Need a Killer

[TomFromStLouis]

I thought it was funny Mantis, but remember this is the newbie side and ya gotta be clear.

5g is pretty darn small. You might try the Cichlid forum and see if they have any dwarf cichlid ideas.

 

[Mantis_22]

okay being respectful here, he could MAYBE go with 1 or 2 very small dwarf cichlids as mentioned above. Or go with channel catfish or rapheal catfish which both eat remains of meat/organics on the bottoms of substrates. That just my opinion, other than that it is very hard to select fish which he has specified for a 5g..

 

[ChilDawg]

There's only one type of dwarf cichlid that would work in that tank, and we're talking about Tanganyikan shell-dwellers. Apologies to those who have seen these links innumerable times recently, but here they are again:

http://www.cichlidrecipe.com/shellweb/

http://www.cichlidae.com/tanks/t016.html

http://www.aquariacentral.com/artic...ldwellers.shtml

http://www.nature.com/nsu/000803/000803-1.html
(That one is actually just interesting, but it gives you an idea of the dynamics of social interaction between the shellies.)

http://www.tanganyikan-cichlids.co.uk/Articles.htm
(This is just an all-around good site with regard to Tanganyikan Cichlids...it's worth a read!)

http://www.cichlid-forum.com/articl...ller_corner.php
(Again, a site with many good articles within it about your shellies.)

http://www.cichlid-forum.com/articles/n_brevis.php
(A species-specific one written by our own Jayhawk.)

HTH,

Matthew

 

[mickey]

childawg

Well worth posting those links again childawg someone will benefit from them.
Cheers.

 

[t_h_e_s_a_c_k]

It's a 10 gallon.......a 10 gallon.

 

[mogurnda]

Actually, there are some possibilities. Pike topminnows (Belonesox, I think) are small and nasty. May be hard to find, though.

 

[ChilDawg]

Originally posted by t_h_e_s_a_c_k
It's a 10 gallon.......a 10 gallon.

Hope that's not directed at us for what we said above and that it's just a correction of your above post...

Belonesox belizanus is a pretty nasty little fish, but unless you have slow moving feeders available, you can't really feed these ambush predators all that easily.

They're pretty easy to find...in farmers' ditches in Florida. Never seen them in pet shops north of the Mason-Dixon Line, though.

 

[t_h_e_s_a_c_k]

It's definatly a 10 gallon. I said a bit more than 5 because I wasn't sure, but then I measured it. Sorry bout' that.

 

[Skittyfish]

There's only one type of dwarf cichlid that would work in that tank, and we're talking about Tanganyikan shell-dwellers. Apologies to those who have seen these links innumerable times recently, but here they are again

Matthew, you need to get some shellies!

 

[ChilDawg]

hehehe, are you seeing shellie frustration from my end!!! I definitely do...if only I had the ability to care for them back and forth between here and school...I may just try it next year, anyway, with some hardy species! (Do you think that they will handle being moved back and forth?)