starry night cichlid

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Has anyone had these or still does just got my two in from gunpowerderaquatics and they are eatting agressive alteady. I've research the basic info on the Web just wanted to heat from you guys.

Like how fast do they grow
And how agressive are these guys once bigger
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are these bleekeri or polleni?
I've never seen white ones before. looking forward to seeing these guys grow out.
 
When young and stressed, they are often light brown, and especially without a substrate.
They can get large, at least 12" , and quickly to a point, but slow growth with age.
They can be very aggressive with each other, in any tanks under 100 gallons, but usually don't bother fish they can't swallow.
Starry Night is a generic term for any of the 5-10 Paratilapia species.
Color and aggressiveness will depend on which one.
below young P sp Andapa

again the same species, as an adult

Below a P sp small spot

below same small spot in a 6ft tank, click to run video
 
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duanes said:
When young and stressed, they are often light brown, and especially without a substrate.
They can get large, at least 12" , and quickly to a point, but slow growth with age.
They can be very aggressive with each other, in any tanks under 100 gallons, but usually don't bother fish they can't swallow.
Starry Night is a generic term for any of the 5-10 Paratilapia species.
Color and aggressiveness will depend on which one.
below young P sp Andapa

again the same species, as an adult

Below a P sp small spot

below same small spot in a 6ft tank, click to run video
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oooh so the ones the op posted will eventually turn black?
 
It may take a couple months to color up, but they will.
I checked the dates on my photos, and it took about 5 months to go from the light brown juvie color to to an adult black.
 
duanes said:
It may take a couple months to color up, but they will.
I checked the dates on my photos, and it took about 5 months to go from the light brown juvie color to to an adult black.
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wow and how big were they in about 5 months? and I want to put them in my 125g with my true parrots would that be a gd home
 
duanes duanes hit the nail on the head. My bleekeri was one of my favorite fish. Enjoy them.
 
Shad27 said:
wow and how big were they in about 5 months? and I want to put them in my 125g with my true parrots would that be a gd home
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I have a polleni in my 240g with 2 psittacus, they don't care about one another one bit but the polleni was around 10” when I added the parrots at 4" so dominance was established long before the psittacus could argue their side. The polleni is pushing 12" at 3 years old and very laid back towards his tank mates and always front and center come feeding time. Other than angelfish I never buy the same cichlids twice but if something happened to my polleni I may change my ways.
 
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When I got mine they were only an inch, so at 5 months the alpha was between 4-5".
Just before that time, he killed all the rest, but they were growing out in a 50 gallon, which was definitely too small a tank to grow them out in.
 
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