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Interesting! I wonder if as a species they are more receptive to protein when they are trying to grow to a point that they are no longer easy prey in the wild? It's cool that even with a full on vegetarian diet that he has gotten that thick! Do you ever feed Charlie aquatic plants or just...

Thanks, looking forward to seeing updates as he grows! How big of a tank is he in?

That is some awesome growth in just 3 years! What has her diet been like? Does she seem to have slowed significantly in her length growth but gotten thicker? How "wide" would you say that she is?

Beautiful! How long did it take for it to get that big? How long and heavy would you estimate it to be? Thanks!

Awesome! Is "he" starting to get some reddish color or is that just the lighting? How big is it?

Does anyone know who sells juveniles? Beautiful fish!

Does anyone know how to contact the OP?

I know nothing of this species but knowing cichlids in general if both are big enough to breed I would say that the top one is a male and the bottom one a female.

Possibly, depending on whether you have mixed sexes or not. Females can also have pink on the throat, just not as much as the males IIRC. The dominant male will get very colorful.

It depends on if they are stunted or not and what subspecies they might be. If they are stunted that might be big enough, if not probably around 6-8" or so. There are no signs of breeding coloration on the fish that you posted above. The males throat and belly will turn red/pink, the top of the...

Yes they are predatory to smaller fish.

How about a pic to help us out a bit? ;)

That's right, IIRC he brought fish back from South America not Malawi, I should talk to him about it. Thanks!

Thanks, I was looking at possibly bringing in captive bred specimens so I'd still need to talk to the Fish and Wildlife guys to make sure that all is fine with them.

I'm not talking that you got them from a dealer/distributor in the US, but literally having them shipped to you from Africa to the US? I'm wondering what this might entail and what kind of price would be associated with doing this?

I believe that is the case when the fish are juveniles.

One thing about Tilapia is the Tilapia spot on the dorsal fin.

The mbuna have picked those rocks clean! It must be surreal seeing all of these fish in their natural habitat.

Nope, no such luck from me. I sent the OP of the Spilurus thread an email, I'm hoping that he responds but he hasn't been active here in months.

Nice. What kind of Pleco's did you bring back?