Cichlid Must Have?

[redtailfool]

What cichlid is it that you want to have but cannot due to size, availability etc..

I want to keep a pure (or mostly ) white midas with a huge hump but i cant since i dont have the time to set up another tank and an all white midas is pretty hard to find.

 

[piranha45]

B. microlepis, (barred!) petenia splendida, cichla monoculus/intermedia

thats not even remotely my full cichlid 'wish list', but I suppose I'd really want those three guys more than anything else, if I had the capacity to house them.

some of the mini-geophagus species are treasurable little creatures, too


I've never seen a 100% white no-orange/red midas; do they exist? If there was such a thing, I'd be game for one, but I don't particularly lust for midas with even little orange specks on them. Much rather get a barred midas.

 

[luistijerina]

hey, thats my wish list too.

 

[Caveman]

My dream would be to get both a fully adult sized male Dovii and male Umbee to coexist in a tank that is not over 350 gallons.

 

[piranha45]

hey, thats my wish list too.

you have good taste

 

[luistijerina]

i have some dovii around 10 of them . any where from 2-6inches in length.i had umbees
before and they did not make it.

 

[Caveman]

I had some Dovii and Umbee but Jed (The Trust) Peacock Bass ate them.

 

[redtailfool]

Barred Midas are nice but i like the white ones better. P45, youre right i dont think
ive seen one thats a pure white.. but im sure somebody out there has one. It can be easily done with selective breeding.

Caveman - i thought you meant Trust ate your fish... LOL gotta wear the contacts..

 

[Caveman]

LOL, He always tell me one of his freinds will eat his dead fish. I think he freezes them for the guy so that they will be fresh when he picks them up.

 

[redtailfool]

i know i read that thread too... makes you wonder what kind of friend
trust keeps !! :22_yikes: :22_yikes: