The primary pleco hunter is my nannacara amolae (a fish i highly recommend); the cichlid frys were kribs and later cockatoo; the kribs success rate was greater than 50% and after the third spawn i removed them. the cockatoo success rate was around 15% but their problem had more to do with feeding the frys as I could not easily inject food to them. I did have some Laetacara araguaiae at a later date but they never spawned. This is over a period of 4 years. The pleco success rate is hard to judge but i guess 1 per every other spawn is making it but they spawn monthly or more frequently. The nannacara likes to park himself over their cave waiting for little treats to come out of hiding.
60 Gallon stocking thoughts
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I realize you did not ask me but the biggest problem is that sajica is a medium hard water fish which is not that compatible with serpae and eba. It doesn't mean you can't mix them but water would be non optimal for both sets of fishes.duanes do you think a single sajica would be ok with a single EBA in a 60g with a school of Serpae tetras?
Might work, if you get them both young and grow them out together.
Even better possibility of working out, if the sajica is female.
If you go that route, be sure and post updates, it will be interesting to see if it does.
female sajica below, at about 4 inches in domient color
Even better possibility of working out, if the sajica is female.
If you go that route, be sure and post updates, it will be interesting to see if it does.
female sajica below, at about 4 inches in domient color
Are you not concern about the hardness requirement for each species or is the t-bar more flexible and can tolerate soft water ?
I asked duanes directly because he had mentioned the Sajica as a m/f pair. I appreciate any advice I can get so I appreciate you replying.
Both sajica, and Andinoacara"s come from similar alkaline water conditions.
The original Blue acara of the genus Andinoacara's are not soft water Amazonian South American's but come from northern coastal waters and the island of Trinidad, that have quite different water parameters than Amazonia.
Just as the GT clade and genus Andinoacara are from rivers and areas west of the Andes that are much more alkaline.
My Andinoacara coerleopinctatus were e caught in a river where the waters are hard, mineral rich, and average pH above 8.
The water parameters in my tank where they have lived and spawned the last few years averages a pH of 8.2
The original Blue acara of the genus Andinoacara's are not soft water Amazonian South American's but come from northern coastal waters and the island of Trinidad, that have quite different water parameters than Amazonia.
Just as the GT clade and genus Andinoacara are from rivers and areas west of the Andes that are much more alkaline.
My Andinoacara coerleopinctatus were e caught in a river where the waters are hard, mineral rich, and average pH above 8.
The water parameters in my tank where they have lived and spawned the last few years averages a pH of 8.2
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I moved not too long ago and have been testing my water to make sure I didn't have any Ammonia and/or Nitrite spikes but didn't test the PH until last night. I've always had a PH of 7.0 out of the tap anywhere I've lived but the new place it's 7.6. With it a little on the higher side I'm going to go with the EBA and the Sajica. I'm curious, do you think it would be better to add a third cichlid, like a firemouth or other smaller CA cichlid? With 2 I'm afraid one will just bully the other all day, with 3 if there is aggression it can be spread out a little. It's a 4' 60g tank. what do you think?
