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fishman76092
04-03-2008, 09:34 PM
Keller Farms finally got in some Flameback Bleeding Hearts-picked up 30 today to put in with my Retroculus. Not a whole lot gets me excited in the hobby anymore....except picking up new species that Ive never kept.

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://farm1.static.flickr.com/53/190786240_7255af21d3.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.flickr.com/photos/sakichin/190786240/&h=333&w=500&sz=125&hl=en&start=9&um=1&tbnid=OpOFzWJE0VwNRM:&tbnh=87&tbnw=130&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dhyphessobrycon%2Bpyrrhonotus%26um%3D1 %26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN
tsunderl
04-03-2008, 09:48 PM
Wow! Very pretty!
lellison
04-03-2008, 11:40 PM
wow! those are nice! Congrats on the new pick up!
EAST_TX_RN
04-04-2008, 12:03 AM
I believe those are the nicest dithers I have seen! Thanks for posting!
ElijahTurtle
04-04-2008, 05:04 AM
Ohhh I like those. Are you Retroculus shy or inactive? I don't know much about them.
supersmirky
04-04-2008, 08:19 AM
Very nice! Never seen those before. HOw much were they going for?
AndrewH
04-04-2008, 08:24 AM
Very interesting. I've seen, and considered keeping, the normal bleeding heart tetras, but have never seen the Flamebacks before.

Is the red on top a simple color variation, or is it a different species all together?
dcacjc
04-04-2008, 08:24 AM
I agree its really nice to see something unusual!
lellison
04-04-2008, 02:26 PM
Is the red on top a simple color variation, or is it a different species all together?

I was wondering that as well
fishman76092
04-05-2008, 03:44 PM
Ohhh I like those. Are you Retroculus shy or inactive? I don't know much about them.


The retros are somewhat skittish when movement is spotted outside of the tank-thus why I wanted to let them feel more at home. Now that Ive added these, they are very active and not skittish at all.

As for whether they are a new species, etc--yes. They were discovered in 1993 and are rarely imported. There are three types of "Bleeding Hearts': The common one-H. erythrostigma, The one with no color-H. socolofi, and this one-H. pyrrhonotus.

Keller Farms has another 60 or so up there at $2.99ea. He gave me a deal since I bought a bunch. Very cool fish. I recommend it for any community tetra tank.

And..they really do look like the photo.
lellison
04-07-2008, 11:23 AM
awesome. I wish Keller Farms was closer to me. haha. Gorgeous fish though!