South american cichlid amount in one tank

[Wochoa3]

Hello,
I was just wondering how many south american cichlids i could have at once in a 55 gallon tank. I hear you can only have about 3 but how come whats so bad about having more 5-6" fully grown fish?

 

[joel]

There are so many different species and temperaments. It all depends on what you want.


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[Wochoa3]

There are so many different species ranging from a few inches to a couple feet so you need to be more specific about what you want. It all depends on the species


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i would like red blood parrots and firemouths for instance and is that a Pacu in your avatar? just curious

 

[Crazy mike]

Nothing that grows more than 8 inches should live in a 55 so your limited to the smaller species but you could easily keep a group of firemouths in a 55


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[Wochoa3]

Nothing that grows more than 8 inches should live in a 55 so your limited to the smaller species but you could easily keep a group of firemouths in a 55


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about how many firemouths would you say? and would they get territorial over the space?

 

[Crazy mike]

about how many firemouths would you say? and would they get territorial over the space?

4-5 with a schooling fish to distract would work. And any cichlid can get territorial over space especially as they grow older


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[joel]

What Crazy Mike said is good advice and that is a pygocentrus notatus (Cariba piranha) in my avatar


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[Wochoa3]

What Crazy Mike said is good advice and that is a pygocentrus notatus (Cariba piranha) in my avatar


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Well because i have a pacu that i accidentally bought with my 55 gallon tank and a huge pike that i am trying to get rid of because i simply dont have ANY space for them the tank is WAY TO SMALL for just those two fish! my pacu is already 10 inches and my pike is a foot long do you know of any ways to get rid of them. Im trying NOT to kill them.

 

[Wochoa3]

4-5 with a schooling fish to distract would work. And any cichlid can get territorial over space especially as they grow older


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what schooling fish would you recommend?

 

[joel]

Well because i have a pacu that i accidentally bought with my 55 gallon tank and a huge pike that i am trying to get rid of because i simply dont have ANY space for them the tank is WAY TO SMALL for just those two fish! my pacu is already 10 inches and my pike is a foot long do you know of any ways to get rid of them. Im trying NOT to kill them.

Start a post in the marketplace section. Sell them or give en away. Pike should be easy to unload.


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