75 gallon Firemouth species only Tank

[Deadeye]

Not harsh at all. That’s basically my philosophy with baby fish (or fish in general). Survival of the fittest. Besides, the firemouths will take out much more fry.

 

[FiremouthGem]

Count about 6 so far that are surviving, wouldn’t doubt there are more.

 

[FiremouthGem]

Got a semi decent picture of the adults doing one of there hang outs. Also found an old nikon cameras with quick shutter speed settings so going to toy with that a bit so probable incoming photo album coming soon.

 

[FiremouthGem]

They’ve also colored up a little i think.

 

[FiremouthGem]

I do have a question i saw firemouths get 5”-6”(+) but when i i do a search on firemouth size, most of the photos don't show anything recognizable in size comparison, for those who are new to cichlids measuring something in inches is one thing actually seeing it compared is another. I guess that can be said about many a fish. I know the body shape will be different then the swordtails but roughly how “big” are we talking?

 

[Deadeye]

They have pretty tall profiles, I would think they probably are 3 inches in height and 6 long.

 

[FiremouthGem]

so the length of say a standard 12 fluid oz can or a little more for reference?

 

[Zanzag]

more galaxy or iphone size

 

[FiremouthGem]

Much appreciated that helps so much with my mental picture of the aquarium.

 

[FiremouthGem]

Morning update, got some baby blue eyed BN plecs (not from my older ones) yesterday in the mail that are settling in and couple of the swordtail fry are growing up nicely, waiting for now on firemouths which i hope to pick up 6 and let them pair off but i’m hoping to get 6 1-2” inchers and let em grow so i can pick the sexes just gotta wait for them to be in stock