Cichlid for 60x24x24

ChEeRs_BiG_EaRs

ChEeRs_BiG_EaRs

KrUsTy'S FiSh KeEpEr
Mar 22, 2003
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hey guys, looking at getting some cichlids for my new 60 x 24 x 24. setting is made of largeish rocks, with a few ferns here and there. and caves btw. jsut wodnerign what sort of cichlids i should put in here. i want nice colourful ones, but sort of darker colours, ie not electric yellow haps. (like black, dark red, etc)something about 6 inches or so. and not oscars thanx
thanx guys.
 
Wow, you can do a lot with a 150gal! You can pretty much take your pic of most cichlids, except for the larger new world fish.

With a tank that size, I would seriously think of going with colonies of 2 tropheus species. They aren't as bright as the yellow labs, but have gorgeous darker colors. They do carry a heftier price tag though.
 
Here's a picture of the "black white"

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150Gal in the US
124Gal in the UK
You would be able put several small fish in there or a pair of some large breeding fish Like Jags or Red Terrors. Just dont try the super large like Peacock Bass Dovii's or even unbee's which are smaller but are way to mean. Just give us ideas what your into and from where. More info and stuff you let us know your into the better we could help. Also what kind of tapwater do you have in other words test the hardiness of your tap and the Ph.
 
Wait! We don't even know what type of water Big Ears has. Depending on water quality and whether it's hard, soft, alkaline, acidic, neutral, etc. how can we make any recommendations?

So how about it? What's your water like? :confused:
 
Well for the most part, it's easier to up your PH and hardness, so I'd imagine it would be easiest to match a Rift Lake environment.

Then again Tropheus are a little more pricey and more 'advanced' fish, so I don't know if you would want to start off with them or not.
 
severums

well if i was u i would bye some severums, they dont grow to big, there not overly aggressive and they have wonderful dark colours, u could try 3 pair of severums a pair of green severums a pair of golden severums and a pair with a green and gold, they would look amazing in that tank and they are very sociable cichlids, they would be great fish to watch.
 
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