suggestions for 100l cichlid tank

bigman27

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could anyone give me some advice on suitable cichlids for a 36*12*15 100l tank. its been fully cycled and has a fluval 204 canister filter.
i have a 55 ukgal jewel cichlid tank and just love cichlids. i have tried searching the web but there is so much conflicting advice on what can be kept with what, tank size ect and i only want whats best for the fish. many thanks in advance for any help given
 
Are there any particular cichlids you like? or want to start having? Interested in breeding, or just viewing? SA? CA? Africans?

Apistos? Kribs? Rams?
 
this is the main problem, spoilt for choice, i want to ensure compatibility of fish to each other, ensure none grow too big for the tank ect, open to any suggestions, thanks for the fast reply
 
I think 100 L is 100 litres which is only about 27 gallons..... I think you can probably get a pair of firemouth or convicts but nothing more....
 
Small tank, possible aggression issues. Stick to apistos or rams, maybe shell dwellers.
 
Decisions to make:

Do you want breeding pairs to develop in the tank? If so, that means less/smaller fish.

Do you want fish that will swim around or are you ok with fish that will hide or "hang" in one spot.

Size - You want small, medium, mix?

Are you looking for a species tank, or strictly CA or SA?

What are your water parameters?


I'll guess that your water is ABOUT pH7, that you don't care about breeding pairs, you want smallish fish that are active and colorful, and don't care about where they come from. So... You could go with firemouth (these are right on the edge of being too big), multispinosa (very active swimmers), spinosisimus (kind of shy), honduran red points (very personable and nice colors), sajica (haven't had these, but nice colors), keyholes (not really colorful) in the smallish sizes, but I wouldn't go with more than three total. You CAN mix these, but maybe not the sajica with the honduran red points; they may interbreed.

For small fish: rams, apistos. kribs. I don't know these well enough to advise you on numbers or which can be mixed. Rams are basically non-aggressive and could probably mix with a keyhole, spino, multi, or hrp if you wanted.

I have a tank almost identical to yours, and have 2 clown loach, 5-6 albino tiger barbs, a multi, a spino, a runty hrp, and (temporarily), a runty electric blue dempsey. Everyone appears to have stopped growing except the ebjd, and that one will eventually grow out of that tank - only reason it's there is my other, larger ebjd was hassling it in the 75g.
 
rmcder said:
Decisions to make:

Do you want breeding pairs to develop in the tank? If so, that means less/smaller fish.

Do you want fish that will swim around or are you ok with fish that will hide or "hang" in one spot.

Size - You want small, medium, mix?

Are you looking for a species tank, or strictly CA or SA?

What are your water parameters?


I'll guess that your water is ABOUT pH7, that you don't care about breeding pairs, you want smallish fish that are active and colorful, and don't care about where they come from. So... You could go with firemouth (these are right on the edge of being too big), multispinosa (very active swimmers), spinosisimus (kind of shy), honduran red points (very personable and nice colors), sajica (haven't had these, but nice colors), keyholes (not really colorful) in the smallish sizes, but I wouldn't go with more than three total. You CAN mix these, but maybe not the sajica with the honduran red points; they may interbreed.

For small fish: rams, apistos. kribs. I don't know these well enough to advise you on numbers or which can be mixed. Rams are basically non-aggressive and could probably mix with a keyhole, spino, multi, or hrp if you wanted.

I have a tank almost identical to yours, and have 2 clown loach, 5-6 albino tiger barbs, a multi, a spino, a runty hrp, and (temporarily), a runty electric blue dempsey. Everyone appears to have stopped growing except the ebjd, and that one will eventually grow out of that tank - only reason it's there is my other, larger ebjd was hassling it in the 75g.

Shouldn't he also stay away from the clown loaches from a growth standpoint?
 
Your tank is about 26.5 Gallons so your best bet is to get a breeding pair Convicts or something along those lines.
 
many thanks for all the help, think i'm going to research and look into rams. on a side note went into my lfs and was told i could have up to 20 cichlids of my choice in the tank! and this is a highly respected shop! guess profit comes before all fish care!
 
20 cichlid fry maybe.
 
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