75 Gallon American Cichlid tank stocking help
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Yeah they're an interesting fish but I'm really looking for some fish with color like cichlids.
Personally, i think if you go for a large cichlid like Green terror they should probably be the only cichlid in the tank. Could put a school of tetras of your choosing, a bristlenose pleco, and call it a day.
Another option: Solo N. tetracanthus, a bunch of livebearers like swordtails.
Or you could try a group of smaller cichlids like Sajica, panamensis, most of the cryptoheros/amatitlania species. One male and 3-4 females. With some livebearers. These are fun setups to watch and the fish still will beg for food, swim at the front.
Another option: Solo N. tetracanthus, a bunch of livebearers like swordtails.
Or you could try a group of smaller cichlids like Sajica, panamensis, most of the cryptoheros/amatitlania species. One male and 3-4 females. With some livebearers. These are fun setups to watch and the fish still will beg for food, swim at the front.
Although not personal experience threadfin acara are supposed to be very personable, the sevs and blue acara can also be very active too.
Contrary to your requirements JD are generally more sedate and are not overly personable imo.
Gourami swami suggestions are good too.
African leopard puffers are awesome but pretty rare and expensive. Would be awesome tho.
Contrary to your requirements JD are generally more sedate and are not overly personable imo.
Gourami swami suggestions are good too.
African leopard puffers are awesome but pretty rare and expensive. Would be awesome tho.
Thank you again everyone. I think I'll stay away from the JDs and Green terrors. I'm gonna go for a colorful cichlid tank that's more peaceful.
How about this for my tank:
2x Severums (different color variations)
1x Threadfin Acara
1x Sajica
1x Blue Acara or Blood Parrot
3-4x Geophagus
School of tiger or tinfoil barbs
How about this for my tank:
2x Severums (different color variations)
1x Threadfin Acara
1x Sajica
1x Blue Acara or Blood Parrot
3-4x Geophagus
School of tiger or tinfoil barbs
Overstocking by a lot in my opinion. Also mixing centrals with the SA (sajica are CA) may cause problems, sajica are pretty aggressive. Also, tiger barbs as a schooling fish are fin nippers, much better choice would be tetras.
Reasonable stock using these fish:
1x severum
1x blue acara
1x threadfin
school of tetras
Are there any smaller earth eater species that I could fit into that stocking?
Tinfoil barbs get over 12" so no on them.
Sajica are central American which is fine if you don't mind fish from different continents, I don't but many do.
Still too many cichlids eventually but you could start them all out in there I guess then remove some as time goes on, give them back to a fish store maybe.
If you can pic just 5 of them cichlids (as long as you pic smaller geos if they are included) with a school of smaller tetra or barbs it could work.
Sajica are central American which is fine if you don't mind fish from different continents, I don't but many do.
Still too many cichlids eventually but you could start them all out in there I guess then remove some as time goes on, give them back to a fish store maybe.
If you can pic just 5 of them cichlids (as long as you pic smaller geos if they are included) with a school of smaller tetra or barbs it could work.
As gourami swami said 3 would be better.
It's oh so easy to get a bigger tank than your used to then massively over stock it because you think it's huge.
Even my 300g looks small now, just a mere puddle to where these fish come from.
Personally I think one larger cichlid as a center piece will be much more appealing in the long run.
Either a threadfin or severum.
Then add some smaller SA cichlids if you want brown acara or blue acara, maybe even smaller instead like rams or apistogramma borelli.
Then some peaceful tetra like neons would look nice.
It's oh so easy to get a bigger tank than your used to then massively over stock it because you think it's huge.
Even my 300g looks small now, just a mere puddle to where these fish come from.
Personally I think one larger cichlid as a center piece will be much more appealing in the long run.
Either a threadfin or severum.
Then add some smaller SA cichlids if you want brown acara or blue acara, maybe even smaller instead like rams or apistogramma borelli.
Then some peaceful tetra like neons would look nice.
There are smaller species like geophagus steindachneri, red hump eartheater. But you are over-estimating how much room your going to have in the 75, in my opinion. If you really wanted the eartheaters, I would just get whatever species you want, and do them with a school of tetras. Like 6 geos, and 20 tetras, done.
If you really wanted the severum still:
1 severum
4 red-hump eartheaters
10-20 tetras
Even that will get dirty quickly when the fish are grown. So I would expect to do 2 water changes a week. But that would be do-able.
Here is a red-hump I had years ago. they are very nice
If you really wanted the severum still:
1 severum
4 red-hump eartheaters
10-20 tetras
Even that will get dirty quickly when the fish are grown. So I would expect to do 2 water changes a week. But that would be do-able.
Here is a red-hump I had years ago. they are very nice
