Lemon cichlid?

[kaianuanu]

i saw a fish i really liked in an LFS like a month ago. It was 20 dollars, it had a body shape like a pike, it was 2" long, and it was bright bright yellow all over like a yellow lab. i really liked it i beilieve they were Lemon Cichlids. Can anybody clearify? Also, i a have a 20 gallon tall, could i put a few of those in there? If so how many? Also, do these fish accept feeder minnows/guppies?

[troy]

Sounds like a type of pike cichlid and even the dwarfs need 50g+, do a 20g is not big enough for one.

[kaianuanu]

i beilieve it is a lemon cichlid. do you know about their care?

[OscarFan]

They need a 29g tank

[troy]

Is this it? http://www.aquatic-hobbyist.com/profiles/freshwater/cichlids/lemoncichlid.html

[toddnbecka]

Sounds like a Neolamprologus leleupi to me. Tanganykian substrate-spawning fish, minimum tank size 30 gallons, aggressive toward their own kind.

[kaianuanu]

yea thats it. do you know about its care? does it eat feeder minnows/guppies

[toddnbecka]

Any good cichlid flakes or pellets supplemented occaisonally with frozen bloodworms and/or brine shrimp would be fine. They may eat live feeders, but that isn't their natural diet.

[kaianuanu]

do you think they would if they are the right size?

[toddnbecka]

Most fish will eat smaller fish if given the opportunity, but feeder guppies from the lfs tend to be a greater health risk for your fish that any potential benefit from using them for live food. They are mass-produced, badly overcrowded, kept in lousy conditions, and IME it's rare to find healthy feeder guppy stock. If you have a tankful of healthy guppies and want/need to cull some fry that's another matter.

[kaianuanu]

i see waht you mean by the whole sick breeder. my Lfsis family owned and they actually just buy cheap guppies from a breeder in bulk and sell them as feeders for that reason. i know thw owner

[OscarFan]

lol its a 5 inch fish dont think it would eat much.

[kaianuanu]

hey i've seen some beast of a 5 inchers in my day

[kaianuanu]

yea my 2" south americans are "Slurping down minnows like a packers fa at an all you can eat bratwrust buffet" -in-fisherman magazine

[toddnbecka]

Tanganykian cichlids are some slow-growing fish, almost as bad as clown loaches. I've never actually seen a 5" leleupi, but given the growth rate of my buescheri I'd estimate it would take at least a few years to get one to that size.

[OscarFan]

Lol feeding feeders to africans is not a very good idea. They dont have very much nutrition and arent in their natural diet.

[kaianuanu]

how long do you think it would take a 2" leleupi to get 4" ?

[kaianuanu]

hey oscar fan comment on "Jag. cichlids"

[OscarFan]

hey oscar fan comment on "Jag. cichlids"

lol for one this is a thread on lemons not jags. two your real fine one to talk hijacking threads left right. 3 just trying to help out so you dont lose fish left and right.

[toddnbecka]

how long do you think it would take a 2" leleupi to get 4" ?
I'd estimate 18 months or so, that's about how long it took for my largest male buescheri to grow to that size.

[kaianuanu]

fine i'll just make a new thread :P

[KatzeSlaugen]

Orion fish flakes or granules added occasionally frozen bloodworm and / or brine shrimp on it. They can eat live feeders, but this is not their natural food.
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