The fish mentioned are from Central America, not South America, and you would have to do potted plants or those types that have the rhizomes exposed like anubias. I doubt the tetras will touch the anubias. Be careful with Centrals because they can produce hybrid fish, and take over most of the tank in order to breed.
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The fish mentioned are from Central America, not South America, and you would have to do potted plants or those types that have the rhizomes exposed like anubias. I doubt the tetras will touch the anubias. Be careful with Centrals because they can produce hybrid fish, and take over most of the tank in order to breed.
Out of all of the fish you have mentioned, the only ones that are SA are Oscar, green terror, and Severum.
Any dither too small would would be eaten by the oscar or GT. The oscar would destroy live plants, but not eat them.
lol then go buy more hahaThanks, but 5 fish just isn't enough. Are there any sub 6" fish that would survive the big 5? I'd like some quicker colorful movement as well mixed in with the large fish if at all possible.
well, the wife doesnt like the oscar, so that may be out. But that just leaves room for other fish, maybe one that wont destroy plans
the fish you mentioned are chill enough to work together ina tank, you take a step up and you might end up w/ something that will kill every thing. Look into Aggression ratings.......there are 5 levels of Aggressive
#5 - Mildly Aggressive
#4 - Aggressive
#3 - Very Aggressive
#2 - Highly Aggressive
#1 - EXTREMELY Aggressive
Find out what each of the fish you want is rated, then try and keep the tank limited to only fish rated in one of those brackets, while considering each fish can vary based on individuality
I can try to tell you the ratings for each fish if you have a question, but I don't remember all of them.
it depends on the fish's mouth size and aggression levels.....I've seen pairs of Convicts only 3-4" fend of full grown Oscars and male Green Terrors, and I always wondered why they don't just SWALLOW them, but I guess the little guys are just so damn nasty, the bigger fish are like "Whoa, this guy's crazy, it's just not worth my effort". - I guess
Never could figure out why the bigger fish don't just slurp them up, but the world of cichlids can be very weird sometimes
