American cichlids only

Must agree. Zonatus have been my best large american cichlids

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@top dog.... thanks and looking forward to the pics..
will also take pics of the rest of the gang and upload....

 

a few picks of fishy my 14 year old midas who is still around and still my favorite fish despite the fact he has bitten me at least 10 times.
he is very chilled these days and lives in a community tank with 7 of his grandsons and great grandsons


some new arrivals
got a umbee a few months back that was really beaten up and should not have taken him home, but sadly emotion won over sense and he did not make it. The store who imported him imported these two guys to make up for ill fated first imported
meet fred and ted
ted

fred

ted

they still young around 20cm so babies buy umbees standards will each be going into there own 5 foot tanks once they have some size, pretty sure they going to be real monsters once they pack on some size and get comfortable

thanks for looking Mark

 

looking good as always @top dog.... the umbees are real nice, was offered one about 4 months ago but decided to give it a skip.......

 

Yew @top dog .. That Midas is huge!!!
Beautiful... awesome to have them for so long....

@Cesar... Hahha he would probably put Snoopy in his place!!

The Umbees are looking stunning.. Nice to hear they doing well.

Think you guys need to bump this thread alive more often .... Its amazing to see some of these monsters

 

@MariaS... don't know about putting snoopy in he's place, but I would definitely come home to one dead fish....

 

would have to agree there, thou most full on predatory cichlids only come into there own from 25cm plus, find them quite shy and sneaky till then. Probably evolution telling them to mind there manners as there parents are around and hungry. Unlike omnivores types that angry from 10cm plus.
Small midas will bully and control small dovii till the dovii puts on some size but dovii will eat anything that it can overpower from fry sized but will back away from fights. recon jags and umbee full into same category as dovii and once they hit adult size can not be kept with anything you not prepared to loose at some point including females of same species.

 

Interesting the different behaviour patterns as they develop..

I was just teasing @Cesar... he scolds and moans at Snoopy every night!!

 

have to agree top dog... they certainly do change a lot as they grow

Lol @MariaS that I know.......

 

Nice. I have a question I've never found proper answer too. What is the difference between midas and red devil?

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short brief answer same family different species
both members of amphilophus genus made up of 23 odd species sadly in sa we do not see the rest
as a guide midas thicker body more rounded shape and more depth shape of a rugby ball with far more U shaped mouth and flat ( curve to head
red devil thinner more stream lined shape of body more american football V ball shaped mouth and > shaped head

in the hobby most fish you see are called MiDevils as they are cross bred with no reference to where or what original parents where. these hybrids are still dam cool.
true midas i have from wild caught stock out of pta zoo, unless i import my self from USA based supplier would not trust fish store labels

 

Thank you @top dog. Makes sense now

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