They are my new favourite cichlid.
I'm not really a cichlid guy, but given that I am in a non fishkeepig country, cichlids were the only decent fish I could get (still with difficulty).
My favourite cichlids used to be pbass, then oscars, but having owned a male festae for a few months, I like them the best.
Pbass are amazing feeders, really one of the best. So hungry and so fast, but compared to some cichlids they are slightly vacant. Lacking in personality a bit.
My red terror at only 3 inches is one of my least spectacular looking fish, but he is just very funny, with a lot of character.
Very active, very curious, and clever/cunning/mischievous.
Since he was just over an inch he's been in with a 1 foot clarias, a 9 inch bichir, and in the last few months a 9 inch papyrocranus afer, and he's always fine, unscathed. He's incredibly quick, and he sleeps behind a powerhead where the other fish can't get him, they are too big.
At 3 inches he's already started picking on my 6 inch dempsey, who used to run the tank, and if my 8/9 inch oscar ever bullies him, he'll sometimes get a cheap shot in from behind
He's just an all round highly entertaning and personable fish.
To any cichlids fans who haven't kept a festae, I highly recommend them. He's one of my favourite fish. And this is coming from someone who wasn't a real cichlid fan before.
I'm not really a cichlid guy, but given that I am in a non fishkeepig country, cichlids were the only decent fish I could get (still with difficulty).
My favourite cichlids used to be pbass, then oscars, but having owned a male festae for a few months, I like them the best.
Pbass are amazing feeders, really one of the best. So hungry and so fast, but compared to some cichlids they are slightly vacant. Lacking in personality a bit.
My red terror at only 3 inches is one of my least spectacular looking fish, but he is just very funny, with a lot of character.
Very active, very curious, and clever/cunning/mischievous.
Since he was just over an inch he's been in with a 1 foot clarias, a 9 inch bichir, and in the last few months a 9 inch papyrocranus afer, and he's always fine, unscathed. He's incredibly quick, and he sleeps behind a powerhead where the other fish can't get him, they are too big.
At 3 inches he's already started picking on my 6 inch dempsey, who used to run the tank, and if my 8/9 inch oscar ever bullies him, he'll sometimes get a cheap shot in from behind
He's just an all round highly entertaning and personable fish.
To any cichlids fans who haven't kept a festae, I highly recommend them. He's one of my favourite fish. And this is coming from someone who wasn't a real cichlid fan before.
