Well they are from lake victoria in africa. The max out around 5''. They are pretty easy to breed and will breed at a fairly small size. They get along with most other cichlids from the african rift lakes like malawi and tanginyika.. Most are tough enough to be in with mbunas but are peaceful enought to be with peacocks. Also like many of the other rift lake cichlids they are pretty easy to keep.
My male was mean when was trying to spawn. I have a video of him on this site. Search for " Hap Redtail by fsc46" created December 12, 2005; file size: 1312.8kb