Michigan Cichlid Association
General Category => New World => Topic started by: Crfish on December 24, 2013, 09:43:03 AM
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I just picked up an azul from FF and was wondering if anyone had tips on keeping them and then can i keep different variants together? lastly does anyone have some I can purchase or trade for??
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do you have a 400 gal tank? if not I dont think its a good idea.
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i am going to have a 160-200 in 5 months and i know he wont be too big by then an 85 gal will hopefully do until then.
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post some pics, be awesome to see.
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They grow fast.
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Ill post some later tonight and has anyone kept them?
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Ill post some later tonight and has anyone kept them?
I've only seen them in person a handful of times.
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I know Grizzly'sDad had some at one time. Not sure what he's up to these days.
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I know Grizzly'sDad had some at one time. Not sure what he's up to these days.
I talked with Tony about 5-6 weeks ago, he was doing well, just real busy was all.
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Check this out
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVYDjTmE9a0
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Check this out
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVYDjTmE9a0
Never seen one with a hump on the head.
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I had one for a couple of years. They are a lot of fun and very interesting. Eventually trained mine to take dry krill and then pellets. Although being a bass he loved night crawlers and live food of course. Kids in the neighborhood would catch crayfish from a nearby creek just to watch him eat. The drawback for me was I like having a variety of fish and he would get pushed around by large American cichlids so that would stress him out. But then at night he would dive bomb and try to eat anything that moved. He killed and tried to eat a Pike Cichlid that was the same size as him by attacking when the lights went out. If you have the space and find the right tankmates (if any) then I would say go for it.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uq28TDzr7EI
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When did peacock bass become legal to keep? I remember, they were illegal to keep in 1993. Now, I noticed them at Fantastic Fins in Livonia.
Best Regards,
Andy
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When did peacock bass become legal to keep? I remember, they were illegal to keep in 1993. Now, I noticed them at Fantastic Fins in Livonia.
Best Regards,
Andy
I've seen them around a few places now. I have to say that there are not issues. Not sure if and when the laws may have changed.
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The peacock bass is not a cichlid. It is a game fish from the Amazon River. All game fish are illegal to keep.
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The peacock bass is not a cichlid. It is a game fish from the Amazon River. All game fish are illegal to keep.
I cant see this true... to many stores have them for sale. If it was one... I would say they are sneaking by with selling it. But with multiple locations... cant be illegal.
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I know it is illegal to keep small mouth and large mouth bass. The Cichla ocellaris, or more commonly known as the peacock bass is bigger and more aggressive than either. They are considered a game fish. Maybe they are legal, or maybe they are illegal?
Sincerely,
Andy
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A lot of the fish we keep are considered game fish in the countries in which they originate.
Also, I do believe that the bass in peacock bass is a misnomer, it's just part of the common name used here in the US.
The largemouth is Micropterus salmoides, and the smallmouth is M dolomieu so aside from being fish and filling the same approximate niche in their environments they're not that closely related.
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That sounds right. However, the United States does not allow our game fish to be exported or kept. I have heard the same about other countries game fish. Again, I am not sure, but I have heard the same laws apply. I could be wrong. It is a pretty fish regardless.
Andy
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I first kept them in the 1960s but failed as I couldn't get them to eat pellets, they were wild caught.
Again in the 80s, more successful but my 150 gal was just too small. in a very short time.
Here in Milwaukee they were quite common a few years back, available in all LFSs, because one of the MAS members had a breeding pair. He had the pair in a 240 with no other tankmates when I shot the pics below on my camera.
Even though they are called bass, they are cichlids, and were introduced as game fish in Florida, but South American, not native
(http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i97/dstuer/Pbass/03-08-07_1910-1.jpg) (http://s70.photobucket.com/user/dstuer/media/Pbass/03-08-07_1910-1.jpg.html)
(http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i97/dstuer/Pbass/03-08-07_1853-1.jpg) (http://s70.photobucket.com/user/dstuer/media/Pbass/03-08-07_1853-1.jpg.html)
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Very sweet pics. I seen a video on youtube that someone in florida had them breeding in ponds.