Hey all anyone have any experiance with buccochromis spectabilis. How big they get ? Their temperment? And will a 50 breeder be ok. for a trio. I was told they max out at 6 inches. Haven't been able to find much info on this bucco.Thanks in advance.
Bucco spectabilis
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They max out at around 16". A 50 breeder will be too small for them IMO.
http://www.cichlid-forum.com/profiles/species.php?id=1003
http://www.cichlid-forum.com/profiles/species.php?id=1003
LOL @ you two....
I had a wild caught male spectabilus about 7" in my big tank. Unfortunately, I lost him about two weeks ago.
He was smaller than other haps in there, so not all that bad. I believe that their temperament is similar to the more common B. nototaenia. They are generally not too aggressive unless in the presence of females... which in that case, have been know to be terrors.
Even alone though, they have some of the largest mouths of the Malawi predators and adults have been known to take out 5"-6" long tankmates.
Here's sort of a lousy shot of the guy I lost.
I had a wild caught male spectabilus about 7" in my big tank. Unfortunately, I lost him about two weeks ago.
He was smaller than other haps in there, so not all that bad. I believe that their temperament is similar to the more common B. nototaenia. They are generally not too aggressive unless in the presence of females... which in that case, have been know to be terrors.
Even alone though, they have some of the largest mouths of the Malawi predators and adults have been known to take out 5"-6" long tankmates.
Here's sort of a lousy shot of the guy I lost.