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you should definitely quarantine, at least 2 weeks, maybe a month if you can.

I doubt that they are actual trimacs, I don't see why they don't market them as flowerhorns instead.

I'd do a Tanganyikan community or a peacock/hap tank...those are what I would do if I had an empty 125

I prefer the CA/SA as well, especially when compared to mbuna.

it does kinda look like a burundi, but either way, it looks great.

I wouldn't bother keeping salt in a platy tank, as most fancy platies found at LFS are bred in freshwater and platies are not brackish water fish.

i wouldn't put any bosemani rainbows in a 10 gallon, there is not enough space to compensate for their size, school size, and swimming room since they are active fish.

Coler, since this is about ID-ing fish, do you know what the cichlid on the bottom left of the last picture is? a hap?

each specimen has its own personality, but generally severums are pretty easy going, although generally more aggressive than angelfish or Satanoperca. The rainbowfish are fast and will generally avoid the severum.

My dog is a papillon/rat terrier mix. Every dog I've ever had is a mixed breed. There's a a big difference, one being that whether it's a mutt, german shepherd, poodle, it is still the same species. My main problem with the blood parrots is not that they are a hybrid, but also that they are...

how about a pair of dwarf cichlids, like curviceps or kribs.

well esmeralda, why not try here instead of a freshwater catfish forum http://monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=189

A definite no on the tinfoils, but you can probably keep one oscar and one grotesque abomination ('blood parrot') for a little bit of time as juveniles, but you will need to do very frequent water changes, and at some point one of the fish would have to go. You're better off with just the lone...

A green severum is good, but the angelfish idea is good too.

no offense, but your fish doesn't look anything like a firemouth.

definitely don't mess around with that pH, either get very adaptable fish (that have been acclimated to the same pH at the LFS) or those that prefer the water you have.

If it is too much of a hassle why not return them to the fish store?

Since this will be to breed convicts, I wouldn't bother with any tankmates.

I have a Paratilapia (being from Madagascar) together with both CA and SA cichlids, but a petstore like Petsmart shouldn't be recommending mixing Neotropicals with Rift Lake Africans (specifically mbuna). Other Africans like kribs, buffaloheads, jewels, etc. could go with Neotropical cichlids...

What tank size? Which species of South Americans and Africans are you considering?