What to do with Rainbow Cichlids?

[gspille]

In my one 75 gal I have 6 Rainbow Cichlids I grew out over the last 7 months, along with 6 boseman rainbows, a bristlenose pleco, 2 australian rainbows, and a syno cat. 2 pairs have formed in the ranbow cichlids, and I'm looking to do one of the following:
A: Leave the two pair in the 75 gal, and re-home the two oddball rainbow cichlids
OR
B: Move one pair to my 40 breeder with my 2 bolivian rams/not paired, 6 diamond tetras, 5 green corys, and two clown plecos. If they'd be okay with the rams that is. (could re-home the rams) Plus re-home the 2 odd men out.

I also have thought about moving one to the 40 breeder, one to the 29 gal with my 10 tiger barbs, and leaving the 2 pair in the 75 gal. I can't move any of the rainbow cichlids to either our 180 gal or either 125 gal because the fish in them are too big and aggressive fish. Any suggestions? Thanks.

 

[duane stuermer]

What is your ultimate intent?
Do you want to have them spawn and end up with fry?
Or simply to have some multispinossa in a tank?
I find if you want the pairs to spawn, and end up with fry, you need to give each pair a separate tank with no other tank mates. If not the other pair will ultimately eat the fry.
I kept 4 pairs in a 500 gal pool, and there would be many spawns, but fry would never survive, always ultimately get eaten by others onve free swimming.

 

[gspille]

For now I've gotten rid of the two odd men out. I moved one pair to the 40 gal. We are still deciding on final outcome now. One of the 125's we may be totally reconfiguring. One pair may end up there.