Cuban cichlid help (tetracantus)

[professa19]

heres some pictures of my cubans from the same fry batch as your tetracanthus, amercichlidmaster...lol from the same lfs.


heres the better of the two..


heres the not so good one...maybe he'll turn out alright..?

 

[professa19]

is this what theyre supposed to look like as fry?

 

[telluride91]

Well if it is infact a Cuban and you feed it a well balanced diet, keep up with your water changes and provide it with a nice aquarium set up it should grow up to be a real beauty. Post some pics i'd like to see it. Where did you get the little guy? I had one years ago and he was aggressive but not glass banger aggressive.

Youre screwed AmerCichlidMaster36.

 

[fishluvr12]

is this what theyre supposed to look like as fry?

Yeah those are Cubans.Quite possibly female but really too small to say.

Seems sveral people are saying they are not agressive.Well my 8" male is highly agressive.He will take on a similar sized midas&Red Iletas at the same time

 

[fishluvr12]

Here He is with an example of his agression

 

[fsirico]

the first pic with the two fish, one is a cuban the one to the left is not, it looks like a flower horn cichlid

 

[orbit]

Anyone have any general idea of cost on one of these, say around 3"? I might have an opportunity to pick one up here real soon.

 

[High City Rida]

Here is a few pic's of mine. I love them and there not overly aggressive but yea the can hold there own with any Cichlids twice ther size. My Female is super small but she is a fire cracker in her own right. As for beauty I think they rank right up there with any other hard to find Cichlid's Jags/Red Terror/Vieja. I have just put them into my 100g to be ruler's of this tank for life. I grew them out from fry and the male is now pushing 5''. Since they only max out at 8'' - 10'' I have them in with simular sized Cichlid's Con's/Jack's and of course Cichla grow out's. GL and I hope you enjoy them as much as I have enjoyed mine. They are very attractive fish for sure.