Colombian Blue Umbees

  • We are currently upgrading MFK. thanks! -neo
Mad About Cichlids;3929937; said:
They're all amazing but wow love the younger male.
Yea me too. He's a real nice example. One of Jeff Rapps' wild imports. If he continues to grow, I have no doubt he'll be as impressive as the big guy. Let's hope he gets to be as big. As far as fins, head and attitude he's perfect.
 
ceejayt2k;3930505; said:
WOW GMFishnut, I want mine to grow that BIG..What are you feeding them?
NLS Jumbo peletts are the main foos for him, frozen prawns and freeze dried krill. You don't have to overfeed to get them to grow. Just keep the water clean.
 
N.Y.Jetsfan;3931888; said:
What size do the male umbees begin to show the ray extentions on their dorsal and anal fins.
Right around 6"-7" is when you can start to tell between the sexes. The males start developing intense blues and the trailers on the fins start to show. At that size it starts to become evident if you have a male or a female. The over all body of the fish is longer looking when its a male and the head profile begins to develope. There are always exceptions to this as well, I've had females that looked nice and blue with decent fins and thought they were males then suddenly turned that beautiful yellow with black fins and started laying eggs!

I remember being at Jeff Rapps' place when his recent import of F0 Umbees came in. Except for the couple of obvious males it was almost impossible to tell the sexes apart. Even upon pulling them from the tank to sex them, it was tough to be sure witch were males. The small male in the pics was a no brainer however, he had a nice hump, nice long trailers and beautiful blues right out of the box and that's why I grabbed him!;)
 
MonsterFishKeepers.com