Picture Of My Parent's Male Fuelleborni...

[trojannemo]

hey guys. so we got some cichlids with my new (used) 75g tank. my parents kept two of the big ones plus a baby that we found in the tank.
anyways, this is my favorite (other is a big blood parrot).

from my understanding it is a male Labeotropheus fuelleborni, is that correct? he is about 6.5" and very beautiful.
i've been spending a lot of time with it as I read online they can learn to identify their owners from other people, and he seems to be warming
up to me

anyways, here he is:

based on his coloration and size, is it possible to estimate his age? how long do they live?

thanks for any info you can provide

 

[Ace Of Spades]

hey guys. so we got some cichlids with my new (used) 75g tank. my parents kept two of the big ones plus a baby that we found in the tank.
anyways, this is my favorite (other is a big blood parrot).

from my understanding it is a male Labeotropheus fuelleborni, is that correct? he is about 6.5" and very beautiful.
i've been spending a lot of time with it as I read online they can learn to identify their owners from other people, and he seems to be warming
up to me

anyways, here he is:

based on his coloration and size, is it possible to estimate his age? how long do they live?

thanks for any info you can provide

I'm not able to estimate his size, but I wanted to say that Fuelleborni looks magnificent i'd be proud .

 

[dthoffsett]

Since he's so large, I'd say he's at least 2 years old, more than that I couldn't say. He is quite a beautiful specimen.
How long he'll live depends on a lot of factors, but 10 years isn't unreasonable.