LARGE blue African?

[four_by_ken]

Just curious... what would be some of the LARGE blue Africans?

[Ron]

Blue Striped Cichlid
Electric Blue
Big Blue Peacock
Blue Dolphin

 

[four_by_ken]

Dimidiochromis compressiceps
I knew of these... but I have never seen them actually be blue.  I think its just me though.



Just from some Google searching...

Aristochromis Christyi 12"?
Champsochromis Caeruleus 18"?
Tyrannochromis Nigriventer 14"?
Tyrannochromis Macrostoma 14"?

I have no idea how readily available these fish are though.

[auratus]

Petrochromis Sp Blue giant  is the largest blue African I know of

[Michael Zebrowski]

Male Cobalt Blue zebras

[four_by_ken]

Male Cobalt Blue zebras

They only get 4-5"... and thats big for them.  Right?

[four_by_ken]

Petrochromis Sp Blue giant  is the largest blue African I know of

Looking for some pictures... they dont seem very blue.

[auratus]

Depends on age witch kind of blue giant but I`ve seen them they look plenty blue to me

[four_by_ken]

That one looks pretty cool.

[techjoe]

Copadichromis azureus
 http://www.cichlid-forum.com/articles/c_azureus.php

I have had two pairs of these when I was starting out great fish.  Vary mild manor.  size 6-7"  I was just wishing I had a pair.

[Michael Zebrowski]

Male Cobalt Blue zebras

They only get 4-5"... and thats big for them.  Right?

Male Cobalts can hit 6".  Male Dimidiochromis compressiceps are absolutely awesome as full 10" adults; Shiny green heads and blue bodies.

[four_by_ken]

I am thinking fish in the 10"+ range.

[Ron]

One very noticeable omission so far would be the Nimbochromis genus. Not N. venustus, but the remainder get quite blue in breeding dress.

[Regalblue]

I am thinking fish in the 10"+ range.

Fusco!
There's a couple Tyranochromis which get a nice blue too.

[four_by_ken]

After Ron's last post... I was looking and came across Nimbochromis fuscotaeniatus.