Emperor cichlid

rmkblades

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I made an impulse buy today...only thing I know about this fish is that it gets big and can beat up a turtle...
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[video=youtube;lo4KcsBN--A]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lo4KcsBN--A&feature=share&list=PLynM2nBaDGRKyZFJTIgbbRGwUDAn t0wCz&index=2[/video]

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Oh yeah,that's some awesome footage in that doc...I had an Emperor a few years ago,I raised it on pellets and it grew to almost two feet before it died.
 

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Supposedly they are the largest growing cichlids...2 ft is pretty large, how old was yours, did it die of old age
 

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Yeah and they can grow bigger than that..close to three feet.Mine probably would have grown bigger if I'd had it in a bigger tank.I had it for quite a few years,at least five and it was two or three inches when I first got it.
 

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I made an impulse buy today...only thing I know about this fish is that it gets big and can beat up a turtle...
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[video=youtube;lo4KcsBN--A]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lo4KcsBN--A&feature=share&list=PLynM2nBaDGRKyZFJTIgbbRGwUDAn t0wCz&index=2[/video]
Holy $hit bro. Predator much :)
 
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