kelberi advice

[Omega007]

some expensive nice cichla.

 

[Mattie]

Hi, I live in Taiwan and recently saw a batch of newly imported kels, all kinds of colours some with a lot of blue, for sure they were the real thing, I guess the blue grows out or the dealers cull the less attractive ones. In the same shop they have local bred kels from real stars to everyday lookers, the thing is it always a risk, you don't know how they are are going to turn out, but as for kels I was told the more black spots on the body the better and this seems true with some farmies i have that are developing nice gold around the black, it depends what you want, some specimens can look pretty gaudy, whilst subtle shades of olive gold can be really beautiful. Just my 10 pennyworth.

 

[Venom SS]

thanks

less than a few hours after bringing em home and they're eating. time to do a search and find out how to break these guys off feeders. that's what the LFS's been feeding them.

i heard kelberi's are more prone to hole in head than other pbass, will do a search.

any other links or leads on how to care for these fish are welcome. thanks

Most of us who have kept these guys have found that they can be very hard to get off of live. It is easier to get them off of live if you get them when they are very small, in the 2-3" range. If they have only eaten live up to the 6" mark, they can be difficult.