I am currently growing out or (buying to grow out) the fish for my big tank, but it is hard to find definitive info on aggression levels or various fish. I know this is partly because each cichlid is an individual and you can get unexpectedly peaceful aggressive species, or and unexpectedly aggressive peaceful species. But, with that in mind, are the following cichlids fairly well matched in terms of aggression? As adults they will go in the a tank about 78"x 40" that I am building in my basement, but would be growing out in a 75g, 90g and 160g. Also, most of these fish would be singletons, but I would have a few pairs, probably of the more peaceful species
Astronotus crassipinnis (should be pretty similar to regular Oscar, but they stay a bit smaller)
Hypselecara temporalis
Heros Notatus
Hoplarchus psittacus
Acarichthys heckelii
Paratilapia "Large Spot"
Paretroplus dambae (MAYBE, may just keep them in my West African tank to encourage them to breed)
Vieja synspilum
Paraneetroplus regani
Paratheraps heterospilus
Amphilophus lyonsi
Herichthys/exCichlasoma pearsei
exCichlasoma bocourti
Chuco micropthalmus
Herichthys carpintus (this is a female, and I know tend to be more aggressive, so she will be removed if she is too aggressive)
I would also be interested in:
Festae (female)
Caquetaia Kraussii or Spectabilis
Parachromis Loiselle
But I am unsure how they would do with this mixture, since there would also be smaller CA cichlid "dithers" (Cryptoheros, HRPs, Rainbow cichlids, etc.). Thoughts?
I also really like:
Herichthys deppii,
" " bartoni
Cuban cichlids
But I assume even a singleton of any of these would probably be too aggressive for this combo?
Any of the SA cichlids that are too peaceful could be removed to my fairly peaceful SA tank, but all my CAs would be moving up to this tank.
Thanks!
Astronotus crassipinnis (should be pretty similar to regular Oscar, but they stay a bit smaller)
Hypselecara temporalis
Heros Notatus
Hoplarchus psittacus
Acarichthys heckelii
Paratilapia "Large Spot"
Paretroplus dambae (MAYBE, may just keep them in my West African tank to encourage them to breed)
Vieja synspilum
Paraneetroplus regani
Paratheraps heterospilus
Amphilophus lyonsi
Herichthys/exCichlasoma pearsei
exCichlasoma bocourti
Chuco micropthalmus
Herichthys carpintus (this is a female, and I know tend to be more aggressive, so she will be removed if she is too aggressive)
I would also be interested in:
Festae (female)
Caquetaia Kraussii or Spectabilis
Parachromis Loiselle
But I am unsure how they would do with this mixture, since there would also be smaller CA cichlid "dithers" (Cryptoheros, HRPs, Rainbow cichlids, etc.). Thoughts?
I also really like:
Herichthys deppii,
" " bartoni
Cuban cichlids
But I assume even a singleton of any of these would probably be too aggressive for this combo?
Any of the SA cichlids that are too peaceful could be removed to my fairly peaceful SA tank, but all my CAs would be moving up to this tank.
Thanks!