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Posted by Stephen Provis on July 5, 2005, 5:01 am
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> stephen@provis.wanadoo.co.uk says...
> > i have recently bought a hoplarchus psittacus (parrot cichlid) and have
had
> > conflicting advice in whether it can be aggressive or not, it is
currently
> > in a tank alone but i want to hopefully put it in with my synspilum,
there
> > are only a few fs in cornwall and a few have never even heard of this
fish
> > so have been unable to help.
> >
> >
> >
> I've heard of them before, but I must admit I've not seen them other than
> on Google and the odd article I've read. The BCA has an adobe article
> here:
>
> http://www.britishcichlid.com/pdfs/psittacu.pdf
>
> Unfortunately, when I tried to get more info from the fishbase site (my
> favourite reference site) it appears to be down.
>
> It's a nice looking fish, but with an adult size of up to (and possibly
> over) 18", you're going to need a good sized tank (preferably > 2' front
> to back and minimum 4' wide) to give it a decent quality of life.
>
> --
> Steph
> GSX750F
thanks, i am hoping to put him in my 6ft tank which has only got a pair of
synspilum and a synodontis in at the moment
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> conflicting advice in whether it can be aggressive or not, it is currently
> in a tank alone but i want to hopefully put it in with my synspilum, there
> are only a few fs in cornwall and a few have never even heard of this fish
> so have been unable to help.
>
>
>