Compatibility
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It's gonna be hard. A GT will grow much slower than a Midas. So the Midas gets bigger faster, then ends up pounding the GT--that's my guess. Keep a divider handy.
Beani and Midas have very different food needs, different water parameters, etc. I wouldn't try to keep a Beani with a Midas.
Beani and Midas have very different food needs, different water parameters, etc. I wouldn't try to keep a Beani with a Midas.
I would say the midas will probably need the tank to itself long term.
You can try other species but I think it will become cramped and risky for the other fish eventually.
I would not add anything else unless you have the means to seperate if needed.
You can try other species but I think it will become cramped and risky for the other fish eventually.
I would not add anything else unless you have the means to seperate if needed.
I think your best bet of keeping fish with the midas in the 150 is convicts. They are small enough that he won't see them as too much of a threat, and they are tough and pretty smart. They should be able to survive in there with him. I would get 5 or so and let them do their thing, they might breed as well so be prepared to do something with the fry if they aren't eaten.
In my experience, beanii do not play well with others (or each other in most cases)
and are best kept in a species only tank
I have kept Amphilophus with other cichlids in a 150.
I find if the feeding techniques of the community cichlids are different (different shaped mouth etc) and color scheme and body shape to be different, it often helps because they do not feel quite as competitive.
Like the difference between th Chuco, and the Amphilophus above, the festae (of course) didn't last long in the above tank, even though they all grew up together.
Too similar to the A "amarillo".
and are best kept in a species only tank
I have kept Amphilophus with other cichlids in a 150.
I find if the feeding techniques of the community cichlids are different (different shaped mouth etc) and color scheme and body shape to be different, it often helps because they do not feel quite as competitive.
Like the difference between th Chuco, and the Amphilophus above, the festae (of course) didn't last long in the above tank, even though they all grew up together.
Too similar to the A "amarillo".
Or the midas might breed with one of the convicts and kill everyone else in the tank when the two spawn to make hybrid fry.
Midas are one of those fish (like parachromis species), that have a high chance of claiming 6 feet of territory all to themselves.
This is a good point. You could just go all-male convicts, they are easy to sex and males would make better tankmates anyway, females stay a little bit small to live with a full grown midas.
The thing is you don't want a fish to hold its own or to fight in the first place. Most aggressive CAs don't play nice. IMO a 150g is tough for a large cichlid community. Especially if you are considering amhps. This is why I changed my stocking to smaller CAs that like to live in groups. I got tired of managing aggression and never being able to keep fish in the long term. If I were to go aggressive again, my 150g would be a wet pet tank w/ a trimac or a breeding pair of a smaller parachromis like loisellei, Freddy or RTM.
Now a GT might be ok with JD, salvini, and/or h. Caprinits. It's all trial and error, but definitely better chances reducing aggression.