How large do acei cichlids get? The purple one with yellow fins?

[tarheels910]

I was thinking of keeping 1 of the 3 little kenyis that were givin to me. Wanted to keep a female because i liked the blue color and if i'm not mistaken, the female may not get quite as big. Still kenysi in general may be a problem in my 55g when full grown. I will probally give up the 2 other kenyis. I hope i spelled Kenyi right.
Well, i'm off to petsmart to see what they have in stock today.

Its going to be hard to tell at a young age if a kenyi is a male or female. It could be a male thats is trying to keep its origional color to avoid aggression from the dominant one.

 

[nancie2k]

i had a kenyi with some red zebras and a yellow lab- had to put the yellow in another tank and the kenyi took over 3/4 of the 55 gallon!!!!! (i had bought some "mixed africans")

 

[MIKE D]

I love the color of that fish! Too bad I cant get one