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Fire mouths 2 years, 9 months ago #47887

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hey guys i just picked up a couple of fire mouth cichlids and there aprox. 2" inches long... does anyone have any idea how fast they grow as i am fairly sure if i place them in my main tank at this point bubbles ( an 10" + oscar) will have a $8 meal and they were hard enough for me to find lol so i have them in a 55 gallon community tank to grow some

Re:Fire mouths 2 years, 9 months ago #47889

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firemouths grow to about 6 inches or so well at least thats all mine have reached. they are not overly quick growers like o's and will take a while(about a year ime) to get to a large enough size so your oscar wont eat him.
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Re:Fire mouths 2 years, 9 months ago #47893

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thanks to all that info you typed up in the cichlid section thats how i come to want em for my tank is there anyway to tell the sex or is it like oscars hit and miss?

Re:Fire mouths 2 years, 9 months ago #47959

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well with my fire mouths the males have a bump on there head and longer fins and the males have a orange to red color under them there pritty easy to sex.
if you take a look at my avatar u will see a male fire mouth
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Re:Fire mouths 2 years, 9 months ago #47962

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well after a couple of hours of researching i have come to conclusion that if i have a pair i have a pair if not oh well better luck next time lol

Re:Fire mouths 2 years, 9 months ago #47991

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mines grown about half inch in 4 weeks i also have a pair and they are ok with my o and he is about 4 and a half to 5 inches now he grown 2 inchesin 4 weeks

Re:Fire mouths 2 years, 9 months ago #48037

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pics of my two new firemouths!!









Re:Fire mouths 2 years, 9 months ago #48039

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Top pic is a female 3 pic is a male you can tell from the colors on there stomic
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Re:Fire mouths 2 years, 9 months ago #48041

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im really hoping i have a male/female pair so i really hope your right but from what i read only time will tell
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