fishguts Posted August 16, 2008 Share Posted August 16, 2008 just wondering if anyone had kept these beauties... i found some for sale and i need to know a bit about em.. they are very healthy juvies, if not a bit dear, but beautiful just the same... what are their requirements, you know, tank size,ph and that stuff.....im a pretty staunch south and central american fan but im thinking of making an exception for these guys... can you blokes help me to make my decission.... thanks Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PsyCro Posted August 16, 2008 Share Posted August 16, 2008 just wondering if anyone had kept these beauties... i found some for sale and i need to know a bit about em.. they are very healthy juvies, if not a bit dear, but beautiful just the same... what are their requirements, you know, tank size,ph and that stuff.....im a pretty staunch south and central american fan but im thinking of making an exception for these guys... can you blokes help me to make my decission.... thanks Jeff Very nice fish,the king of lake Tanganyika.They will require a tank of no less the 10ft & no less then 1000 litres,females have around 5,000-12,000 eggs per spawn when fully matured.I'm not sure on temp,ph,gh or kh but i'm sure that if you stick to 26-27C,ph of around 8.5 you will be right.Gh & kh in my Tang tanks are gh 10 kh 18.Hope this helps Jeff.cheers Tomi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishguts Posted August 17, 2008 Author Share Posted August 17, 2008 thanks mate, ive got a 8x2x2 and 10 peacock bass that im grooming to go in there, but they love it a little closer to neutral...shame really can you imagine feeding time if they were all about 18 inches long....watch your fingers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smallfish Posted October 5, 2008 Share Posted October 5, 2008 just wondering if anyone had kept these beauties... i found some for sale and i need to know a bit about em.. they are very healthy juvies, if not a bit dear, but beautiful just the same... what are their requirements, you know, tank size,ph and that stuff.....im a pretty staunch south and central american fan but im thinking of making an exception for these guys... can you blokes help me to make my decission.... thanks Jeff hi, do you know any website that I can get a picture of these fish? thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omniphile Posted October 5, 2008 Share Posted October 5, 2008 hi, do you know any website that I can get a picture of these fish? thanks Try clicking here Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smallfish Posted October 6, 2008 Share Posted October 6, 2008 hi, do you know any website that I can get a picture of these fish? thanks Try clicking here Cheers thanks, they surely need big tank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sean Posted October 19, 2008 Share Posted October 19, 2008 always wanted a emporer cichlid "there beasts" good luck mate , if you get one i hope all goes well be sure to snap heaps of jealousy photos for me cheers sean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcloughlin2 Posted October 19, 2008 Share Posted October 19, 2008 I as considering getting some of these not too long ago. I found the best source of information for these guys was members experiances on the monster fish forum. Heaps of information on there about everything. A thing that all the members who have kept these guy before put a strong emphasis on is they are very aggressive once they get over about 6". Attempts at keeping them with peacock bass usually results in the faster growing emperor cichlid killing the PB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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