12 INCH BLACKBELT

[johnptc]

not a great photo due to the angle but this one is about 16 inches

 

[Esco]

I finally bought a large 12 inch male blackbelt cichlid. I've been looking for a large male since January. I almost bought one for $1,000 ( but it was sold a week before I had money ). The one I bought only cost me $59.99. The only problem I have is he has yet to eat. I bought him two weeks ago. My girlfriend named him Rocky. Rocky is housed is a 75 gallon all to himself. I'm finally really that I have the fish I've always wanted!!! I would be LOT'S if Rocky ate. I've been trying to get him to eat Cichlid Gold and Cichlid Staple ( which are pellets ). The water's ph, amonia , and temperature levels are all normal. Please give me some suggestions............

you should travel up to austin and check out amazonia's "big bertha", they have a HUGE 13ish" BB.

 

[polomax24]

I finally bought a large 12 inch male blackbelt cichlid. I've been looking for a large male since January. I almost bought one for $1,000 ( but it was sold a week before I had money ). The one I bought only cost me $59.99. The only problem I have is he has yet to eat. I bought him two weeks ago. My girlfriend named him Rocky. Rocky is housed is a 75 gallon all to himself. I'm finally really that I have the fish I've always wanted!!! I would be LOT'S if Rocky ate. I've been trying to get him to eat Cichlid Gold and Cichlid Staple ( which are pellets ). The water's ph, amonia , and temperature levels are all normal. Please give me some suggestions............

Too bad, you don't live close to me. I sold about seventeen big cichlids for about $130 total a few month ago. That was about 7 to 8 bucks for each fish. The group included many hard to find vieja's such as a 7" rio chacamax, a 11" hartwegi, a 10" piebald fenestrata and others... At last, the group included a real nice 12" blackbelt.

This was the guy I sold for a few dollars.