I am setting up my 75 gallon aquarium again (footprint of 48" x 18"), and the current inhabitants are 5 3-4" rainbow fish, 3 3-4" clown loaches and a 4-5" pleco.
I have kept an array of SA/CA cichlids in the past (texas, salvini, red devils, flowerhorns (hybrid, I know), snooks, rams, discus, angels, jags, severums, oscars, cons, green terrors, nicaraguense, and jack dempseys) and I was looking for something that I haven't had before that would fit with the tank mates I have now.
I was under the impression that electric blue jack dempseys were much more docile than their standard counterparts (pretty much that all my previous cichlids aside from the rams, angels and discus were too aggressive for them), but my LFS told me I heard wrong. They said they were the same aggression level as the standard JD. They also told me their plecos are trained to eat only off the glass if they want to survive and that keyhole cichlids are only to be put with other SA/CA cichlids. I know Royal plecos can't thrive, or arguably survive, on algae alone, and I know keyhole cichlids are more like a krib as far as aggression and tankmate compatability. So is their statement about the EBJD incorrect as well?
Would a single 2-3" electric blue jack dempsey be a good addition to the tank I have now, having the rainbow fish as dithers?
If not would a festivum fit better or possibly a blue acara? I'm open to all suggestions.
I have kept an array of SA/CA cichlids in the past (texas, salvini, red devils, flowerhorns (hybrid, I know), snooks, rams, discus, angels, jags, severums, oscars, cons, green terrors, nicaraguense, and jack dempseys) and I was looking for something that I haven't had before that would fit with the tank mates I have now.
I was under the impression that electric blue jack dempseys were much more docile than their standard counterparts (pretty much that all my previous cichlids aside from the rams, angels and discus were too aggressive for them), but my LFS told me I heard wrong. They said they were the same aggression level as the standard JD. They also told me their plecos are trained to eat only off the glass if they want to survive and that keyhole cichlids are only to be put with other SA/CA cichlids. I know Royal plecos can't thrive, or arguably survive, on algae alone, and I know keyhole cichlids are more like a krib as far as aggression and tankmate compatability. So is their statement about the EBJD incorrect as well?
Would a single 2-3" electric blue jack dempsey be a good addition to the tank I have now, having the rainbow fish as dithers?
If not would a festivum fit better or possibly a blue acara? I'm open to all suggestions.