cichlids for a 29 planted?
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get some tomasi sp. butterfly cichlids. they are super cool and stay kinda small,but have some good colors
The butterfly cichlids do look cool but I think as soon as I get the last of the fish cleared out of the 29 I will try to get some of the oblongum from toddnbecka. They appeal to me in several different ways. I really like the fact they are are ok with cooler temps. The room they will be in never gets below 72 and is usually at least 75 so I could do away with the heater in the tank. Plus they don't seem to be available from commercial sources therefore maybe if I do end up breeding them I could trade a few to the lfs.
I really like the Bolivian rams too, but no one locally keeps them. Shipping seems the way I will have to go. Around here the only cichlids available for sale are Oscars, Parrots and a few Africans. That is why I never tried them before.
I really like the Bolivian rams too, but no one locally keeps them. Shipping seems the way I will have to go. Around here the only cichlids available for sale are Oscars, Parrots and a few Africans. That is why I never tried them before.
The oblongums are very hardy fish IME. They aren't available commercially at all as far as I know, and haven't been imported for years because nobody knows where to collect them in the wild.
Wow, those oblongums are GORGEOUS.
I was going to stop in and suggest something like keyhole cichlids, but um, I vote for the oblongums. I might have to get a few sometime....
I was going to stop in and suggest something like keyhole cichlids, but um, I vote for the oblongums. I might have to get a few sometime....
Ya, that's what I thought the first time I saw a pic of one. It was in a breeding thread on cichlid-forum, and I PM'd the guy about getting some juvies. He'd never shipped fish, so I mailed him some breather bags and sold off a group of HRP's that had just matured enough to start spawning to make space for the oblongums.
They have awesome colors and patterns for a cichlid of any size, and with their relatively small adult size and unusually mellow disposition they're tough to beat for a smaller tank. I've housed the adult pair with Malawi and Victorian Hap's, Aulonocara, severums, and assorted non-cichlid species w/out any issues between any of them.
I'll most likely have them available for at least the rest of this year. They're just big enough to ship out Priority Mail now, and the last brood of 50 I grew out didn't move along very quickly until they were mature and starting to pair off. At least half of these will likely be feeders for the Carapo knife, that's what he's here for. I simply don't have enough open tankspace to grow 200 out, even if I could sell that many.
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