[Joels fish]

It wont take long , they eat like pigs and grow like weeds.

 

[RayQ]

They are certainly different looking as juvies! mine had blotches of blue - yours are VERY blue :thumb:

Great!

Ray

 

[GBSTEVE]

They are GREAT fish, I love mine.Great temperament for a big SA fish, as said safe with small fish- they're really not interested in fishy snacks (I even grow on small Labs in the tank with them, although I wouldn't mix with adults)

Spawning and rearing behaviour is just stunning to watch. Some of my pics in these threads

http://www.cichlid-forum.com/phpBB/view ... highlight=
http://www.cichlid-forum.com/phpBB/view ... highlight=
http://www.cichlid-forum.com/phpBB/view ... highlight=

 

[toffee]

Interesting news that Uarus do not eat small fishes. Is that a fact or myth? It would be fascinating to have a few huge Uarus in a big tank with lots and lots of small swordtails or tetras.

Anyone tried having Uarus with smaller tetras?

 

[Joels fish]

I've never noticed it myself, but I wouldn't trust them with anything remotely bite sized to be safe. I did keep a school of Serpaes with my Uarus and Sevs, they didn't last long though. The Sevs demolished the tetras when they started spawning. Prior to that however I never noticed any aggression from the Uarus towards the tetras.

While Uarus are from my experience very peacefull ,I've heard of some being real handfulls. Whether or not your going to be able to get that sort of setup to work will depend entirely on your Uarus. Best bet is to set up the tank with the tetras (I highly suggest the tall bodied species) then add Uaru juvies . They shouldn't bother the tetras, but this way you'll get a little better feel for how they're gonna behave with the tetras as they're growing out.

 

[toffee]

with neon tetras????

 

[scrubjay]

I kept my two Uarus in an indoor pond with Pristella, Lemon, Emperor, Bleeding Heart, and Glolight tetras, hatchetfish, pencilfish, and other fish over several years. My Lemon and Emperor tetras even had fry that grew up to adulthood in there. It was great to sit by the pond and feed the Uarus by hand. They were so sweet. This was about 12 years ago in a Berkeley apartment--one of those molded ponds just sitting on the floor, with a sandstone waterfall for the canister return. I suppose they may have eaten a tetra or two, but mostly they just liked to hang out under an overhanging rock together. It would be nice to see them in more SA community tanks.

 

[Fevz]

I got my Uarus few days ago and i must say they are the best cichlids i ever had! They are already eating from my hands and closely watching every thing that i do in the aquarium. They are also big pigs and are constantly eating :lol:
I have three in a tank with geophaguses

Here is the middle sized guy

 

[mambee]

Fevz,

Love your tank. Your fish must be really small because I have a 6' 150 gallon tank and it looks half the size of yours.

I have 1 10" Uaru, 6 Geos and 2 Severums in my tank.

Mike

 

[Fevz]

Thanks for loving it :wink:
I think my bigest uaru is about 7" or 8"
You should get some more mates for your uaru. They are really social fish!
Where could i see full shoot of your tank?

 

[mambee]

I had 2 that were maybe a pair. They laid eggs on a regular basis but could have been 2 females. Then one turned on the other and harassed it to death.

I'll try to post some pictures tonight.

 

[Fevz]

That's to bad
I hope you will find her some companions.

Here is a shoot of what i think a male

 

[mambee]

My 90 gallon mostly SA community tank

 

[mambee]

Not so great pictures of my 150 gallon. I really need to clean the glass.

 

[Rob Sanderson]

Anyone have any nice photos of adult Uaru Fs?

Heres mine...sorry about the quality of the pics!

Uaru fernandezyepezi

Rob.

 

[xxskynxx]

I recently lost my Uaru named Agustus. He was my favortie cichlid in my tank, because he tend to be so curious of what I was doing. He grew to be about 3 inches before my angels started breeding. I love uarus and wish I could get another one. It is true that they will eat anything green. I had put a vine plant in the corner to get it to grow and drape along my tank. Three days after putting the uaru in the tan it was gone. I began feeding him romaine and zuccinni (sorry for the spelling). They are very peaceful and a great addition to a larger tank. I kept min in a 55 and he did just fine.

 

[bamboo_turtles]

I know this is an old thread but I dont understand why people starts these kinds of " tell me why I should get this or that " threads . It almost always happens that the person never gets the animal or if they get them , they end up getting rid of it out of boredom . I think it's simple , you either want the animal or you don't .
I also noticed one person that replied mentioned keeping gymnogeophagus with uarus . I found that odd as gymno's do not do well over 75 F . Many stories that say gymnos simply fade away in temps above 78 F . I would think geophagus would be the better choice .
I currently have five uarus , 2 medium and 3 babies , I have them all together and the medium size animals do not bother the babies . They do eat alot , are growing quickly , and very inquesive about everything .

 

[Chubbs the Jellybean]

I was actually inspired by this thread to get my Uaru - and plan on getting a second thanks to the info from this particular thread - so regardless of if the OP ended up getting the Uaru, I did thanks to this! :thumb: