Nimbochromis Polystigma-info please!

[bobgobucks]

I am pretty sure I am going to want one of these bad boys for my new 125.
I do not see much written about them, but I know some folks on MFK must keep them so I have some questions about them:
Top size?
Can someone post pics of their own full grown males?
Any special needs food wise?
Any special concerns regarding temperament or predatory nature?
Are full grown peacocks/haps going to be ok with him?

 

[Marius]

I am pretty sure I am going to want one of these bad boys for my new 125.
I do not see much written about them, but I know some folks on MFK must keep them so I have some questions about them:
Top size?
Can someone post pics of their own full grown males?
Any special needs food wise?
Any special concerns regarding temperament or predatory nature?
Are full grown peacocks/haps going to be ok with him?

Big and feisty, not suitable for 125gal, you need at least a 180 gal and large haps for tank mates.

 

[Wimmels]

I am pretty sure I am going to want one of these bad boys for my new 125.
I do not see much written about them, but I know some folks on MFK must keep them so I have some questions about them:
Top size?
Can someone post pics of their own full grown males?
Any special needs food wise?
Any special concerns regarding temperament or predatory nature?
Are full grown peacocks/haps going to be ok with him?

You can regard a Polystigma as if it is a Livingstonii.

They eat the same food, get the same size and need the same sized tank.

The only thing is that these fish gather in pacts in the lake and will eat anything edible in their way like locusts. I haven't seen this behavior myself but then again I never kept 50 polystigma in the same tank before.

Keep in mind that their are 2 variants of the polystigma. The oldschool pardalis is a "polystigma" which looks more like a Livingstoni with coarse spotting, and then you have the polystigma that is finely spotted like a Linni with a pattern underneath like a fuscotaeniatus.

The added pictures are of my Polystigma's spawning. I guess the male is just past the 20cm 8" on the photo's and they should max out at 9-10"

 

[bobgobucks]

Ok, first off your male looks nothing like the fish in the Tepoot book. Is this the other variety?
At 9 or 10 inches, isn't a 125 big enough?
Also, will these fish terrorize 5-6" haplochromines or perhaps a yellow lab?

 

[krichardson]

I've read that these fish lie on the bottom and mimic dead fish in the wild but havent heard of them doing this in aquariums.

 

[Wimmels]

I've read that these fish lie on the bottom and mimic dead fish in the wild but havent heard of them doing this in aquariums.

The Nimbochromis Livingstonii acts like this, and mine do play for dead They are F1 though. I could have bought a wildcaught group of Likoma Whites a month back but didn't have any room for them

 

[Wimmels]

Ok, first off your male looks nothing like the fish in the Tepoot book. Is this the other variety?
At 9 or 10 inches, isn't a 125 big enough?
Also, will these fish terrorize 5-6" haplochromines or perhaps a yellow lab?

How do the ones in your book look like ?

 

[bobgobucks]

Deep royal blue darker than typical royal blue and SOLID. Bottom 1/4 of the fish it lightens to more of a blue green. Anal fin sports a bright yellow stripe along the edge.
Dorsal fin edged white with some yellow highlights.
If I can scan the pic I will try later.

 

[Wimmels]

Keep in mind that a lot of photo's going around on internet are photoshopped or altered in a way. My own polystigma hasn't shown the colors of most of these photo's yet. But then he isn't the dominant male in the tank.

He has to compete with 12" Tyrannochromis Nigriventer, Aristochromis Christyi and Champsochromis Carueleus males to name a few with whom he shares the tank

 

[bobgobucks]

So, are all these big guys you mentioned going to terrorize the 4-6" haps?