if you had the choice..............................

[bolty]

^ & the tank to house them what would you go with and why?

OUT OF THIS LIST.
1, Nandopsis tetracanthus - Cuban Cichlids
2, Parachromis managuensis - Jaguar Cichlid
3, Amphilophus festae - Red Terror
4, Astronotus ocellatus - Oscar
5, Heros efasciatus - Severum
6, Aequidens "Goldsaum" - Green Terror



public poll

[large_cichlids]

i would get a jaguar,simply because i love large parachromis.

[rust9000]

Probs a pair of severums....or maybe a pair of GTs depends on the fish....

[PoopSmart]

I would get a male green terror and make it huge! If I could afford it I would get it a huge tank just for itself.

I never see a large green terror, they are always like feeder fish size.

[js302]

I would get a male green terror and make it huge! If I could afford it I would get it a huge tank just for itself.

I never see a large green terror, they are always like feeder fish size.

agree completely!

[bolty]

my old feeder sized 8inch GT;)
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y236/bolty22/Cichlid%20pics/Cichlids3.jpg

[Ruck Fules]

Cuban all the way. I used to own an 8" + male it it looked awesome and is not too common in the hobby compared to the other fishes on your list.

[dovii88]

jags

[Knife_Punch]

I'd have to go with GT.

[straitjacketstar]

CUUUUUBAN!
They're just hot. I loved Gani's. Now I just wish I had some of my own.

[---XR---]

I would get a male green terror and make it huge! If I could afford it I would get it a huge tank just for itself.

I never see a large green terror, they are always like feeder fish size.

i also completly agree, only try to make my True gt like 13-14"+ that'd be the coolest thing ever, he's 3.5" now and he's got better colors than 85% of the adult umbees i see at 12"+. on cichlid.com they said that gt's can get to like 15", i have never seen that personally nothing over 10", but they had a pic of a HUGE green terror they said was 14"

[Bderick67]

Festae, becuase I am considering getting some at this time.

[balton777]

i also completly agree, only try to make my True gt like 13-14"+ that'd be the coolest thing ever, he's 3.5" now and he's got better colors than 85% of the adult umbees i see at 12"+. on cichlid.com they said that gt's can get to like 15", i have never seen that personally nothing over 10", but they had a pic of a HUGE green terror they said was 14"


A 14" GT sounds like a freak of nature. I've never seen or heard of one that big. I personally raised a male GT for over 8 years before he died of a horrible eye infection. He was only about 10" but very thick and full bodied.

Sorry to jack this thread but here he is in his final days. I would pick a pair of jags over GT's.

[---XR---]

A 14" GT sounds like a freak of nature. I've never seen or heard of one that big. I personally raised a male GT for over 8 years before he died of a horrible eye infection. He was only about 10" but very thick and full bodied.

Sorry to jack this thread but here he is in his final days. I would pick a pair of jags over GT's.

if i can find the pic i'll show you, it's hard to tell but he's definetly huge 12" at least.

[bolty]

I would pick a pair of jags over GT's.

would you pick a pair of Jags over a pair of Red Terroer?

[DJC776]

Bolty, That is an easy question and the answer is all of them!

I bought 12 of BC's F1 Festae so will be cool to see how they develop. He said you had some off him as well.

Will pm you when I get a minute.

[bolty]

Bolty, That is an easy question and the answer is all of them!

I bought 12 of BC's F1 Festae so will be cool to see how they develop. He said you had some off him as well.

Will pm you when I get a minute.

I P/M'ed you;)

and yeah I had some off of him but only 4

[balton777]

would you pick a pair of Jags over a pair of Red Terroer?

If it was your Jag Bolty. :drool:

[DJC776]

I P/M'ed you;)

and yeah I had some off of him but only 4

PM headed your way mate

[mbunafishkeeper]

hey shane you know that my favourate fishie is jaguar but none the less my second favourate and favourate for a long time has been Cubans my dads breeding pair are so exiting to watch and the favourate currently digging out another home with vibrant colours etc. also cubans are rare and not so common even in the usa i think.

[Red Devil]

I love the Jag and then the Green Terror.. simply because they are beautiful and really have personality and charm.i would also like a few cubans though and and and...:D

[DJC776]

Shane did you not see BC's Cubans. I think that he had some youngsters for sale

[PoopSmart]

those 2 green terrors are gorgeous!!!!!

