180gallon, last time I swear ( psych!! )

[milkman407]

I have an empty 180 gallon tank ( i know i'm crazy right ). Was gonna devote it to Pbass, but It will be a couple months before they get anywhere big enough to go in that tank. So for the time being, what cichlid should I breed in there?

thanks

~ Matt

 

[killerfish]

go with black nastys or red terrors that would be really cool or a pair of some species of parachromis

 

[milkman407]

I cant get anything good locally so i'd have to order, and i'm guessing raps is best for cichlids? correct me if i'm wrong.

 

[jaws19]

i would go with convicts you can get 3 pairs. try a blue pair, a black pair, and a pink pair.

 

[milkman407]

i would go with convicts you can get 3 pairs. try a blue pair, a black pair, and a pink pair.

No, ty. I have a convict pair in a 20gallon breeding like crazy. there a good 5" each.

I'd rather do something that's larger.

i'm already breeding the following fish

Convicts ( already got fry )
Reddevil pair ( already got fry )
Zebra plecos
Flowerhorn + reddevil

so i'd rather not do something I already have.

 

[bigspizz]

get an adult EBJD male and breed it with a regular female and see if you can get some EBJD babies...Make a lil pocket change....

 

[milkman407]

O, thats an idea.

thats going on the list.

Need more ideas though

~ Matt

 

[Mystix212]

Parachromis Festae.

OR

Here's how to produce Adult EBJDs starting with eggs (Theoreticaly, unless you are already breeding them). For each step you can skip, you save about 12-14+ months, so the whole process takes about 3-1/2 years.

JD = Regular Jack Dempsey
BGJD = Blue Genotype (Regular Phenotype) Jack Dempsey
EBJD = Electric Blue Jack Dempsey

Step 1) EBJD X JD = 100% BGJDs

Step 2) BGJD X EBJD = 50% BGJDs and 50% EBJDs

3) note: EBJD X EBJD = 100% fatal (No fry survive, assuming any eggs hatch at all).

Bottom line is that to actually produce EBJDs, you need an EBJD to spawn with a BGJD. This is why most breeders are unwilling to sell BGJDs. If you pair one with a EBJD, you can save years of breeding, feeding and rearing time.

 

[milkman407]

sounds easy enough, get a ebjd, breed it with a jd. take the hybrids and breed them with a ebjd.

lots of time involved though

 

[jaws19]

xomeone told me that i cant do this.-