Info on pearsei's?

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regalt said:
This is one fish I've been wanting just can't find any.
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Both "Cichlids of the Americas" and "Cichlid Connection" have pearsei listed, but they are mail order companies and both have minimum orders ($100 for COA and $50 for CC).
 
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Great fish I would say pretty fast growers as well. Not very aggressive in my expericence

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Are they really fast growers? Northo2000 said his grew to 6"-8" in a year and Worldwithoutsyns said his grew from 6" to 11" in 8 months. That's roughly 1/2” a month which doesn't sound too fast to me. Don't Oscars, red devils and jaguars grow about 1" a month?

If my one of my LFS can order me some I'll definitely be buying a few.

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My current pearsei has gone from 2" to 5-6" in less than 2 months. They have the ability to grow quickly just a matter of supplying what they need.
 
Mine went from 6" to 12" in about 7 months. Seeing as most species I keep grow glacially slow, this is the fastest growing fish I keep. About an 1" per month.

Mine was hand picked over on Odessa at Cichlid Connection.


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keystonewma said:
I had 6 of them, 4 of which lived for 8 years in a 240 gallon. I had one male and three females. Not the easiest species to breed, although I have seen others that have had success. Very thick, male was 16.5" when he died. Females were 14-15"". Males will have a high head profile, and the vent is pretty obvious once they reach 12" or so. I really enjoyed them, and would get them again if I thought I could breed them. Like others have said, high bio-load. Mine grew very quickly from 1" to about 10-12", then the growth slowed on the length.
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Thanks mate, Have not tried venting :duh: If we go off the block head (high head profile) I should have 3 males - 3 females. Hoping the summer heat may heat things up in there a bit!

as for growth, roman lettuce will work treats with pearseis, mine go nuts when they get it.
 
Sweet. There will be some pearsei at a local cichlid swap next month. I'm definitely picking some up unless I can find some larger ones.

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My new pickup. He's about 12".

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