I don't think I have ever seen an adult Odo or Beani in a community tank. If anybody has seen or had them successfully in a community setting I would love to see some pics and here how they are doing.
Black Nasty and Beani in community tank?
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Ok i dont have pics but my father back in the 80's had a 180 with a silver aro, beani, jag and a lima shovelnose cat. I weatched these fish from the age 3-8 when we moved and he stopped keeping fish. He has all these fish before i was born but he said it was his favorite setup while he kept fish.
Believe it or not, I had a female Festae, female Black Nasty, male Beani, Female Escondido, male pink fenestratum, male Grammodes, female Salvini, and male Red Jewel all in a 360 gallon tank about 2 years ago. It lasted for about a year before my black nasty and Beani bloated. It was a really fun tank located in the basement where I could never take my eyes off the tank... The black nasty was the most aggressive in the tank, and the beani would never back down from none of them, although noone would attempt to bother the Beani for some reason... I notice that the Beani would patrol one side of the tank and the black nasty would control the other side. The grammode was awesome also, he knew how to keep them off of him. The pink fenestratum was no pushover either... Bottom line, it really was the black nasty tank...
They were all between 3 to 5 inches. There red jewel and Salvini was grown at about 6" I kept the water clean with a wet dry and 50 percent water change a week... Feed them NLS. Believe it or not, all the cichlids were gorgeous, no fins missing... I wish I could have taken a video or pictures, but I didn't. The Beani bloated first, I took him out of the tank and put him in a 90 gallon tank and treated him, and not too long after that the black nasty bloated, I took him out and placed him in the same 90 gallon with a divider between them and treated for bloat, but end result I lost both of them.
They were all between 3 to 5 inches. There red jewel and Salvini was grown at about 6" I kept the water clean with a wet dry and 50 percent water change a week... Feed them NLS. Believe it or not, all the cichlids were gorgeous, no fins missing... I wish I could have taken a video or pictures, but I didn't. The Beani bloated first, I took him out of the tank and put him in a 90 gallon tank and treated him, and not too long after that the black nasty bloated, I took him out and placed him in the same 90 gallon with a divider between them and treated for bloat, but end result I lost both of them.
Here is a post of mine on another Beani thread this morning. (didnt feel like typing it twice
"WOW!
Well I currently have a 4" Beani in my large show tank. He shares it with a Bleekeri(yes a Bleekeri), 2 Hon. Jags, and a Grammode female of equal size, and also with Hoga 11", loisellei 11", Kraussi 12", Devil 10", Grammode 9", Uropthalmus 9", Lenticulata Pike 9", and a few stragglers around 6-7". So far the Beani keeps to him self, and doesnt even bother the smaller fish, in fact he hangs in the same cave as one of my Jags.
Dont get me wrong, I am not saying that Beani are peaceful, and that you all are smoking crack.
Im just saying that it is working for me so far. And strongly agree with cacichlids about your Beani being the one to do all the damage."
"WOW!
Well I currently have a 4" Beani in my large show tank. He shares it with a Bleekeri(yes a Bleekeri), 2 Hon. Jags, and a Grammode female of equal size, and also with Hoga 11", loisellei 11", Kraussi 12", Devil 10", Grammode 9", Uropthalmus 9", Lenticulata Pike 9", and a few stragglers around 6-7". So far the Beani keeps to him self, and doesnt even bother the smaller fish, in fact he hangs in the same cave as one of my Jags.Dont get me wrong, I am not saying that Beani are peaceful, and that you all are smoking crack.
Im just saying that it is working for me so far. And strongly agree with cacichlids about your Beani being the one to do all the damage." Im sorry to hear that cichlidfever, wish those guys would of made it to adulthood for you.
Madness, I would love to see some pics of your tank with the 9'' grammode.
Madness, I would love to see some pics of your tank with the 9'' grammode.
ill try and take a video of the community in my livingroom. i have a nice female odo in there with lots of tankmates. pm me to remind me. ive never posted a video of that tank.
The thing is, that in their natural habitat, beani are the only endemic cichlid and the same goes for haitiensus. There are always exceptions to the rule, but if you put a hait in with other cichlids when young, 9 times out of 10 it will bloat. And beani seem to be tolerant when youung but as they grow you are playing with fire.
Managuense and many other Central Americans share habitat with other cichlids in naature so a cichlid community is not far fetched.
When I first acquired young haitiensus 19 of 20 died until I realized keeping them together was not worth it. Haitiensus also appreciate warmer temps than mainland centrals.
I now have 12 beani in a tank with Acarichthys heckelli, but I know this will probably only be temporary.
When I had adult haitiensus, they would kill everything except themselves
and sometimes that was in doubt
Managuense and many other Central Americans share habitat with other cichlids in naature so a cichlid community is not far fetched.
When I first acquired young haitiensus 19 of 20 died until I realized keeping them together was not worth it. Haitiensus also appreciate warmer temps than mainland centrals.
I now have 12 beani in a tank with Acarichthys heckelli, but I know this will probably only be temporary.
When I had adult haitiensus, they would kill everything except themselves
and sometimes that was in doubt
I have a tank filled with F1 beani fry ranging in size from just under an inch to a bit over an inch. At this size they begin to kill one another. According to Rusty Wessel who collected and bred them he has never managed to keep more than one beani long term in the same tank. He used 265s. They are not as bad with other fish as they are conspecifics
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