firemouth cichlid

[Jkessler623]

im thinking about getting a pair for my 30g which is currently cycling.the tank right now has 3 zebra danios, a leapord danio,a pleco and a bamboo shrimp.do you think this would be a good match for my setup?

 

[deeboi]

yes. should be good. but if they start fighting each other, you may have to get another or get rid of one. but with a firemouth should be able to get along with any other same type cichlid.

 

[GinBlack]

I have one firemouth who is fine 90% of the time, when my other fish try to bully him he has no problem defending himself! Thinking of getting 2 more!

 

[Jkessler623]

id like to get a pair to potentially have them spawn...anyway to tell males and females apart easily?

 

[Jkessler623]

and do you think they will be ok with the little danios?

 

[DemonShark]

Best way to get a pair is to buy a half dozen and pick the pair out when it forms. Thats not really an option for you though.

Males have longer fins and brighter coloration, females appear more stout, with less coloration and no fin extentions. But sometimes you have a firemouth that you are 120% sure is male, until you see it laying eggs one day. So there are no sure ways to tell male from female, just educated guesses lol.

And if you get two males there might be a slight agression problem, just make sure they each have places to hide and all that. Divide up their territory.

 

[Diogenes]

I would guess that when the FM got big enough they're going to eat the shrimp and the danios.

 

[GinBlack]

As far as the danios, I only have dempseys, aros, and yellow labs so I wouldn't know what the firemouths attitude would be towards them. And as for sexing I am not sure either!

 

[Jkessler623]

i like the labs alot. if my FMs ate my danios,would i be able to get one or two labs?

 

[worm2925]

i have 2 firemouths they stand there ground with my other fish even though they are smallest in the tank right now