Firemouth question.

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Williamc141

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I have a 75 gallon tank, The fish I have now are:

6- tiger barbs. Want to get 4 more in the future.
6-peppered cories
2-false julii cories

Would a firemouth work with these fish? The peppered cories are pretty large but the julii's are kinda small. The firemouth at my LFS is still quite small. Maybe 2" big.
 

Fishfiles1

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i love fire mouth meekis, they can be a little temperamental to things near there fun spots, how ever i did manage to keep 2 male fire mouths with a school of 7 panda corys for about a year with no problems. I would guess that not every fire mouth is going to be that nice to a fish of that size, it is good to remember that a fire mouth can and will eat a fish that it can fit in its mouth. Add the fire mouths and see, if there is a problem you have one of two things to do, ether the fire mouths go, or the corys.
 

GEV83

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I got some thorichthys not meeki though and they do get temperamental when near there hang out spot but not any where near as bad as other Central American cichlids. I would depend on that individual fishes temperament though. Not a big bruiser though so predation is the biggest concern. They do got smallish mouths though.


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