that one might get to 6" but not likely to get much bigger unless he's a
breeder, I've heard the breeders use bigger fish, to produce bigger fish...

not likely that a flametail will get to 6.5"


"Rich Conley" wrote in message
...
Okay, so the Ngara Flametails someone offerd me wont get too big? Ive seen
sites
saying anywhere from 3 1/2 -6 1/2 inches as max size.

350X_Rider wrote:

not from where I have read, most, if not all peacocks, top out at 4.5"
for a
large male.... mostly at the 4" range... mine are all under 4" and
they're
almost a 1.5 year old...going on 2....

I used bigskycichlids.com for alot of my research, then there WAS this
fishrooms.com that had great pics of user tanks and their inhabitants,
but
I've not seen it lately.. might have been pulled....

"Rich Conley" wrote in message
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Heard Stuartgranti gets pretty big though.....like 7-8
inches...looking
for one
that stays in the 4" range.

350X_Rider wrote:

If you want red and blue species, try Aulonocara stuartgranti

but these are the ones I've either got, or getting...
Aulonocara baenschi - yellowish
have Aulonocara jacobfreibergi "Eureka Red"
Aulonocara lwanda
Aulonocara stuartgranti - almost any kind is gorgeous...
have Aulonocara stuartgranti "Maleri"

"Rich Conley" wrote in message
...
Sorry...came off a little like an ass there....what type of
peacocks
are
you
keeping? Thinking of adding some to the 55..so I'm looking for
some
smaller
peacock species...with good blue/red coloration. Any ideas?

350X_Rider wrote:

my bad on the generalization... I have mostly peacocks, should
have
been
more clear about that.... but my mbunas don't color up unless
they're
being
bothered though.... but that's typical mbunas....

"Rich Conley" wrote in message
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3. you realize that it's just the males that have color,
right?
Most
females
are a drab gray/brown earthy tone color...

Thats mostly in peacocks...in most Mbuna, the females are
colorful.
Many
species
have no sexual dimorphism, and many have totally different,
but
equally
coulorful females (Ps. Salousoi, Ps. Lombardoi "Kenyi",
Melanchromis
"Chipokae",
etc.)

If you want info on Africans try the African Cichlid Resource
Forum,
or
you
could try Cichlid-forum.com. I currently have a 55 gallon set
up,
with
8
Yellow
labs, and 6 tiger barbs...the tank is lightly planted..and the
only
thing
the
labs seem to do (bright yellow...females too..) is pick the
algae
off
the
sword
leaves...

Rich