Gracie The Managuense

[pentiumburner]

This fish has the most personality out of any of my other critters. She'll come up to the top of the water and open her mouth like a bird when she's ready to eat so she has me pretty well trained. Reminds me of a cat I know...hmmmm

 

[Devilishturtles]

Very, very pretty!

 

[joannde]

Wow - she's beautiful also !!! How big is she ? I read that they can get up to 14 inches long ! I'm guessing she's already spoken to you about a larger tank ? LOL

 

[pentiumburner]

She's pretty much full grown I would say 12-13" She's all by herself in a 40 Gallon, but I do often think she would be happier all by herself in my 125

 

[joannde]

WOW - she's big and beautiful ! How long have you had her ? She's gorgeous.

 

[WaterPond]

wow, amazing fish! beautiful colours, and yes, how long have you had her?

 

[pentiumburner]

I've had her now over 2 years. She was about 7-8" when I bought her at a great Mom & Pop type of LFS in my small town.

 

[Musket]

Congrats on such a beauty. And so well trained... Opps, that's you right hehehee *you know the cat taught her how to train you.... *
Any way we can get a full shot of her?

 

[pentiumburner]

Full length shot

Here you go, not the best but's she's a quick little thing.

 

[joannde]

You can really get an appreciation for the size of her mouth in that shot.

 

[zenkatydid]

she's a quick little thing? wow, that's even more impressive!

 

[severum mama]

Wow, Gracie is beautiful, and I bet she has a heck of an attitude LOL! I agree that she would be happier in your 125, and I'm sure she has mentioned that she would appreciate at least a 75. She looks spoiled! What are you feeding her, just out of curiosity?

 

[rhetor]

My Managuense in my 125g is only about 10", and i don't expect it to get much larger.

These guys have BIG MOUTHS! they remind me of a bass.

Mine's very lazy though and just sits in its cave until food time, or when it needs to explore. It also lets the Jack Dempsey push it around a lot, even though its quite a bit bigger than the JD.

Pretty fish though. I like the purple sheen they have.