Randy......thanks for the report. Try this on for size..........the "Emerald Alen." you mentioned.....they might be A. sp 'Smaraged'...."Smaraged"...is an indian...(south american)word for emerald........for some photo's of a spawn of this fish go: http://www.geocities.com/heartland/plains/7918 then go to the proper 'hit'............what do you think? Those are my fish and my pictures.....(they are about to spawn again right now)......the color is a little dark. Mike