I'm not familiar with chanchitos, but that's a great looking fish! Would it mix well with a severum?
New 75g Unplanted Cichlid Tank
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As far as I know they should be fine together. The only conflict I've seen has been with others of the same species. They get along fine with anything to large to eat, and in their natural habitat live side-by-side with Geophagus and small fish like tetras. I have 20+ juvies that will be breeding size in a couple more months, and need to be moving them along soon. A bonded mating pair is fine in a 20 long, mine were grown out and spawned in a 30. Even after being moved to a couple different tanks they still stay together, even though they aren't spawning or raising fry now. I really like them, just don't have tankspace for all the juvies I've raised from the last spawn.
My aquascaping is shaping up to be a *HUGE* piece of driftwood and some quartz rocks. Looking to me to be more of a "wet pet" kind of tank than a cichlid community. (you can see it here: http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=204463)
So now I'm thinking about changing up my stocking to 1 cichlid, but I'd still like > 1 fish if possible. What about the following ideas:
{1 from list A} + {1 from list B}
[A]: Red Devil, Jack Dempsey, Green Terror, Texas, Severum, ?Jaguar?
: Hoplo, Raphael Cat, Large Syno Cat
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So now I'm thinking about changing up my stocking to 1 cichlid, but I'd still like > 1 fish if possible. What about the following ideas:
{1 from list A} + {1 from list B}
[A]: Red Devil, Jack Dempsey, Green Terror, Texas, Severum, ?Jaguar?
: Hoplo, Raphael Cat, Large Syno Cat
?
Herichthys carpintis 'escondido' is a really nice fish. Amphilophus trimaculatus is also nice, if you want something that is more aggressive. A raphael cat will work fine with pretty much anything, give it a PVC pipe to hide in, and if the cichlid tries to kill it it will just hide there all day. Mine hid all day anyway, except when there was food.
A group of gymnogeophagus is another good option.
One of my 75s has a male green terror, a smaller Crenicichla menezesi, and a polpterus delhezi. The other has 4 Gymnogeophagus balzanii, 2 G. sp "paso pache II" and 2 Crenicichla minuano.
A group of gymnogeophagus is another good option.
One of my 75s has a male green terror, a smaller Crenicichla menezesi, and a polpterus delhezi. The other has 4 Gymnogeophagus balzanii, 2 G. sp "paso pache II" and 2 Crenicichla minuano.
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Thanks for the reply FSM -- any suggestions on where to get those species if I were interested?
Also, <for anyone>, can I have a raphael with a breeding pair of cichlids, or would it eat up all the eggs?
Also, <for anyone>, can I have a raphael with a breeding pair of cichlids, or would it eat up all the eggs?
I suspect it would eat the eggs at night.
As for the fish I mentioned, balzanii are fairly common but not particularly colorful. The minuano are rare, they're wild caught from Uruguay, as are the other gymnos.
A lot of different species have been imported from their recently, but you would most likely have to order them, which means paying for shipping. I am lucky because one of the people who collected them lives close enough to drive.
As for the fish I mentioned, balzanii are fairly common but not particularly colorful. The minuano are rare, they're wild caught from Uruguay, as are the other gymnos.
A lot of different species have been imported from their recently, but you would most likely have to order them, which means paying for shipping. I am lucky because one of the people who collected them lives close enough to drive.
