Do SA/CA care much about tank height?

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I've personally found many cichlids to hide constantly in tanks that are below 15 inches in height, especially larger types.

It could be done, but if it was me; for cichlids above 12 inches in size, I'd be doing 24" height minimum
 
True frank. When I read "CA Cichlids", I think only of the ones I keep. Sajica, Bartoni, yellow Labs/Herichthys are all small to medium that'd do well.

So what kinda fish does OP wanna keep is the question.
 
yea, H. Labridens are CA. the yellow ones are "yellow labs". not the african yellow labs. or the dogs. you know, the yellow media luna.
 
I know many people think of the African rift lake species Labidochromis caeruleus when they think of yellow labs, this is one of the reasons I try to "never" use common names, I feel they can be much more confusing than the latin.
Below are a few young Nosferatu (Herichthys) labridens "yellow" I kept a few years ago, in normal coloration, when in breeding color they sport bright yellow, and would be one of my favorites of the labridens complex. They may have been given separate species status by now.


 
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After thinking about it I'm just going to go with the 180. If it doesn't end up being feasible for me for this next house I'll get a regular dimension 125 and just cut back my stocking idea. The reason I'm wanting a bigger tank is to find another centerpiece fish that will not kill my beloved GT. I'm thinking a synspilum as long as I have a big enough tank. Think a syn is going to bother the GT? Hes definitely a feisty guy for a GT and killed the dithers I tried with him in short order so all tank mates need to be hardy.
 
duanes said:
I know many people think of the African rift lake species Labidochromis caeruleus when they think of yellow labs, this is one of the reasons I try to "never" use common names, I feel they can be much more confusing than the latin.
Below are a few young Nosferatu (Herichthys) labridens "yellow" I kept a few years ago, in normal coloration, when in breeding color they sport bright yellow, and would be one of my favorites of the labridens complex. They may have been given separate species status by now.


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Pretty....pretty.
MonsterFishCreeper said:
After thinking about it I'm just going to go with the 180. If it doesn't end up being feasible for me for this next house I'll get a regular dimension 125 and just cut back my stocking idea. The reason I'm wanting a bigger tank is to find another centerpiece fish that will not kill my beloved GT. I'm thinking a synspilum as long as I have a big enough tank. Think a syn is going to bother the GT? Hes definitely a feisty guy for a GT and killed the dithers I tried with him in short order so all tank mates need to be hardy.
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one thing I learned a long time ago about GTs - GTs and Jags HATE each other; they did before when I kept them years ago, and they still do in my current set-up

one thing I learned this time around keeping GTs - GTs and Redheads HATE each other; not so much the Redheads, but the GTs just HATE my Redheads as much as they hate the Jags for some reason.

everything else is no biggie, the GTs are fine w/ all my other fish.......but those 3 species lol it's so puzzling , I swear it's like an ancient blood-feud or something.

Ironically, it's JUST Jags, I have a male White/Silver Saum w/ an RTM and 2 baby Dovii and they could all care less. The RTMs hate their own kind worse, then they hate the Dovii, THEN the GT does his own thing unscathed, untouched, no nipped fins, no tears or injuries, nothing.

Are you as confused as I am?
 
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