oooh so the ones the op posted will eventually turn black?When young and stressed, they are often light brown, and especially without a substrate.
They can get large, at least 12" , and quickly to a point, but slow growth with age.
They can be very aggressive with each other, in any tanks under 100 gallons, but usually don't bother fish they can't swallow.
Starry Night is a generic term for any of the 5-10 Paratilapia species.
Color and aggressiveness will depend on which one.
below young P sp Andapa
again the same species, as an adult
Below a P sp small spot
below same small spot in a 6ft tank, click to run video
wow and how big were they in about 5 months? and I want to put them in my 125g with my true parrots would that be a gd home
I have a polleni in my 240g with 2 psittacus, they don't care about one another one bit but the polleni was around 10” when I added the parrots at 4" so dominance was established long before the psittacus could argue their side. The polleni is pushing 12" at 3 years old and very laid back towards his tank mates and always front and center come feeding time. Other than angelfish I never buy the same cichlids twice but if something happened to my polleni I may change my ways.
