Thanks, what food would you suggest? Can you tell sex or is it to early? Their current separated in a 125 because of fighting.Picture 2 is a beauty. Dont stress at 3in no color. I've had some 6in no color then almost overnight they fire up. That's not the norm but happens. Dark nack ground and high protein diet can help but they need their greens also every once in a while. Lots water change. Many people over feed trimacs hoping to accelerate growth, color, spawning, etc and it can but also makes for weird adult shape, can shorten life and make lethargic at a young age. If you ever wanna sell pucture #2 lemme know, again its nice
Thanks for the advice.At first glance they both appear to be male but there is no telling for sure at this size. I get jumbo shrimp online from Foster & Smith a huge jug for approximately $35.
Thanks for the input. On the peas frozen , can (probably not) or fresh?I mix up their diet. I do not feed every day letting their intestines empty. Because in the wild they eat insects and crustaceans and smaller fish which have vegetable matter in their stomach. We give prepared foods typically and I do not suggest feeders or tilapia but you can get the same effect with earthworms and shrimp and cheap packages of stewing seafood at Walmart Frozen. Their staple diet is typically a few different high quality cichlid pellets one of which should have some type of vegetable matter. I always check the protein percentages as well as moisture and fat. Every once in awhile I feed peas. Also on rare occasions I dissolve some Epsom salt and a multivitamin in a small container of water that came from the fish aquarium and with a net submerge their food letting it absorb the benefits of the vitamin. Epsom salt helps clean out the intestines.