I bought a pair of bumblebee cichlids today from petsmart. Very active and very cool fish!! I have trying to find info on these guys and haven't been very successful. I do know they get up to about 4" in length when fully grown. Other than that, nothing else. Any info will be very helpful! BTW, I also bought a pair of spotted raphaels today!! These guys were croakin while being transfered!! Really cool! Info on these guys will be helpful too!! Thanks!
Bought a new pair of Bubmblebee cichlids
- Thread starter jdheff1982
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Hmm, I would be careful with those new fish. The "bubble bee" will get about 9" long in the aquarium and get VERY nasty. I am not sure if they were the best purchase for your tanks.
Give me a quick update. Do you still have the FMs in the 29 and Kribs in the 37?
Raphaels are cool. One of our families best friends has had one for 15 years or at least he claims to. Its really old looking.
GL
ttl
Give me a quick update. Do you still have the FMs in the 29 and Kribs in the 37?
Raphaels are cool. One of our families best friends has had one for 15 years or at least he claims to. Its really old looking.
GL
ttl
I don't have the FM's anymore. They just wouldn't leave each other alone. The kribs have breed and now have free swimming babies. The are now in a 20 gallon tank. The 29 turned out to be a 20 gallon. They are the only fish in that tank. BTW, why would the lfs have printed that they only get 4 inches in length?? That is one of the main reason why I bought them. We'll see what happens. If they do get too big, I'll have to trade them in for something else. For the moment, I think I have a male and female. The one I believe to be a male has vertical stripes going all the way up to his dorsal fin. The female does not. Right now they are about and inch and a half to two inches in length.
Nope, that info is wrong. They can easily get 9", they are one of the largest mbuna.
It would be nice if you had a pair. At 1.5 it would be pretty impossible to tell. So they are in the 37? What are their tankmates?
ttl
It would be nice if you had a pair. At 1.5 it would be pretty impossible to tell. So they are in the 37? What are their tankmates?
ttl
BTW ttl, I have been doing some research and all the sites I have been to say 4 to 5 inches max!! I don't know where you are getting your info, but I believe that the majority of bumble bee cichlid owners say they only get 4 to 5 nches in length!!
Pseudotropheus crabro aka Maylandia crabro are often considered "larger" mbuna. However, 9" is more the exception than the norm.
I'd say 6" would be a bit more average.
I'd say 6" would be a bit more average.
my crabro got to be at least 6" after 3 years, a nice chunky size, but they are very agressive almost as much so as our kenyi, good luck with yours
bob
bob
Why is it that when a pair of verocious (spelling?) fish get in a new tank, they always stay together for a while then split into territories?? This always confuses me.