Current Growouts
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As far as growth and color, weekly waterchanges and a varied diet with a decent pellet food being in the rotation.
Update on my current festae growout.
Festae is now alone in the 75 gallon(Midevil laid eggs and was passed on to a friends tank).
Its kind of weird with less activity in the tank.
It has seemed to grow kinda slow compared to other cichlids I have owned. Color has been rather light/pale lately as well. Still seems too early to tell if male or female, to my eye at least.
I will continue to post pics of the growth and maturation.
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Approaching 3 months since my last size check on the festae. Slow growing for sure but steady. As with the color coloration thats becoming more present. Noticeably bigger, but still small compared to the last set of fish I had. Still looking for others as the areas local shop don't seem to get them in often. Hoping that I can luck up with a pair and possibly sell festae to the local shops here in my area. I am thinking this one may be a female? I know its still small, but simply going off of the color its gaining. Any input appreciated.
definitely slow growers, but worth the wait. I would characterize my female's resting color as cooling lava orange. In terms of bringing out some colors in her, you either want to find a male or another aggressive cichlid that can hold it's own. Maybe a GT, or JD. I have mine in for the time being with a JD, Parachomis F, Oscar, Severum.