They can get to be about 10-12" which is about the size we used to catch for eatting when I was a kid. So I'm not sure they get really huge, but 10 - 12 is a niced size fish
BlueGill Cichlid
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They aren't monsters, but as far as aquarium fish go they get pretty big, I think the absolute biggest would be 14" with about 12" being average. They also have wide bodies. as you can see in the pic on the link you posted.
there are green sunfish breeding with convict cichlids someone dumped into the creek by my house. kinda makes me made but kinda excites me as a new fish to catch.
You must be mistaken, that's impossable.
wait....what? Bluegills are not cichlids but sunfishes? so it means that they grow extremely big and are not sutable for an aquarium or they ok?
Bluegills are fine for an aquarium, they grow to about a foot long. No, they aren't cichlids but the needs and requirements are about the same.
You can keep them in your aquarium, they prefer a lower temp (72-78) and like lots of plants. When I first got my bluegill I had a hard time looking him up because usually when you type "Sunfish" into a search engine you get info on those huge salt water fish. Try searching him as a "Bluegill Bass" or "Pumpkinseed fish". I have one that lives in a peaceful community tank but I've heard that they're often aggressive, he's held his own in my oscar tank as well. They don't get super big: 6-9 inches.
there are green sunfish breeding with convict cichlids someone dumped into the creek by my house. kinda makes me made but kinda excites me as a new fish to catch.
convicts wouldnt survie our cold winters. lol damn snow
If there is a fish that looks like a cross between a convict and a bluegill they could be one of the tilapia, they are not a crossbreed, they are totally different families.
You can keep them in your aquarium, they prefer a lower temp (72-78) and like lots of plants. When I first got my bluegill I had a hard time looking him up because usually when you type "Sunfish" into a search engine you get info on those huge salt water fish. Try searching him as a "Bluegill Bass" or "Pumpkinseed fish". I have one that lives in a peaceful community tank but I've heard that they're often aggressive, he's held his own in my oscar tank as well. They don't get super big: 6-9 inches.
Just type "Bluegill" into the search engine, or "bluegill sunfish" or even still, Lepomis macrochirus.
If you type in "pumpkinseed" you will get an entirely different though closely related species of sunfish Lepomis gibbosus.
