Anyone Keep Adult Firemouths?

[simonas]

I love firemouths and have kept them over the years. I;ve been thinking about them a lot lately (should get a life really)

Anyway I have not seen an adult one for years only small puny colourless ones. does anyone have adults and if so show me your pics

cheers Simon

 

[kaivalagi]

ad one, called Wally, in his younger adult days, my first cichlid, but he passed away a fair while ago now, he got stuck in a rock crevice, probably thanks to a boisterous HRP..

Some old pics (click for bigger) which were taken early on, sorry I couldn't find any pics of him towards the end :

 

[daz30347]

No pics,sorry but i had a group of 10 5" wild adults from Wharfe Aquatics about 5 years back,they were amongst my favourite fish that i have kept
Forever flairing up at each other but never caused any real damage
I really wish i could find some more

 

[Verminator89]

I have a group of 3 currently. Again only juvis, sorry simon. But they are amazing, always loved them growing up as my grandad kept a breeding adult pair. Beautifull fish. Mine are like Daz's, constantly flaring at one another then 5 minutes later they are all sifting through sand together. I'm convinced i've got 3 males currently.

 

[simonas]

lovely pics ta

I need to get a spare tank to keep some but where to keep it ha

I just have this memory of seeing an adult pair when I was a youth and they were about 6-7 inches and the male was a darker bluey grey than you see in the washed out youngesters in the shop

 

[bullit]

ive only seen adults once and they were £15 each i think. Quite expensive but i found they grew really slow.

 

[vanderdraay]

i have elliotti which are a close relation do they count ?that are breeding .

 

[kribensis12]

You are in luck simonas. I recently kept a pair of the most BEAUTIFUL firemouths I have ever seen.I now have 50 fry from them, which are all about an inch, and starting to color up. I sold the parents a while ago because of tank space. I have two pictures for you. The male was about 7 inches and the female in between 5 and 6 inches. Sorry about the size, I took the pictures with my iPod.

That is the male.





Here is the female.

The pictures really do not do them justice. I thought I had a video of them somewhere.

 

[kaivalagi]

Some bigger pics would be nice, better still can you link to bigger pics from those you posted?

 

[simonas]

lovely Kribensis 12 thanks

its the colours when they are adult that makes them so stunning

what tank size would people suggest for a pair I may see if I can squeeze an old tank in somewhere lol

 

[kribensis12]

Some bigger pics would be nice, better still can you link to bigger pics from those you posted?

I would love too, but the problem is, my iPod has a very low megapixel camera. Therefore, making the picture will greatly distort it, making it very "pixely". It's a nasty sight to say the least.

Simonas - They were in a 47 g tank, and seemed to enjoy it. Seeing as how big they were, I would not suggest keeping them in anything smaller than 40 gallons.