ID this fish please

[vtnamezeboi]

 

[mojo2776]

Tilapia buettikoferi.

 

[vtnamezeboi]

okay thanks. do you know the prices for this fish?

 

[mojo2776]

I don't know off hand... I don't have any, and my local LFS's don't usually carry them.

 

[vtnamezeboi]

is this a rare fish? i've searched this site and nothing came up but 2 threads

 

[mojo2776]

is this a rare fish? i've searched this site and nothing came up but 2 threads

Not that rare. You may want to around on the cichlid forum... they'd know more about them.

 

[x0x0x0]

This is actually pretty common around here in socal. I got my 2 inchers for $4.99 + tax. But at 2 inches they range from $5.00 to $8.00 over here. The bigger they get the more pricey, but not really anything that should break your wallet.

I have some in my pond. Tilapia buttikoferi aren't known for being rare, but they tend to be very aggressive fish. I think the aggression is due to keeping the fish in inappropriate tank size. I have 5 in a 300 gallon pond with a lot of other cichlids and everything has been good for the past 6 months. They are a riverine species from West Africa.

 

[mojo2776]

There ya go. I knew what it was, but not that much about them

 

[woofy]

ive caught babies of those here in miami, but they are illegal to sell or buy here. the babies are real cute

 

[vtnamezeboi]

we'll im in colorado so i never seen them here