I have a female thats maybe 2.5 inches with her tail and her fins are just starting to come to a point. Its not like annoyingly aggressive either. It stands up for itself or hides. perfect disposition.

the time invested in growing out green terrors is truly amazing. That is why I see them as such a masterpiece. They are pokey little growers and you have to really be patient.

[bigriver]

I would love to own a beani very rare beautiful fish. but i will have to settle for the green terror the only one on the list i have yet to own.

[bolty]

Shane did you not see BC's Cubans. I think that he had some youngsters for sale

I sure did mate, had 4 of them as well as the 4 RT's:headbang2
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y236/bolty22/Cichlid%20pics/upload0014.jpg

[DarthV]

Hard to say. I've had a 12" jag that was pretty outgoing... tetracanthus aren't very common (have a batch growing out now). I've had a 8-9" male GT that was a pushover. Can't really beat the looks of a breeding pair of festae, though.

[davidefc]

id go with the jags as both of them look amazing, yeah the female red terror is awesome but the male isnt that good, but you've had them before(jags)havnt seen cubans so?
anyway shane why have you asked this:popcorn: you dont have to choose out of them do you? id be happy to take some of your hands:headbang2 :ROFL: O/J
dave

[davidefc]

i now a good idea why not get a big tank and have one of each of them: male jag, female red terror, male cuban, male green terror and a male severum:)

[DarthV]

You'd need one hell of a large tank for that mix to work... severum + GT in with the big bruisers??

[WildCAught]

id go with the jags as both of them look amazing, yeah the female red terror is awesome but the male isnt that good, but you've had them before(jags)havnt seen cubans so?
anyway shane why have you asked this:popcorn: you dont have to choose out of them do you? id be happy to take some of your hands:headbang2 :ROFL: O/J
dave
I have to disagree. A 10+inch male festae is in my opinion more beautiful than a female festae. they don't really come into their own until they hit a good size. I think Dannydovii on aquamojo.com had a couple of Beautiful pairs. The males were stunning. My male was coming around when he hit 6-7 inches.

Cubans have always been on my hot list as have Festae.

[Mad About Cichlids]

A pair of full grown Fastaes, nothing could really compare to them.

[Snake_Eyes]

Male jag.

[greenterra]

I would have to pick the Jag first(so much personality)the GT next and then the RT.Owning them all would be my best answer to this question though how could you not want this.:)

[masteroffish]

A pair of festaes

[barley pop]

i would do Cuban Cichlids. out of the list provided they are probbaly the most difficult to get.

[Yakuza-Irezumi]

Breeding pair of Festaes.Need i say more.

[Cross127]

I would say a Festae as I never kept them before. Plus they have amazing color and attitude. One fish I would love to have.

[Red Devil]

I would have to pick the Jag first(so much personality)the GT next and then the RT.Owning them all would be my best answer to this question though how could you not want this.:)

He is totally stunning!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[darthodo]

I'd go Cuban b/c I just like that type of fish better. It is somewhat rare and justs look cool to me.

[Modest_Man]

I picked festae, but honestly most of those are fairly common cichlids, at least where I'm from.

I'd rather spend a few months hunting down a "dream species". Something very cool and unusual that isn't seen much in the hobby. It helps me appreciate my fish more and then if I can get them to breed I feel good getting rare cichlids back in the hobby.

[Dread]

Festae. They just aren't as common as all of those. Around here atleast, the next hardest thing on that list to get is a Jag. And there's maybe.. 2 stores I've been to that don't have Jags. So that's how common they are around here. Plus, c'mon.. True Red Terrors look amazing.

[QueenslandeR]

i would go the festae coz i love the colour of the females and i've wanted to keep a pair for a while

[bolty]

Red Terroer are hard to get in the U.K

Cubans and almost impossible to get in the U.K

and a Jag like "MY" male Jag is almost if not is impossible to get any where!

BIG thank you for you time on this 1, got to do the "going to work" thing now, will reply to your Qs later on

take it easy you lot
Shane

[mbunafishkeeper]

no probs

Howard

[noidea]

I'd go red terror. I love their colors plus they're harder to find where I am.

[Nova 8]

GT's all the way, loved those two. They were the best.

