Amphilophus Sp. Chancho

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Jack Dempsey
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I just received a couple i bought a couple days ago. I was wondering who else keeps these guys and what your experiences are with the species.

My current stocklist- 1 Male 4" and 1 Female 4", Both F1.

i bought these guys mainly to see if the rumors of the largest cichlid of the midas complex really gets 17", time will tell.

Hopeing to breed mine, currently staying in a 180.
 
I have one, but he's just pushing three inches right now. I got him from Fishfarm and he's growing fast. Hopefully we'll have a bunch of 17 inch fish someday! I love the yellow on adults.
 
I traded Ruck Fules my 9" Umbee female for his 12" Chancho male! This thing is thick and is high bodied! Simply awesome to look at! From what I was told it got to 12" in 18 months! I'm getting the female from him also....
 
House_64;1981044; said:
I traded Ruck Fules my 9" Umbee female for his 12" Chancho male! This thing is thick and is high bodied! Simply awesome to look at! From what I was told it got to 12" in 18 months! I'm getting the female from him also....

wheres the piccies @ house?
 
House_64;1981044; said:
I traded Ruck Fules my 9" Umbee female for his 12" Chancho male! This thing is thick and is high bodied! Simply awesome to look at! From what I was told it got to 12" in 18 months! I'm getting the female from him also....


I used to have some too but mines were slow growing compared to Midas and RDs.
 
cichlidinsomniac;1980509; said:
in the cichlid news it says they behave much like midas

yeah that's what i would have bet, but i have seen so many midas with so many "personality's" that it would be hard for me to judge just from that standpoint.

cookiemonster;1980580; said:
I have one, but he's just pushing three inches right now. I got him from Fishfarm and he's growing fast. Hopefully we'll have a bunch of 17 inch fish someday! I love the yellow on adults.

i love the yellow aswell.

House_64;1981044; said:
I traded Ruck Fules my 9" Umbee female for his 12" Chancho male! This thing is thick and is high bodied! Simply awesome to look at! From what I was told it got to 12" in 18 months! I'm getting the female from him also....

Get some pics up!!

QueenslandeR;1981629; said:
wheres the piccies @ house?

Agreed

Mad About Cichlids;1982895; said:
I used to have some too but mines were slow growing compared to Midas and RDs.

Mine are eating very well, and arrived very bulky, i can just see the fatty's these guys will become. (nuchal humps already forming by the looks of it).
 
Mad About Cichlids;1982895; said:
I used to have some too but mines were slow growing compared to Midas and RDs.

That's What I have noticed..
 
QueenslandeR;1981629; said:
wheres the piccies @ house?

I'll get some when I get home in a couple of days..... as long as I am not hijacking --XR--'s thread.
 
House_64;1984770; said:
I'll get some when I get home in a couple of days..... as long as I am not hijacking --XR--'s thread.

not at all, this thread is for all keepers, all pics, all chancho experiences period.:)
 
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