empress cichlid

**xDopeBoY** · 02-05-2008, 10:58 PM

i just picked up an empress cichlid, at whut size do they usually get their colors?

**sailor** · 02-05-2008, 10:59 PM

Man those puppies get big, Have you ever seen Jewel Of The Rift, in the wild they get up to 5 lbs, got a big tank?

**snipers_den** · 02-05-2008, 11:16 PM

My red empresses are 5 inches and they started too color up at 2 inches....and they breed regularly...

**jbeining75** · 02-05-2008, 11:23 PM

the red empresses get around 8-10 inches. Best kept in AA55 OR 75 GALLON AS THEY ARE VERY AGGRESSIVE... I would not recommend two males in the same tank as they are even more aggressive towards like males.... colors will fill in usually with first year.....

**toddnbecka** · 02-06-2008, 04:52 AM

Sailor, you're confusing red empress with emperor cichlids.

**jbeining75** · 02-06-2008, 05:02 AM

yeah I think you might be also the empress stop at around 8 but they are little dynamite fish...... horrible tank if two male red empresses are in there... fighting to no end.....

**jbeining75** · 02-06-2008, 05:04 AM

yeah I think you might be also the empress stop at around 8 but they are little dynamite fish...... horrible tank if two male red empresses are in there... fighting to no end.....