ANY LARGE GROWING AFRICANS?

[fishbee]

hi all
apart from emperor, are there any other piscivorous, large growing africans out there? i'm interested in some pics too.

thanks

 

[Wimmels]

What do you call large growing? And large in mass, or length?

If you want to see Endemic species, have a look for the Buccochromis Heterotaenia(the largest/heaviest) cichlid from lake Malawi. Rhampochromis and tyrannochromis species get large and long too. The Fossorochromis Rostratus can get quite large too.

All these species are from lake Malawi, the other lakes I don't have as much knowledge of. Don't expect these species to get as large as your emperor cichlids from tanganjika

The Serranochromis Robustus gets pretty large too, but is not endemic.

 

[bigspizz]

No Madagascans?

 

[Cichlaholics Anonymous]

frontosa are pretty large too, especially among tanganyikans. The Tanganyikan Oreochromis get large, although not piscivores

 

[krichardson]

Lets not leave out the Champsochromis Caerulius[Malawi Torpedo]which can grow to 12inches in length.This is my favorite of all the Africans,I have an eight incher that is just beginning to show its blue coloring but unfortunately I dont have a picture to share.

 

[MalawiTango]

Exochromis Anangenys 13.5"

Recently picked this guy up, he's got a purple sheen to him with golden dorsal fin and red anal fin. He is very well behaved even though he is a predatory HAP. Sorry about the cell phone pics. Easily my top 3 fav fish.

 

[cichlidgirl]

There are many africans that get 8 to 12 inches as adults and several species that get 12 + inches.

Frontosa for example can reach up to 16 inches in a tank but grow very slowly and take years to reach those extreme sizes.

any of the nimbochromis species get pretty big (8 to 10+) and have alot of attitude to go with their size which is similar to oscar size when grown. Females are also quite large and look great like males do. They also grow fairly quickly and look fantastic in a mixed tank setup.

Your best bet would be to go through a fish profile website and look at them all. most of these fish are either piscavore or omnivore.

 

[Andrewtfw]

fuscotaniatus (sp?) and venustus both get rather large.

 

[duanes]

This Tilapia was @18", it's in a 500 gal tank so don't let the scale fool you.

 

[Cichlaholics Anonymous]

Dimidiochromis kiwinge and compressiceps are also good options, and comps are pretty common