Are Haitiensis cichlid very slow growing?
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They grow slowly at first, but once they hit about 3", they tend to shoot out.
Temps in the 80s seem to accelerate growth, and lots of water changes seem to help.
I'd normally do about 30 %-40% of the tanks water every other day.
Temps in the 80s seem to accelerate growth, and lots of water changes seem to help.
I'd normally do about 30 %-40% of the tanks water every other day.
Okay that is for the advice, I keep the water at about 84 and I do a water change of about 30% twice a week
One other thing I believe I should mention, is the intimidation factor., that may thwart growth.
You may recall in your other haitiensus thread, I may have mentioned some haitiensus fry out growing others, or even simply causing others to drop dead for no apparent reason, when in the presence of other haitiensus.
I never saw overt aggression, but many died.
I believe there are ways they intimidate others of the same species into a point where they simply die.
Although I have no scientific basis for this, other than observation, and in the TFH article, the author suggested enough intimidation stress was placed, that he separated all individuals, to the point of using caves within compartments so as not to allow constant visual contact if the fish so desired, (although some intimidation may be hormonal/chemical cues) , and some be be hogging all the food, etc, there are many as yet "not" understood factors in inter-cichlid communication.
You may recall in your other haitiensus thread, I may have mentioned some haitiensus fry out growing others, or even simply causing others to drop dead for no apparent reason, when in the presence of other haitiensus.
I never saw overt aggression, but many died.
I believe there are ways they intimidate others of the same species into a point where they simply die.
Although I have no scientific basis for this, other than observation, and in the TFH article, the author suggested enough intimidation stress was placed, that he separated all individuals, to the point of using caves within compartments so as not to allow constant visual contact if the fish so desired, (although some intimidation may be hormonal/chemical cues) , and some be be hogging all the food, etc, there are many as yet "not" understood factors in inter-cichlid communication.
Some pics to give you some idea what to expect. 1 inch to roughly 11inch in 18 months. You will get better growth with the high temps, but mine have to put up with whatever the room temp is.
After 8 year or more. Unfortunately I lost this one. I believe through my own fault.
Thank you for the info, I got a good while to go before upgrading tanks I guess haha
Thank you for the info and pics, what size were they in the may 2019 pic?