just bought a 1 inch cuban cichlid!!

[jagsandpits]

paid 12 bucks for him, hes puny about 1 inch. I put him in my 20 all alone, not gonna lie theyre pretty aggressive even at 1 inch, the guy at my lfs gave them flakes and they wer scrapping for the flakes, I never seen that b4, anyway how r these fish, wat r ur experiences?

 

[JOSCAR05]

No experience wit em but would love to see pics tho.


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[jagsandpits]

dude hes the size of a peanut lol he cud easily be mistaken for a Dempsey or something else

 

[ponce77]

Cubans are awesome fish! U'll enjoy watching it grow up!


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[duanes]

Nandopsis tetracanthus are fabulous cichlids to keep, be aware they are an aggressive species, so would not be considered community types, very similar to haitiemsus.
They need clean, warm water, and should not have tank mates that intimidate them, or they will boat.
male left, female right

males usually top out between 10"-12", females 1/3 smaller.

 

[jonclark96]

Nice fish, but like others have said, can be aggressive. I've found them to be slow growers, but I never tried growing one out on its own. Good luck with them.

 

[JK Monster Fish]

Duanes, what haven't you kept? Lol

 

[duanes]

3
(just kidding)
I currently have about 20 species in my tanks, and
actually there are 6 on my short, wish list,
since I started keeping cichlids in 1960, I have kept a fairly good number over 50 years
but
I don't keep any soft water cichlids, because my water is hard.
Even though I'd love to try Uaru fernandezyepezi, I consider it impractical in my situation.
And I don't keep those that I don't have the tank space to keep for life,
ie P dovii, Boulengerochromis microlepis, Sargochromis sp, peacock bass and umbis (I might though, but only if I had 500+ gallon tanks)
Here are the others on my list I will get, if it becomes possible
the other Cuban, Nandopsis ramsdeni
the Iranian, Iranocichla hormuzensis
the African Heterochromis multidens
and 2 Central Americans, Theraps coeruleus and lentoginosus
There is another long list of maybe 300 species, but it is also impractical to even ponder with the amount of fishkeeping time I may, or may not have left.

Duanes, what haven't you kept? Lol

 

[brian gest]

I have had one now for 2 years and I love him! He is 6in and looks great! They are very mean too.... your going to love this fish!

 

[jagsandpits]

he freakin spits the flakes out, im pissed.