CA/SA Cichlids in a 10 or 20 Gallon Aquarium?

[Jason_S]

personally I wouldn't go with anything other than a pair of rams or appistos for life in a 20 gallon or maybe a pair of keyholes.

 

[darth pike]

I wouldn't do anything larger than a pair of rams, apistos, or checkerboards in a 20H. A 20 Long I would do a slightly larger pair, like curviceps or Pelvicachromis taeniatus, or Cryptoheros nanoluteus.

 

[jgentry]

personally I wouldn't go with anything other than a pair of rams or appistos for life in a 20 gallon or maybe a pair of keyholes.

Keyholes get the same size as most of the crytoheros group. Maybe it's just me, but I've had zero issues keeping the small CA's in 20g tanks as pairs. Personally I couldn't imagine how empty a 20g would look with a pair of apisto's in it.

 

[Wiggles92]

So basically I should go for fish that stay under 6"?

 

[darth pike]

Deffinately under 6", prefferably under 3".

 

[Wiggles92]

Ok, so pretty much anything already mentioned would work.

 

[navygirl76]

id say a breeding pair of cutteri in a 25 gallon would be nice..

 

[Wiggles92]

I'm unfortunately limited to 20 gallons for this tank; the college I start at in the fall only allows fish in aquariums up to 20 gallons. I can probably away with a 20 long or tall though.

 

[bluehairman]

Just get ram cichlids... You can get more than 2, just hope they don't pair up.
Get 3 or 4 rams plus some other colorful fish. Just cichlids you would have a very empty looking tank.

I would say, 2 or 3 ram cichlids (either same sex or 2 males 1 female, to prevent breeding), dwarf gourami, 4 or 5 tetra or 2 or 3 tiger barbs.

 

[darth pike]

I would get the twenty long ... that extra 6" of length makes a huge differances in cichlids.