Input on SA/CA Cichlids for my tank :)

[toddnbecka]

Small-medium colorful cichlids that like hard water, I can hook you up with some juvie oblongums. I have a brood of them scattered among 3 tanks growing out now, and they're large enough to ship well (1"+.) Males max out around 5", females 4". Very mellow temperament, get along with anything (aside from other oblongums after they mature) too big to eat that won't beat them up. I also have waay too many juvie cutteri, about 2" now, that will be pairing off in another month or two.
Here's a pic of the oblongum's daddy. Females look almost the same, just have shorter dorsal and anal fins.

Female:

The pair together:

 

[wombatwarcry]

Thanks for the input.

I didn't even think about putting something after redtail, it is a shark. Still young (not even 2" yet). Sorry about the mix up.

I do keep in mind that fish of the same species can be very different (why I tend to lean away from the typically more aggressive fish for this tank), it is always somethign to consider.

I googled oblongum and cutteri, I am not familiar with the 2. Therefore, I am assuming they are different, both beautiful fish though. I will be sending you a message (if I can figure it out) Toddnbecka with additional questions at some point today.

And the plecos, they are only in that tank for a short period of time. I had them because they were on sale, and I needed another hardy cycling fish. They have a home for when they get rather large.

Thanks for all of your input!

 

[wombatwarcry]

Thanks for all of your input! I got my fish today and will post pictures/details when I have them, don't wanna leave the lights on on them right now, plus its late. Looking forward to sharing!

 

[nano cichlids]

What did you decied to get in the end?

 

[wombatwarcry]

I will be posting pictures later today (hopefully). My LFS is a family owned place, I love it there. I took a list of the fish I was interested in and went over it with him, taking all of your advice with me and I ended up with (hopefully male/female combinations, hard to sex young ones though): 2 Green Severums, 2 Green Terrors (One has AMAZING color for juvi, just wait for pictures), and 2 Firemouth Cichlids. The tank is very active and the fights for territory have begun, fun to watch. Like I said, later today I will take pictures and post them!

Thanks for all of your help!

 

[toddnbecka]

Something is going to have to move out of that tank sooner or later, particularly if you do happen to end up with an established pair. Severums grow a bit large for a 55, and a pair of firemouths (most likely to pair off with a random m/f) will claim an entire 4' tank when spawning/raising fry.

 

[nano cichlids]

Yeah but for now if there juvis grow them out a decied what you like best then keep those two. Your going to have a lot of problems if you keep all of those together in a 55 gallon for life.

 

[wombatwarcry]

Oh yea for sure, I have an empty tank around here somewhere that can be used if breeding does happen. For now, not exactly sure if they are male/female pairs, just used the best guess. There is plenty of swimming space in the aquarium so I am not too worried about lack of space for a larger fish. Eventually I want a much larger tank and all of these guys can live in there (constantly scouting craigslist you know ha).

I just finished uploading pictures and will be going through them then posting them (if I can figure out how).