cockatoo cichlid comunity?
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Kribs form breeding pairs and will attack any fish in the community if they are spawning. I'm not sure if it's just me, but they have attacked even the tiger barbs, which are supposedly good dither fishes :S
If you put a krib in a community alone, it depends on the individual if the krib will be aggressive. I have a male that isn't good in a community, while one female on chases the top-level fishes from time to time :S The other female doesn't chase any fishes around. As I said, it depends on each individual fish.
If you put a krib in a community alone, it depends on the individual if the krib will be aggressive. I have a male that isn't good in a community, while one female on chases the top-level fishes from time to time :S The other female doesn't chase any fishes around. As I said, it depends on each individual fish.
I two male Cacs. in a 55 gallon tank with moderate plants and I only see agression between the two. I have kept these fish for over a year and have never seen agression that would disrupt the community. The spawning aggression is limited if the tank is big.
they make good community fish as long as your community is planned around the cichlids. I would not put them with any other bottom dwellers (cories,loaches) unless the tank was 30g or more and there were several bottom dwellers to help spread out aggression. They do very well with angel fish (they learn to stay in the top half of the tank) and schooling fish like tetras.
Their scientific name is Apistogramma cacatuoides (this may generate a few more hits if you google it) This genus is my absolute favorite. check out www.thekrib.com and www.apistogramma.com for some good info on this genus.
laetacara curviceps, and keyhole cichlids have a reputation for being a little less agressive toward tankmates. Keyholes get big enough to eat some of the smaller tetras however.
Their scientific name is Apistogramma cacatuoides (this may generate a few more hits if you google it) This genus is my absolute favorite. check out www.thekrib.com and www.apistogramma.com for some good info on this genus.
laetacara curviceps, and keyhole cichlids have a reputation for being a little less agressive toward tankmates. Keyholes get big enough to eat some of the smaller tetras however.