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

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.

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?

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

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

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

pics of my two new firemouths!!

Top pic is a female 3 pic is a male you can tell from the colors on there stomic

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