CICHLID - BLUE

[LoganBlade]

My Daughter has a fascination with blue. What would be the best Blue colored CICHLID? I am new to this type of fish but would certainly research more about them. I have read they are a hardy fish and not a bad starter fish. I am hoping to get her s pair with the hopes of letting her enjoy the life cycle of these fish. All advice is appreciated. Even the ones they may tell me to look or start someplace else.

thanks

Mike

 

[bigredhead]

depends on your tank size. if you had a big one electric blue jack dempsey would look stunning. or some electric blue haplochromis are very nice.

 

[LoganBlade]

She has a 29 gal tank we are cycling now. 2 weeks no fish a little fish food festering. Now a couple small feeder goldfish. She love blue and I didn't know what I could get for this tank. If a couple I hope it is big enough. thank you

 

[Citrinellus]

See if you can find some Honduran red points, they could live in your 29g for life and they breed pretty easily.

 

[Sab_Fan]

you could try an electric blue jack dempsey (EBJD) . . . yes, it would eventually outgrow a 29G, but it would take a while . . . it's not a great begginner fish, but if you do your research ahead of time and take the right steps, you cannot get much bluer . . .

if you don't want to go cichlid, you would have no trouble finding all kinds of blues in a betta fish . . . but you probably know that already

 

[smpage]

Maylandia callainos?

 

[packer43064]

See if you can find some Honduran red points, they could live in your 29g for life and they breed pretty easily.

Agreed.

 

[Snowflake311]

There are so many smaller fish to pick from. Powder blue Gourami, Paradise fish, betta, German blue Ram, Dwarf flag cichlid, Apistogramma borellii

Emperor tetras are really pretty with some blue and purple they are active and fun.

 

[RedBellyRhen]

Forget the cichlid jsut get a crap ton of neon tetras!!!!

 

[bubbles123]

How about regular convicts? They're generally blue and lots of mfk regulars keep them to provide food for their other fish. She'll have plenty of chances to learn about the life cycle. Just be prepared for many, many offspring.