Festae community tank

[vtnhtr]

Is it possible to have an all festae community setup in a 180 gallon tank? Lets say with 5-6 females and 1 male, maybe 2 males? What should the ratio be?

 

[vtnhtr]

Has anyone tried this or had any success? Not talking about just growing out fries.

 

[Decker504]

My buddy just tried it in a 180 and it didn't work out, they fought all the time. Maybe if you start them off really young. I mix my festae w/ other species, but males always pic on other males, same w/ females once they sexually mature. The good news is he got so mad, he gave me all his festae, LOL!

 

[vtnhtr]

sweet deal, i guess either way they are going to fight regardless if they are the same species or not, i guess still worth a try

 

[aclockworkorange]

I'd give the likelihood of this working long term about .1%. It's a great way to get a breeding pair though.


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[ElectricBlueSeanBurch]

I see a 0% chance if this working long term. Would be awesome though.

 

[aclockworkorange]

I see a 0% chance if this working long term. Would be awesome though.

.1% is 1 in 1000. I think that might be possible if you tried it 1000 times to get a group to coexist.


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[ElectricBlueSeanBurch]

.1% is 1 in 1000. I think that might be possible if you tried it 1000 times to get a group to coexist.


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Well my answers are only good +/- .1%

 

[BIG-G]

It doesn't work as soon as they are mature they will pair up and then the odd ones pay the price.

 

[Allan01230]

Its hard enough to keep angelfish from killing each other and they are very mild cichlids compared to festae. I guess with cichlids you need a large tank and have the fish grow up with each other. I never had luck with cichlid communities, so I keep large characin and cyprinids instead. They play nicer with each other......most of the time, LOL