Fruju Posted September 21, 2010 Report Share Posted September 21, 2010 hey guys, I have 2 GTs, 1 female and 1 male, they eat heaps! And they live in good conditions so tank size is not an issue. I have had them for about 2-3months probably and the female is almost 8cm and the male close to that also, bought them at about 5-6cm. Anyone who has kept these guys before, opinions? Does anyone have pics of their full grown one on here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fruju Posted September 22, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 22, 2010 No one at all? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David R Posted September 26, 2010 Report Share Posted September 26, 2010 Haven't seen many big ones around unfortunately, other than the big pair that was on trademe a while ago which sold for a pretty cheap price. I've got a single male, he's a real pig and catches all the crumbs from the aro chewing up food sticks, so he should grow quickly. Duncan7 has a few, maybe he'll get around to checking this one day... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fruju Posted September 26, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 26, 2010 I have 2, 1 male 1 female, male is at henwards, but even with all his 'talent' at growing fish, he seems to be growing slow... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duncan7 Posted September 26, 2010 Report Share Posted September 26, 2010 Ill get around to looking one day... I believe/have heard that they grow slower than say the jags or texas cichlids, however my one that i got a few months back has grown a decent amount at a decent rate for the time ive had him... Thats doesnt really answer the question i know Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fruju Posted September 26, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 26, 2010 What cichlids do you keep now Duncan? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duncan7 Posted September 27, 2010 Report Share Posted September 27, 2010 Um... Currently only 2 salvinis 7 GT's 1 Large female JD Going to thin out the GT's a bit and get a festae, texas, and a jag. Chasing my big cichlid community dream, seeing how it goes, so far so good, thinking the planned additions will affect things more than the current stock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fruju Posted September 27, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 27, 2010 Nice! atm I have 1 male festae, 2 Gts (m/f pair), jag cichlid, geo. Im expecting aggression to increase once the jag gets big enough to hold his own. How big are your GTs, and how long have you had them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David R Posted September 27, 2010 Report Share Posted September 27, 2010 Going to thin out the GT's a bit and get a festae, texas, and a jag. You'd better hurry up with that 6' tank, I don't know how long 2 jasgs, 3 texas and a GT are going to co-exist in my tank!!! :lol: Need to thin the festae out a bit too, should have a female for ya... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duncan7 Posted September 27, 2010 Report Share Posted September 27, 2010 Yeah thinking of getting the tank going, thoughts are about all i can find time to have atm... Need to move the dats on to free the 4x2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fruju Posted September 28, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 28, 2010 Pics of your female festae David? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David R Posted September 28, 2010 Report Share Posted September 28, 2010 Yeah, was going to get back to you about that. Shy fish + lots of caves + my crap photography = fail.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duncan7 Posted September 28, 2010 Report Share Posted September 28, 2010 How big are your GTs, and how long have you had them? Biggest is about nearly 10cm i guess, i recently just bought a few little ones and they are about 5cm. Had the biggest probably about 4 months, last lot about a week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fruju Posted September 28, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 28, 2010 Ok sounds like a similar growth rate - biggest is a male? my largest is a female, ate heaps more than the male and is around 7-8cm, male is starting to get more aggressive in feeding at henwards - away from oppressive female - and is slowly getting bigger. To be honest i expected a bigger growth rate from these fish, compared to an oscar they are quite slow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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