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bvc310
02-15-2003, 6:50 PM
i have a 25 gallon tank. it is cycled, would these fish be ok in it, 1 2.5in pleco, 1 1.5in cory cat, 2 2.5in female auratus, 1 3in cobalt zebra, 1 2in albino zebra, 3 2in jewels.
kewlparrotz
02-15-2003, 9:09 PM
dont you think your cramming them in there alittle bit plus if you put all those cichlids together you would have a bunch of dead fish. i have six cichlids in my 65 gallon and its still like war.
Cichlid Woman
02-15-2003, 9:23 PM
I'd strongly recommend getting at least three to five cory cats. They really need each others' company, and don't take up much of a bioload.
Are you going to plunk some live plants in there, too?
-- Pat
Tyler718
02-15-2003, 9:57 PM
Originally posted by kewlparrotz
dont you think your cramming them in there alittle bit plus if you put all those cichlids together you would have a bunch of dead fish. i have six cichlids in my 65 gallon and its still like war.
I have to agree on this.This is to many cichilds for a tank of this size. Unless they are juvenilles and you are upgrading them to a larger tank in the future.
bvc310
02-16-2003, 12:07 AM
Originally posted by Cichlid Woman
I'd strongly recommend getting at least three to five cory cats. They really need each others' company, and don't take up much of a bioload.
Are you going to plunk some live plants in there, too?
-- Pat
i have a live plant in there currently. it can be moved if necessary. yes i will be getting a few more cories.
Faramir
02-17-2003, 3:53 AM
Originally posted by bvc310
i have a 25 gallon tank. it is cycled, would these fish be ok in it, 1 2.5in pleco,
For the time being.
1 1.5in cory cat,
Schooling fish. Needs to be in a group.
2 2.5in female auratus, 1 3in cobalt zebra, 1 2in albino zebra,
OK - suddenly we're talking Mbuna. Far too small a tank, especially for these species. The auratus, even a female, is a spitting sliver of belligerence and violence.
3 2in jewels.
Not with rift lake species. Different conditions.
I think you need to decide what you want - a peaceful S American community (based on the catfish), an Mbnuna tank (but it's too small. You might get away with Labidochromis, but that's about it.) or a riverine African tank (more likely, a species tank for the Jewels because they probably won't let anything else live in a 25)
in that small of a tank, i'd put my vote in for rams. a breeding pair (or trio) of bolivians would be quite nice, i'd say. i don't know how they'd fair with others whilst spawning, anybody?