4ft ideas

[Eläköön]

1 larger fish so examples....
oscar
vieja of some kind
motaguense

2 mediums
texas
GT
JD
salvini
nicaraguensis

small fish
firemouths
dithers etc

i cant make my mind up so can i have some good ideas =)
i will be buying the fish(s) all from juvenile to maximise tankmate compatibility

 

[Mad About Cichlids]

I would consider Texas and GT to be large cichlids, they both can get over 10"+.

4ft tank as in a 55g or 75g? It's a big difference between the two.

 

[balton777]

4ft tank as in a 55g or 75g? It's a big difference between the two.

Or a 120g (4' x 2')?

 

[Eläköön]

4x17x17

texas and gt get that big over YEARS
i would deffinetly upgrade if they were to get too big. im not irisponsible =)

 

[Mad About Cichlids]

4x17x17

texas and gt get that big over YEARS
i would deffinetly upgrade if they were to get too big. im not irisponsible =)

I know, they're still consider large and not medium

GTs might grow more slowly than others but not Texas.

 

[Angler]

A GT would never outgrow a tank of those dimensions, and a Texas probably wouldn't either. I consider them medium sized cichlids.

 

[David R]

A GT would never outgrow a tank of those dimensions, and a Texas probably wouldn't either. I consider them medium sized cichlids.

Maybe, but under his definition of "medium" would you want two adult texas (texans?) living in a 4'x17x17 tank?

Its really up to you, its probably not big enough to have a community of small-medium cichlids (firemouth, convict salvini GT etc) so maybe just go for a single big bad male texas.

 

[Angler]

Maybe, but under his definition of "medium" would you want two adult texas (texans?) living in a 4'x17x17 tank?

Its really up to you, its probably not big enough to have a community of small-medium cichlids (firemouth, convict salvini GT etc) so maybe just go for a single big bad male texas.

You're right. I didn't read the part where he wrote 2 medium cichlids. I would not want two adult Texas in a tank that size.

 

[sick_lid]

you do NOT want more than 2 adult texas' in the same tank... pairs or not.

 

[thatcichlidguy]

Personally I think a pair of Nics and a female Sal , plus some nice colorfull Dither fish would make a real nice tank for a 4' footprint. Anything bigger than 8-10 inches is really pushing it in a 4 footer.