Once I get a setup for one, I would be glad to! My dad is finally letting me dig 2 ponds in the backyard. One is going to be native. It would fit perfectly with my name!
8" may be average in nature, but this is just like the average cichlid in nature, which is usually attains smaller size due of predation from birds and reptiles, and man, and other pressures from the factors in the wild.
Without predation factors in aquariums many cichlids attain much larger sizes than average wild individuals,