emperor sic-lid

[fishbee]

there has been successful spawns in a 210 but a larger tank would be ideal!

do you have any detail on this?
thanks

 

[addicted2cichlids]

nice tank! love the build up pics too!

 

[JamesRiggs]

Very nice tank. Even nicer microlepis.

 

[Somethingfishyinc.net]

Nice setup but wont last.

Have a Pair for Sale, Male about 28" & female around 20-24"? $300. they are in two different tanks now. I had a trio then removed one. This pair dropped their tubes twice but no eggs were laid that I know of? The pair & now male alone is in a 240 gallon 48x48x24. 7 years old & mainly raised in a 350 gallon. They are killing machines. My pet female in the store eats 12" red devils & 9" male frontosa for breakfast. She also for some reason does not like some customers and goes after them. ( i gotta get it on video) They are known to get up to 40" & 30 lbs? Mine have not seem to grow much more. They have been bred in a aquarium of 240 gallons & eggs removed & parents begin eating again after two weeks. This is what I have read & researched & discussed in the past.

me Dave

 

[blatch]

nice set-up what is that one white fish in the middle, not the emperors or frontosas???

 

[Tongue33]

yep,

"Both parents guard their wrigglers for five days, when they become free swimming."

Seriously too!!

they are mouthbrooders

hhmm...

ouch.. do you mean that these guys are deadlier that doviis?
how big is your tank if u don't mind me asking. and what sort of tankmates that can swim with these guys without getting killed?
i know they are african, but can they live with aggressive americans?
are they mouthbrooders or egg layers?

man there's so may q's in my head atm.
thanks oddball

Watch thsi beautiful vid of some beautiful mature Emps!!
http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/animals/fish-animals/spiny-rayed-fish/cichlid_fightingterrapin.html

 

[Muske]

If the terp. is 15 lbs., then those fish need to be 10 pounders or so.

 

[fishbee]

Seriously too!!
hhmm...



Watch thsi beautiful vid of some beautiful mature Emps!!
http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/animals/fish-animals/spiny-rayed-fish/cichlid_fightingterrapin.html

yeah awesome vid.. if they can do that to the big terrapin, what chances do other fish get?
it's like the ultimate combo. dovii in a peacock bass body.
btw. which one is male and which one is female?

 

[fishbee]

yeah awesome vid.. if they can do that to the big terrapin, what chances do other fish get?
it's like the ultimate combo. dovii in a peacock bass body.
btw. which one is male and which one is female?

anyone knows how to sex them?

 

[tezr]

nice set-up what is that one white fish in the middle, not the emperors or frontosas???

Lepidiolamprologus profundicola

http://www.cichlid-forum.com/profiles/species.php?id=1597