well i am yet to have any big guys. but i have 5 small guys im growing out. about a year ago i picked up two 1-2 inch umbees. grew them out and they both ended up female. so i kept the prettier of the two and gave the other to a friend.
i then picked up 5 fry and am growing them out trying to get a male. they are between 3-4 inches now. they have been growing a little slower then i expected but still growing. there are two that i know for sure are female. the word is still out on the other three...
these guys eat great!! with ever fish i have ever had there seems to be the times were they just dont want to eat, and i end up pulling food back out of my tanks. not will my umbees. they eat anything and everything i put in there.
they started out in a 55 with a pair of atromaculatus, and everyone did just fine. then the umbees got to big and started picking on my female atro so time for them to move on up... went into a 125 now with 3 ornatus and a urothalmus.. everyone seems real good. the urothalmus likes to chase everyone but no problems yet.
about 2 weeks ago my female umbee, about 8 inches somhow jumped out of the tank. i found her on the floor the next morning. was my first loss of a fish i really liked. was weird almost like losing a friend. so now i am trying to get a pair out of my 5.
well here are some random pics i found on my computer. most are of the little guys but there are a couple older pics of the female i lost.
Ok ladies and gentlemen...This month is the amazing Umbee, blues and greens, small and large
