amphilophus rhytisma

[killerfish]

anybody know about them are the aggressive like red devil or peaceful like robertsoni i may be able to get one but not for long

ANYBODY know about this cichlid

 

[Nate_N_Nicole]

never heard of it unfortunatly, got a pic??? or another name???

 

[cchhcc]

Fairly peaceful. Similar to many of the CA sifters in aggression. Awesome fish IMO!

 

[tiny28]

IME.....robertsoni males are pretty aggressive thou.....ive never kept rhytisma

 

[driftwood]

Fairly peaceful fish. I think they are somewhat mellower than my Robertsoni. Keep to themselves in my tank and make great tankmates in a peaceful community set up. They are nothing like a Red Devil. I have mine with my Pearsi, Regani and a few other mellow Centrals.

 

[codeline]

Here are some photos. Great fish

 

[killerfish]

cool i think i'm going to try and get one they don't seem to have a ton of color but some

heres a pic from mikeskillerfish.com

NOT MY PIC
this one looks different then other pics i've seen hmmm

COLORADO PEOPLE he only has two so if you beat me there please save me one lol

 

[pwmin]

did you pick one up? i guess not seeing that the stocklist still says they have 2.

 

[croc 2-3]

IME.....robertsoni males are pretty aggressive thou.....ive never kept rhytisma

Roberstoni are not really aggressive neither are rhytismas. They can hold their own though. I've kept Rhytismas & Robertsoni some years ago. My rhytismas were not (capable killers) like red devil or Argentea . Both Robertsoni & Rhytismas males are capable of being a bully in a passive tank. I had some with grammodes, argentea & the like & they held quite nicely. I had 1 male Rhytisma bully a few panamensis but they eventually fought back & all was well no deaths just a lot of bluff.

 

[polomax24]

Rhytismas and robertsoni are good at bullying weaker fish but will succumb to more aggressive fish.

Here is a picture of my F0 male.