Festae Question

[agorkemt]

Wellcome to the club. Congrats! Can't wait to see the pics.

Balton777 how old the couple? Can you give the length of them also. Somewhere I read after 5 years the male can reach up to 20"-50 cm. Can it be?

 

[AcsFoolMike]

 

[AcsFoolMike]

Had to throw in one of the FH

 

[Peacock Rey]

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Nice Festaes....the red on them pop out a lot

 

[AcsFoolMike]

Thanks man, I noticed the intense red in the finnage as well

 

[Calihawk]

Just sold all my Festaes...only have 1 runt left. I have many projects and couldn't resist selling because my 2" Festaes were selling as high as $40. Oh well, I could always just buy more.

 

[AcsFoolMike]

I'll sell you some fry for half that in a few months

 

[Calihawk]

I'll sell you some fry for half that in a few months

Hmmm, sounds good depending on how many "some" really is. For the time being I'll get some 2" again. Its a hot item right now so its more available then people think.

 

[balton777]

Thanks man, I noticed the intense red in the finnage as well

Congrats on the Festae score.

Balton777 how old the couple? Can you give the length of them also. Somewhere I read after 5 years the male can reach up to 20"-50 cm. Can it be?

Somewhere along the line, someone must have caught a 20" Festae in the wild for that to be listed as their max size. They would probably never get that big being raised in an aquarium. Mine is four years old and only 13" so he has a ways to go.