tank mate ideas?!

kooter

kooter

AquaMan
Dec 14, 2003
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Mission, BC
Hello everyone........I recently moved, {*shudder*}, bad word to the aquarist, soooooo I lost a couple fish.
As stated below in my signature is what I have left in the tank.
Does anyone have any ideas on what to put in with them?
I used to have a jewel and a female convict in with these guys. The male convict seems "lonely" without his female buddy. :sad
Thanks in advance.

PS - I saw a dinosaur eel the other day.....any thoughts on this guy? They were in with some jack dempseys.
 
well first off sorry bout the loss of ur two fish well i have my convict with a dempsy and it worked great but if u wanna get a JD u will have to get bout a 55g or bigger but u can try another groumie and get another jewel
 
thanks. I think I will get another jewel, I really liked the one I had.
The dinosaur eel looked really cool, but I think my tank maybe too small for it?
 
technically, the dinosaur eel nees a 50 gallon tank or so ive heard, but i think your should be fine as long as you only get one and you have plenty of hiding places. These things are really cool, they can live outside of water for some time (one website has said 8-10 hours, another 1-2 days). Either way, its pretty cool, but you have to keep your eye on it because they can escape.
PS legos go great in the fish tank, you just have to be able to keep them down (i used grave, works great)
 
yea you could get either another jewel or another convict for the tank. the eel is iffy as they tend to slip out of the tank which if not found in time will kill them
-Mike
 
IMO, your 33g tank is at it's max stocking. You have all territorial fish that are yong. When they become adults you will have problems between them and they will bicker which will most likely result in loss of fish.

They shouldn't be kept with aggressive fish... as they won't defend themselves. Convicts AND jewels are aggressive.
 
what to put in with my convicts

Hey. i have two convicts male an female i think. there about 1.5" i also have a small bristle nosed catfish. The tanks a 2 footer. Any recomendations on what other cichlids i can put in with them?
 
No more.
 
So nothing else can go in with them? so should i move one of them to another tank? and then would i be able to get some more cichlids?
 
No, probably not. Convicts are territorial and tanks with a 2ft footprint are the minimum requirements for them, you are also not listing the volume of the tank which makes it difficult to say much of anything. If you want more fish you need a bigger tank.
 
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