Small cichlids to breed

Thanks so much everybody, this site so helpful!!!! :)
please keep the recomendations coming!!!
 
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J. transcriptus form monogomous pairs. As youngsters, it's impossible to tell the difference between males and females, so you'd be better off to get 4 juvies, allow a pair to form, then pull the outsiders. They are secretive about breeding, and most likely you won't know they've bred until you see the fry swimming around on the rocks.

As adults, females are generally larger than the males. They guard newly freeswimming fry, but otherwise only their territory. Older fry help take care of younger fry, and all fry are allowed to stay until their parents kick them out. I have a few 1'' fry with my pair right now and the parents still let them hang around, so they can stay with the parents for a while.

These guys are my personal favorite fish, so I am of course going to say.... GO WITH TRANSCRIPTUS :D

Also, for the tangs, you may want to add a little baking soda to your water, a pH of 8.0 is the bare minimum... 8.4-8.5 is better.

This tank is too small for firemouths or convicts, both require a 29g minimum for a pair, preferably a 30g long.
 
thanks for the info and for confirming my wondering about covict and firemouths (i had a feeling that a 6" fish would be too big for a two foot tank). Do you think that adding limestone to the tank would help correct the water requirements?
 
small convicts.
 
Yes, the limestone will most likely help.



Demosoni get too big for this size of a tank as well.
 
I guess I should have worded it differently, they are too aggressive for this size tank.
 
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