I'm sure the subject here is really just a matter of opinion, but I'm asking anyway. I plan on adding some South American dwarf cichlids to my 55 gallon heavily planted community tank. Trouble is 1. I can't really find any, and 2. I don't know what kind to get if I'm going to do some kind of mail order. (oh, and 3. I can't spell any of these darn fish names.)
#1 isn't entirely true: I've found some cocatoos (see #3 above) that are small and pretty. However, I'd really like to know if that's my best bet for peaceful fish.
Could I get more than one species and have everybody get along? I plan on (possibly) getting some angels for the tank, but that'll be last. Currently there are 8 bleeding heart tetras, 4 cories, and 3 black skirt tetras.
So far some of the primary candidates are agassizi, Laetacara dorsiger, cackatoo cichlids, or possibly rams. I'm going for something colorful here, which is probably obvious. But also, like I said, peaceful. I'd really like not to see any bullying if at all possible. I know there's always going to be some amount of that, but the less, the better.
Availability is also a question I have. Like I said the only thing I've actually seen available in a store are cackatoos; and I think there's a bolivian ram in a store i hit occasionally. Never seen an agassizi's, or a dorsiger.
Thoughts?
#1 isn't entirely true: I've found some cocatoos (see #3 above) that are small and pretty. However, I'd really like to know if that's my best bet for peaceful fish.
Could I get more than one species and have everybody get along? I plan on (possibly) getting some angels for the tank, but that'll be last. Currently there are 8 bleeding heart tetras, 4 cories, and 3 black skirt tetras.
So far some of the primary candidates are agassizi, Laetacara dorsiger, cackatoo cichlids, or possibly rams. I'm going for something colorful here, which is probably obvious. But also, like I said, peaceful. I'd really like not to see any bullying if at all possible. I know there's always going to be some amount of that, but the less, the better.
Availability is also a question I have. Like I said the only thing I've actually seen available in a store are cackatoos; and I think there's a bolivian ram in a store i hit occasionally. Never seen an agassizi's, or a dorsiger.
Thoughts?
