Anyone Keeping,Kept

[shelaghfishface]

these are stunning, from what ive seen in books, anyone have any advice on them- these are exactly the reason i get excited about fishkeeping

TIA
shelagh xxx

sorry i cant correct the error in my spelling in the title the correct spelling is steatocranus casuarius ( incase you needed to copy n paste)

 

[minxfishy]

I googled it too!! Never heard of them before, dont get very big do they.

Are you thinking of getting some?

 

[shelaghfishface]

guess its a taste thing

males get to 6.5 inches
females 4
quite shy ( tho thats the last thing they look)
yes mags if i could get a couple id be overjoyed - 1 black and 1 gold

 

[Spishkey]

wow the blues are stunning *drool*

 

[shelaghfishface]

arnt they gorgeous spish?
im a woman on a mission!!

 

[minxfishy]

Check out tropical fish finder UK, apparently some stores have them in stock, but cant find one near you yet!

 

[shelaghfishface]

keep looking!! just found these on ebay 320456976050 but colours dont look very nice and ive had a few mishaps with fish from there before and as you know posting at this time of year.....

 

[shelaghfishface]

have emailed the bloke, see what hes got.. not sure about posting tho, but he says hes been at it ( breeding) for years

 

[minxfishy]

Has good feedback so if you really want them, its worth a go IMO. Sometimes you have to take a chance.

 

[shelaghfishface]

thats so true.. ill wait for his reply and drag a deal out of him

nelly .. dont even think about putting me off

 

[england]

They look very nice shela, the very blue pic what comes up on google has been edited,they look just like in the pic on ebay, stunners in my oppinion but a very bland looking cichlid

 

[shelaghfishface]

bland??? whats in that fag that the munkeys smoking
they are stunning and look at there faces ..

 

[minxfishy]

Nelly you should know by now not to put her off something she has her heart set on. They are quite pretty (in a good light!)

 

[shelaghfishface]

you would think he`d know by now

 

[minxfishy]

Oh Shelagh, guess what I just saw in an LFS near me....................Yep these fellas, had about 7 in the tank, £6.49 each!!!