Can I have a Salvini in my tank?

[Sauteman]

I have a 5'' Rotkeil Severum and a 3-4'' Female Jack dempsey with 5 silverdollars in a 75 gallon. Can I add a salvini cichlid to this tank? I've always loves salvini growing up as a kid in the fish hobby with my dad for the past 15 yrs, but never got the chance to keep one for a bit, I had one as a kid for 5 months that died during a tornado in Florida, and techinically it was my dad's but he handed it to me the week before it passed.
Anyways, what do you think? I want to get a female, but my lfs has just 2-2.5'' specimens in stock. How do I tell a female at that size?

 

[convict360]

I'd try it, you can always take it back out of the tank if you have problems.

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[Crazy mike]

You could add a female just be aware females can be a little evil. The way I've heard to find a female is look and see if the dorsal fin has black on it.
Here's my female

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[Sauteman]

You could add a female just be aware females can be a little evil. The way I've heard to find a female is look and see if the dorsal fin has black on it.View attachment 1023096View attachment 1023097
Here's my female

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I guess I will get 1 or 2 of them tomorrow. The lfs guy said he thinks females have the orange bellies, but none of them in the tank had orange yet.
So I guess I'll post pics asking if they are female.

 

[Rivers2k]

I wouldn't do it with a severum. Salvini are evil little things.

 

[lp85253]

I wouldn't ..thats gonna be really crowded for the level of aggression a sal will bring... go grab a 40 b from the petco $ sale and drop the sal in that ... just my 2 cents,, good luck

 

[treasureandbooty]

I wouldn't risk your rotkeil to salvini aggression. I had one that would bully a texas cichlid that was about twice its size. Mine was a female and she was an absolute she-devil. I wouldn't want my rotkeil to have to deal with any added stress. Plus once all of your fish grow I think you'll be a little over stocked as is.

 

[DBLN8]

Why add the aggression to your tank? Sals are small but they pack a punch and on top of that when your existing fish mature you will be over the limit on your tank size (over stocked IMO)

 

[Sauteman]

I wouldn't ..thats gonna be really crowded for the level of aggression a sal will bring... go grab a 40 b from the petco $ sale and drop the sal in that ... just my 2 cents,, good luck

I wouldn't risk your rotkeil to salvini aggression. I had one that would bully a texas cichlid that was about twice its size. Mine was a female and she was an absolute she-devil. I wouldn't want my rotkeil to have to deal with any added stress. Plus once all of your fish grow I think you'll be a little over stocked as is.

Why add the aggression to your tank? Sals are small but they pack a punch and on top of that when your existing fish mature you will be over the limit on your tank size (over stocked IMO)

I personally don't think my tank is overstocked yet, but once things grow I will just keep the severum, jd, and dollars. I am going to pass on the sal instead and get some other kind of cichlid. Maybe a smaller jack or a peacuful cichlid.

 

[Black Tuna]

I personally don't think my tank is overstocked yet, but once things grow I will just keep the severum, jd, and dollars. I am going to pass on the sal instead and get some other kind of cichlid. Maybe a smaller jack or a peacuful cichlid.

I had the same warnings about salvini agression before I got one. I ended up getting one and it was more than worth it. Prettiest fish in my tank and worth the agression.

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