h. psittacus growth

[HiImSean]

i picked up 5 psittacus in september or october at .25-.5" in size. they're have grown awesome since i got them. their main staple of diet is omega one shrimp pellets but like most cichlids are pigs and eat anything. when they were small half a shrimp pellet would fill them up lol. they eat until they look like they're gonna burst 2 have grown alot more than the other 3, the largest being 3.5". they are F2, F0 father and F1 mother. the largest 2 are starting to show some nice red under their head.

in the fall

now

 

[Camphilophus]

wow.. Those are great looking. I want one so bad.

 

[ewok]

good job with them.
keep up the good work.

 

[JIM]

I saw my first one of those fish about 20 years ago at a friends who was breeding, shell dwellers at the time, he had a huge male in a 75 gal tank, that fish must have been a foot long, and bulkier than any oscar i ever saw, and Mean!!! when i went up to the tank he tried to bust the glass trying to get at me woahhh, anywho, i have been looking for a small one for years with no luck, glad to see you are having such a good time with yours, they are really coloring up nicely. If you ever get a bunch of fry, remember us old guys

 

[SOKO]

Those are nice.

 

[HiImSean]

I saw my first one of those fish about 20 years ago at a friends who was breeding, shell dwellers at the time, he had a huge male in a 75 gal tank, that fish must have been a foot long, and bulkier than any oscar i ever saw, and Mean!!! when i went up to the tank he tried to bust the glass trying to get at me woahhh, anywho, i have been looking for a small one for years with no luck, glad to see you are having such a good time with yours, they are really coloring up nicely. If you ever get a bunch of fry, remember us old guys

i got them from a local who's on here, cartersvillealex. he still has some fry left when i talked to him last week. his have had fry quite a few times if i remember correctly. his pair are huge, 12+" and mean. his male beat the crap out of the female a week or so ago. i dont plan on breeding them, just keep one in my 125g community

 

[Cichlaholics Anonymous]

they are gorgeous, definitely something on my want list as well...I like to think of them as chocolate cichlids on steroids

 

[HiImSean]

my larger one is catching up to my chocolate, he'll be bigger than the choco in a month or so

 

[Marius]

Not bad at all, good job

 

[cichlidinsomniac]

they have some big ones at the boston aquarium