new istlanum

Picked the new one up from apfp today. Shot a short video, got a text from madness in the middle of the video so that was loud. My tank needs a water change, its accumulated a little bit of poop in that one spot. Ill probably post another video in a few hours when the new one settles in a little. Anyway enjoy!

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looks like a nics male for your female. be careful witht these two. spawning istlanum are some of the nastiest fish out there. heard of a pair taking up a 265 all by themselves. hope you dont wake up one morning to some terrorized fish and a pair on eggs

I am planing to put them in there own tank soon. Hopefully a 5' was thinking of something tough enough to go with a breeding pair. I was thinking a breeding pair of adult convicts. But we will see.

5' is a good size. most whove owned pairs say a 4 foot tank is too small and they get super abusive and even though theyre only like 10" fish a lot of people who have owned pairs say a 6' tank. anything in that tank will more than likely turn into ground fish meat

I will be pushing for a 6', but my wife said 5' max.. we will see.

fish_n_vw wrote:I will be pushing for a 6', but my wife said 5' max.. we will see.

5' tanks are much harder to find and command a higher price....It would actually be cheaper to find another 6' tank instead.

At least thats the reasoning I would use!

The fish are looking great, you are on the brink to an all out breeding frenzy with your stocking in pairs. Could make some nice money with the fry from some of those harder to find fish you got.

There potentialy 5 breeding pairs in that tank. 2 seiboldei, 1 istlanum, 1 firemouth, and 1 lyonsi. Its kinda nuts. But I have the temp at 76 to keep the aggresion and growth rate down untill I get the other two tanks ji should be getting in a few months. I have like 20+ possible breeding pairs in the house if you count the africans I have. Thanks for the nice words D. I am happy with the way all these guys are growing. Maybee later in the week I will do alonger video of my 3 big tanks again.

He looks real nice and is fitting in well, very quickly. GL.

Thanks. I hope, but don't want get my hopes up.