Has anyone here kept them?getting mixed input about their growth rate.. What are people's experience with this?
maskaheros argentea
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My alpha male grew quickly, from 2.5" to 10"-12" in a little over a year, while the others only made it to about 7" before he killed them off.
There were about 10 juries to start with from Don Conkel, put in a 150 gal tank with a 50gal sump. I normally do every other day 30% water changes, which I consider the most important factor in the growth rate.
This was back in the mid 90s.
I then got another pair, around 2005 which grew much slower, but were in a tank where water changes were much less regular.
The male killed the female soon after they spawned.
In my experience, they don't do well with other cichlids, or any other high bodied (especially silver colored) fish, unless in a tank of 300 gallons or more. If in a smaller space, smaller none cichlids such as live bearers would make better tank mates, which they seem to ignore.
There were about 10 juries to start with from Don Conkel, put in a 150 gal tank with a 50gal sump. I normally do every other day 30% water changes, which I consider the most important factor in the growth rate.
This was back in the mid 90s.
I then got another pair, around 2005 which grew much slower, but were in a tank where water changes were much less regular.
The male killed the female soon after they spawned.
In my experience, they don't do well with other cichlids, or any other high bodied (especially silver colored) fish, unless in a tank of 300 gallons or more. If in a smaller space, smaller none cichlids such as live bearers would make better tank mates, which they seem to ignore.
I have 2 in a 540 Gallon tank. Mine grew VERY slow, they're 2-3 years and 8-10 inches. Not real thick, yet. They just don't really look like adult CA cichlids yet--hard to explain. I have an article Rapps sent me when I emailed him about Argentea that said Argentea take 3 years to become sexually mature.
