Im pretty sure that I got the only near adults.
Many people are having spawns now. So go to COV and contact the members that have the species you are interested in.

[tr6]

Just joined their site but either it is down or something
I would love to grab some of these puppies.
I have been wanting to help with some of these rarer types with my little buddy but I can't get a call back from our CARES group

Im an admin at COV and Im there daily, there should not be any problems.
What kind of issues are you experiencing?

[Narwhal72]

I get an error message when I try to go to the site through the link in this thread. Also when I just type in the web address.

Andy

[Vaudeville]

I was able to join up
I activated my account and all I got was error error error

[Vaudeville]

Again same with me Andy

[paddysdaddy]

Ditto here, Andy.

[teknikAL]

I am sorry for them...

[tr6]

Try deleting your cookies. Still not sure what is going on.
The board software was changed, and some are having problem errors.
I never have no matter what computer i use.

[DogFish]

Try this link:

http://cichlidsofvictoria.com/viewforum.php?f=33

Link to home is DOWN, dose not work the Website has problems. This web site is a a very good site when working properly, lots of information on Victorian cichlids, Hopefully they can get the Website working soon.


I have been looking at site:
They have some major Spam on the site, could be cause of problems there having.

[Narwhal72]

I can reach it from home through that link. Maybe have to do with a Windows 7 issue? I am running Vista at home.

Andy

[Alan Rollings]

There are a few species on the list I would happily give tank space over to, however, by the time I get to US they will have been sold on. Such a shame.
Unless there is a cunning plan for a kind soul to house them for me until the latest ACA convention. ......

Alan

[Clifton]

We are working on the forum daily trying to fix the problems. The spam is the owners of the forums kids band. He is just promoting his kids band. This is not causing the problems on the forum

The agreement we had with the members involved in the shipment was to make sure eveyone got the species they wanted. So the first couple rounds of fry went to the members that were involved in the shipment. We are now seeing more of the fry being open up to the members of the forum. I have sent some fry to to a member of the ACA CARES already. As summer come around I can see more fry going out to the CARES program.

[teknikAL]

I should have more P chilotes Zue Island soon...
Have about 70 to 100 with 30 - 60 going out this week. Hard to tell how many we actually have, as we collect spawn, we grew them out with peacocks and such where space was available. As we sell the peacocks, groups of 15 to 20 sort of show up...
hehe a little disorganized with this exotic species among the commercial grow outs in the several hundred tanks and ponds at the hatchery.:rolleyes:

[tr6]

I don't think its a windows 7,xp or vista issue.
i have 3 notebooks running 3 different OS and 2 different desktops, i don't have any problems.
we are still trying to figure it out but we don't have answers from the software builders yet.
our other site works just fine.

[aquacichlids]

Had problems getting into site as well but worked around it.
The link dogfish posted works like a charm.
Looking forward to getting a few more species for my room

[thecichlidkid15]

Any Vic's for sale, I would love to add to my collection, please let me know, thanks!

[Clifton]

The forum is working better now. We are still working some bugs out. If we can't fix the problems we will change the forum to one that works.

[teknikAL]

I am shipping my first batch of 1" fish today Paralabidochromis chilotes Zue Island.
They are going to very dedicated breeders, and to the CARES program for distribution. I hope all goes well. In my experience, these fish are very hardy and should make the trip.
Thanks COV's Allen and Jim in the US and Axel, Marco, Albin and the Cichlidwelt IgV in der DE for the Herculean effort in putting together the shipment.

I think I will be BAPing them with HCCC as well. It has been their members' dedication to providing information & connections to international experts for cichlid fish from all hemispheres to the US.

Allen

[Claudia]

Many thanks to all who have been involved in this project.

How excellent to see a solid base stock of a good number of conservation priority species created in the tanks of hobbyists due to your diligence.

We so look forward to your continued progress!

All my Best,
Claudia

CARES
It is about fish and it is about people. Together, we are making a difference.
One person cannot save them all, but we can each save at least one.

[sheag35]

good to see some victorian keepers here too, thanks to one Mr Anton Lamboj who has a small conservation project ongoing here in Ireland, I have now a colony of F1 Pundamilia nyererei "Ruti Island" which are powering along and breeding regularly for a few of us here in Ireland, and better still i will be getting my hand soon on more F1 fish soon from the same project

[Troy]

...and to the CARES program for distribution...

Many thanks to Allen (teknikAL), a colony of Paralabidochromis chilotes 'Zue Island' are here in Iowa. I really like these fish. I will be breeding them long term and making them available to anyone interested in registering them with a CARES program (be it ACA CARES or another CARES club).

Allen selflessly brought these fish in to help preserve them in the hobby, as did some others of the COV group. Due to recent events that betrayed Allen's selflessness, I have decided that until these fish are well established in the US hobby with trusted breeders, I will ONLY distribute fry through a CARES program.

It will be some time before they are available but if you want, I'll put you on a list. Please contact me here through PM if you are an ACA CARES member. If your local club has a CARES program please see your CARES Support team to put in a request.

Thank you Allen, and the others at COV that brought in some species that were not yet available here in the US. I missed out on that shipment and to those COV guys who have traded/sold me fish, Thank you!


Peace,
~Troy

[smitty]

This is the kind of stories we like to hear. See what people can accomplish when they all share a common goal.

[Clark]

Much thanks to Kevin there is now a colony of 23 Astatareochromis Alluaudi here in Utah.


Clark