Aequidens Diadema

[the biffster]

they grow about a max
of about 5inch there
a nice fish but thats me i like
cichlids


i love cichlids me

 

[mattlee]

they grow about a max
of about 5inch there
a nice fish but thats me i like
cichlids


i love cichlids me

well this one is at least 6 inches and there have been reports of these getting anything up to 10 inches

 

[the biffster]

strange that's what my book says
mind you it is out of date a bit
they must be growing larger

 

[star4]

Metae (similar looking to the diadema) are smaller, my diadema must be 8"+ now.

Biffster, throw you book in the bin

 

[walkers101]

yeah this boy is quite big and very chunky Biffster burn the book lol

2 DAYS TO GO!!!!!!!!!!!! lol

 

[the biffster]

http/www.aqua-fish.net/show.php?h=acara

link take you to page about
the same fish have a look and
see what they say

 

[walkers101]

not doubting you Biffster but thats wrong also

 

[the biffster]

not doubting you Biffster but thats wrong also

they specialize in cichlids

 

[star4]

Might be the case mate, but its still wrong, this site says 8"
http/aquavisie.retry.org/Database/Aquariumfish/Aequidens_diadema.html

 

[the biffster]

Might be the case mate, but its still wrong, this site says 8"
http/aquavisie.retry.org/Database/Aquariumfish/Aequidens_diadema.html

in the wild in the link
i put up its how big it gets
in captivity

 

[the biffster]

http/www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=13108

http/www.mtfb.com/MTFB%20March%202005/MTFBNUMBER4March/AquedinsdiademaMARCH.htm

 

[Wills]

When I first bought them I was under the impression they got to about 4/5 inches I cant believe they have got so big! This one is a wild specimen and was quite a decent age when they arrived in our tanks then you have had them just short of a year now I think.

Maybe domestic strains stay smaller than wild specimens?

Wills

I think that fishbase is actually wrong! Its saying that these are actually collected in the Rio Jena Hero which is actually a different strain of Aequidens (or Andinoacara if your upto date hehee) sp. Jena Hero has coloured ventral fins like a maroony red where as A.Diadema has clear.

An other reason why these two species can get mixed up - perhaps the two species have different maximum sizes for that reason?

Wills

 

[star4]

First site wouldnt upload for me, the second site has in the top left hand corner the date of 2005, old information Not going to get into an argument over it, I have one touching 8" swimming round my tank, so I agree to differ.

 

[walkers101]

also disagree matts new one is deffinatly bigger seen it in the flesh enough to know its bigger than 4 inches

 

[minxfishy]

Star4's (formerly Wills) A.Diadema is 8", saw him only a few weeks ago!

Dont take much notice of most of the 'expert' sites, personal experience with fish and their sizes is usually a better idea.