I have been looking around and thinking to myself that I might wamt a different type of cichlid other than the one I have been looking at (A. Biseratus). The main reason for this is because of their soawns which seems to be 100 eggs. I have no way to grow out fry so I cant really handle them. Are there any interactive cichlids which can be kept as pairs but are not prolific which can be housed in a 40 gallon?
Cichlid pair for 40 breeder
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I wouldn't worry so much about the size of the spawn, the parents will just eat the fry if you you leave them in the tank with them. If a few escape, you could always just give them away to the LFS, the majority will be eaten. Could even add something like a couple pictus catfish, which will gladly eat any "leftover fry"
What's your water like? If softer, I would go for an apistogramma species. Many to choose from, very colorful, and could keep some other fish in the tank.
If harder water, best choice for tank size IMO would be amatitlania nanoluteus. Most of the smaller convict types should be able to work in that tank size, with proper conditions.
What's your water like? If softer, I would go for an apistogramma species. Many to choose from, very colorful, and could keep some other fish in the tank.
If harder water, best choice for tank size IMO would be amatitlania nanoluteus. Most of the smaller convict types should be able to work in that tank size, with proper conditions.
I think i have relativley soft water according to my town the hardness is 40-50 mg/L of hardness I dont own a gh/kh test kit so im not 100% sure. The Ph is an average of 7.4 but that is boosted with potassium hydroxide so the ph should crash. I thought that amiltiltania were great parrents and would not eat their fry but if not I would love to do a biotope with them.
They are good parents for sure, part of their job as parents is to eat any fry which are disabled or unsuccessful, as the energy would be best used to create another batch of fry. So instinctively, the parents will eat any fry which stick around for too long beyond when they should have swam off on their own. They may miss some, and all fish have their own personality, so perhaps some individuals would not eat them at all. But in general, they will eat them. And with nanoluteus, you should be able to add some other fish (goodeids for example) which will help to eat them.
Good to know! Ill definitely take a look at the amiltiltania genus because live bearers seem more interesting to me than tetras.
Edit: Throicthys Scolofi seem pretty intresting. I'll look at some other small Central Americsn Cichlids.