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Aquaman_95

Jack Dempsey
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While I was in Canada in July, my fish were unfortunately not properly cared for, and I lost sixty percent of the fish that I had in my 75 gallon aquarium. I was left with 2 convicts (a breeding pair, of course), my red severum (I am so thankful it didn't pass), my brown knife fish, a very timid Texas cichlid, and a very mean jewel cichlid.

I am a huge fan of cichlids, and oddballs...my aquarium is too small to hold any monster fish, and I do have an exotic pet store near my house. What would you recommend me putting in there?

P.S. I know some of you are going to suggest scrapping the convicts, or the Texas cichlid, to which I'm going to reply no. I've had the male convict since 2008, and he is the hardiest fish I've ever had.
 
TBH with a pair of convicts and a texas you haven't got much more space in there by the time the texas grows up. I'd look at addign a small group of something fast moving and schooling like roselines, medium sized barbs, rainbows etc.

Once the Texas Cichlid grows up, I'd be afraid of housing such small fish with him.
 
You can house small fish with convicts? I thought they were agro?

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You can house small fish with convicts? I thought they were agro?

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I have successfully housed small tetras with convicts. They don't bother them, though they do both other cichlids that they see as competition. I just would not want to house my Texas Cichlid with anything small, once he grows up.
 
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