thank you sir! Haha.. It is just us in the westcoast who uses that terminology or am I just ghetto!
Tiger Oscars not welcome in my tank
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To put it in perspective...
We have a 75 gallon tank, which of course is just a little bit smaller than your 100 gallon, with less than half the amount of cichlids that you have. 3 cichlids and 5 botia. That's it.
Overstocking does not work with SA/CA cichlids. When your fish hit sexual maturity all hell will break loose. That stock list, even in a 150 gallon, is ambitious at best, and the only fish you have that are suitable for a 40 gallon at adult size is the convict. Then you could use the 55 for the BP, JD pair, OR GT. That leaves the jag in the 100 gallon to kill most any other fish you keep with it... I'm not even sure how to advise here other than suggesting you find new homes for some of the fish. Good luck.
We have a 75 gallon tank, which of course is just a little bit smaller than your 100 gallon, with less than half the amount of cichlids that you have. 3 cichlids and 5 botia. That's it.
Overstocking does not work with SA/CA cichlids. When your fish hit sexual maturity all hell will break loose. That stock list, even in a 150 gallon, is ambitious at best, and the only fish you have that are suitable for a 40 gallon at adult size is the convict. Then you could use the 55 for the BP, JD pair, OR GT. That leaves the jag in the 100 gallon to kill most any other fish you keep with it... I'm not even sure how to advise here other than suggesting you find new homes for some of the fish. Good luck.
yup, your going to need the 40, 55 and the 100 to give the fish some remote chance of survival..
good luck.
good luck.
ok so i made some changes. I cleaned and put up the 45 Gallon? in my garage..i removed my jack dempsey pair and they love it! the female doesnt harrass the male anymore i guess bc before she was like defend us from the GT but he couldnt so she was mad! i also took out a male convict.
In my other tank i now just have the GT..BP..Convict..Jag..Albino Oscar
Any suggestions as far as moving anybody from tanks?
Im thinking of putting in my JD tank my convict pair but not yet as they are caring for their fry in a small 5 gal. I want to wait till the fry are stable so i can take the pair out and feed the fry maybe?
My question is if the JD pair and Convict pair will get along enough to live?
In my other tank i now just have the GT..BP..Convict..Jag..Albino Oscar
Any suggestions as far as moving anybody from tanks?
Im thinking of putting in my JD tank my convict pair but not yet as they are caring for their fry in a small 5 gal. I want to wait till the fry are stable so i can take the pair out and feed the fry maybe?
My question is if the JD pair and Convict pair will get along enough to live?
whoa, you have a convict pair and fry in a 5 gallon? that's too small a tank for even the convict pair, never mind babies.
i would consider rehoming some of these fish, at least the most aggressive of them, so that you don't end up with a tank full of disaster down the road.
i would consider rehoming some of these fish, at least the most aggressive of them, so that you don't end up with a tank full of disaster down the road.
the JD's will probably eat all the fry, IMO.
if you can get a 20 gallon for the convict pair and fry, you could grow them out in that for a while.
if you can get a 20 gallon for the convict pair and fry, you could grow them out in that for a while.
i don't know much about breeding any cichlid, but i do know that convicts breed like rabbits, lol.
if the parents need to be kept with the babies, ie a brooding fish (that cares for the young) (i hope thats what you call it....) then you really only have the option of getting a bigger tank for both parents and babies, if the babies need to be raised by the parents and can't be hand raised.
like i said, i know nothing about cichlid/convict breeding, but might as well through that out there as a thought.
if the parents need to be kept with the babies, ie a brooding fish (that cares for the young) (i hope thats what you call it....) then you really only have the option of getting a bigger tank for both parents and babies, if the babies need to be raised by the parents and can't be hand raised.
like i said, i know nothing about cichlid/convict breeding, but might as well through that out there as a thought.
Main problem is not enough territory and too many Cichlids plain and simple. I would get rid of some fish or plan to upgrade at least 100 more gallons minimum.
