Hi there I'm pretty new to fish keeping and new to Cichlas as well, I bought some farm bred Kelberis [I live in Taiwan] around 4 inches long, they were like swimming mouths, I don't think the LFS ever fed them - anyways they just never stopped eating, I have never known any animal grow so quick, flesh out and get colour, they've grown a cpuple of inches in a month but are slowing down now, and I get the impression this is pretty normal. I worry about parasites from all the goldfish they've eaten and though they will mess with pellets a bit these fish are piscovores and I believe tha's waht they should be fed. I also have 2 small Piquitos and 2 unidentified fingerlings that could be pretty much anything at the size they are - 2 inches. The vendor told me they were Intermedia but I don't believe him for a moment. It is interesting out here because fish hydridisation [the home of the 'red parrot' is big business and one shop is selling a Monoculus/Kelberi cross, I bought one out of interest to see how he turns out. If I was starting again I would have waited longer and got some wild caught Kelberi, about 300 USD a fish out here! but I reckon any well cared for fish looks beautiful so I'm enjoying what I've got for the time being.