[polomax24]

I have kept all sort of cichlids from big cuban to big haitiensis but nothing beats a full grown gold or white saum.

I am still looking for my perfect gold or white saum. I got rid of many of them because I did not like their body shape. I even had a GT that grew from 2 to 8" in less than five month before I gave it to Ruck Fules.

I was at my friend's house watching a video tape (old timer) of his fish that he used to own. He had this GT that was a freak of nature. It was at least 12" long and had a huge hump. The colors on that GT were just amazing. I am currently down only to 2 GTs in my collection, but they are looking pretty good and have the potential to be show fish.

[mbunafishkeeper]

hey shane,
may i ask you which you prefer?

[soultrain]

I know they are as common as can be but Oscars just seem to have more personality than any other fish I have kept

[Dovii dude]

I go with Cubans,just because they are almost impossible to get around here.

[ksfishguy]

If I had a choice I would build a shed/barn out back of the homestead and setup monster tanks with each of the listed fish (while we are dreaming here)!

[at2]

jag, just love the way they look and act

[jmac510]

GT
not many C/A cichlids that colorful

[croc 2-3]

It would have to be nandopsis tetracanthrus because I like hard to find fish. Next would be the Green terror.

[bolty]

shane why have you asked this:popcorn: you dont have to choose out of them do you? id be happy to take some of your hands:headbang2 :ROFL: O/J
dave

i was thinking of doing a 2nd big tank with ether these in it

BUT now have had a new idea!
im getting a 30x30x30 for the cubans
getting a 92gal corner tank for the red terrors to grow out in and then keep (if there is) a pair
and in the 120 grow a female Jag out to breed back to the Xanthic boy

the oscar, gt and sev was just to add choice really BUT i do like them as well just not as mutch:headbang2

[bolty]

Festae. They just aren't as common as all of those. Around here atleast, the next hardest thing on that list to get is a Jag. And there's maybe.. 2 stores I've been to that don't have Jags. So that's how common they are around here. Plus, c'mon.. True Red Terrors look amazing.

every fish houes where you are has cubans?

[bolty]

hey shane,
may i ask you which you prefer?

if i was to put hand on heart it would be
festae, managuensis, Cuban
but i can NOT narrow it down to under 3 SP's:naughty:

[bolty]

If I had a choice I would build a shed/barn out back of the homestead and setup monster tanks with each of the listed fish (while we are dreaming here)!

I hear whet your saying:naughty:

THANK YOU EVERY1 FOR TAKING THE TME OUT FOR ME

[mbunafishkeeper]

if i was to put hand on heart it would be
festae, managuensis, Cuban
but i can NOT narrow it down to under 3 SP's:naughty:
ha! i knew it was gunna be those three u didnt tell me about your 92 gallon corner tank though:WHOA:

where are you going to put my dads cubans aka (your cubans) when u get them on tuesday?

[bolty]

ha! i knew it was gunna be those three u didnt tell me about your 92 gallon corner tank though:WHOA:

where are you going to put my dads cubans aka (your cubans) when u get them on tuesday?

thinking of letting them go in the 120 till i (if i do) get the 30inch cube;)

[bolty]

u didnt tell me about your 92 gallon corner tank though:WHOA:



yeah it is one of these

[mbunafishkeeper]

yeah it is one of these
cool!! hopefully it wont give the fish a glair though being a bow glass just something i heard never really seen or not tho.

[n0zqh]

I picked Jags. I started out with Central American fishes, and plan on keeping it that way for the most part. I do have 2 EBJDs but I got them in hopes of getting a male to start a breeding program..... my luck though they will both be female.

[ewok]

i'd go with a xanthic pair of festaes or maybe electric blue jaguars :D

ok, on a serious note... i would probably say jaguars because i think their personalities are great.

cubans would get a close second because they are pretty uncommon and seem to pack a punch in terms of personality.

[cichlid savage]

ithout a doubt a monster JAG!!!

[Opiate]

festaes fer sure!! why? cause of there brillaint colours and there aggression!

[abluechipstock]

i have a jag and think it's awesome, it's a sneaky predater just waiting for its next meal.

[tank-tank]

would pick oscars, A tank with 6-8 oscars would look really nice

[altimaser]

I picked Jags because thats what I have