Few pics of my h. Deppi

[cichlidfish]

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[mbeatrice]

very very nice man !!

 

[NWatson]

Looks good. How big is he? What info can you share on these guys?

 

[Peanut_Power]

No joke, one of my fav. CA cichlids. LOVE them!!! Thanks soooo much for posting!

 

[jweav]

Very nice!!

 

[cichlidfish]

Looks good. How big is he? What info can you share on these guys?

First thanks everyone

I measured this male out of water to be 9". That is the biggest they get and females get about 6-7". They are fast growers too.
Breeding is easy, but males will kill their mates, so you have separate them eventually.
They have the typical water requirements of most CA cichlids and are quite hardy. They love a meat and veggie based diet. Mine is extremely aggressive and almost killed bigger fish I have like a large syn male. I got him from Jeff Rapps.


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[mrmann]

Beautiful Deppi...my experience with them showed me that they are cold blooded killers.

 

[rocky2]

very nice fish

 

[cichlidfish]

Beautiful Deppi...my experience with them showed me that they are cold blooded killers.

That is what mine is like. He will single out and kill one fish at a time. No jaw locking or gill flaring. Just goes for the belly to kill. He has literally bitten swordtail's heads off and eaten them. My cyano was similar, but not as brutal. Is this a typical herichthys thing?


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[mrmann]

I've noticed that deppi are far more aggressive than any of the herichthys. Luckily they are beautiful so having a lone male in a tank isn't so bad