I have a 125 gallon tank with 3 midas cichlids, 2 jack dempseys and a texas. I know the midas thing wont work out. I plan on keeping one of them if they get too agressive. Anyway, I am looking for some good dithers for this tank. I have 22 yellow labs that are too young right now, but will soon be able to be a good dither. Would this work or is therea better one?
Dithers for my SA/CA tank
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What you even have in your set up is a death wish for your other cichlids in the first place.You may as well just keep two midas's,if you can get a pair out of them.
You will probably run into problems with that stocking as you have already stated. But Giant Danios, Convicts, Silver Dollars are some good examples of possible dithers. I don't really know how well Yellow Labs will work with your stock. I have never mixed them with CA/SA cichlids. But I know I wouldn't add all 22 of them to your tank.
3 Midas are not gonna work, 1 is already pushing it with other big cichlids in that tank. yellow labs are prob. gonna be killed if put in there, my JD at 5" killed a bunch of em in a matter of days. I'd go with big non-cichlid species like silver dollars or tinfoil barbs.
I can rehome the jack dempseys, but my texas I am just in love with. He is awesome. It seems as if he can hold his own, but I know things will be different down the road. I was just hoping a good dither will lessen the agression towards other other non-midas fish in my tank.
Midas are notorious for their aggression, that's the reason why many people keep em alone. Non-cichlid dithers will do nothing for the aggression because the Midas won't see them as a direct threat (not now anyway), other big cichlids (especially the ones that look more like a Midas) will be seen as immediate competition and will be attacked more frequently, possibly until they die.
Your best bet is to keep a single Midas with the Texas and a few dithers and hope it works out, make sure you arrange the tank so the fish can hide and retreat when needed, and use driftwood and big rocks to break the line of sight and limit territories.
Your best bet is to keep a single Midas with the Texas and a few dithers and hope it works out, make sure you arrange the tank so the fish can hide and retreat when needed, and use driftwood and big rocks to break the line of sight and limit territories.
I guess you are looking for target fish (instead of dithers). Silver dollars probably work better than the others you mentioned.
All the fish I have are young juvies pretty much. The midas cichlids are 2.5-3 inches. The texas is 4 inches and the 2 jack dempseys are 6 inches. I guess I will let them grow up together, keeping a good eye on them and seeing how they act to one another. If there are problems then I will be moving my texas and jack dempseys out. The only problem is my other tank is 55 gallons. So I'd have to rehome some fish down the road if it didn't work out. Its just said thinking about the possibility of losing my texas, but in the end I like my midas fish much better.
then you can try growing them out and see if it works out for you. You have a better chance if your fish are still young, I've seen Midas with many other cichlids in a community setup.
More than one Midas though it's too risky, males generally can't stand another male in the same tank, and if there's a female by any chance and they happen to pair up, you will wake up one day to 125 gals of jack dempsey/texas ceviche lmao.
More than one Midas though it's too risky, males generally can't stand another male in the same tank, and if there's a female by any chance and they happen to pair up, you will wake up one day to 125 gals of jack dempsey/texas ceviche lmao.