Got all my juvies in for my 100g

[FedEXguy]

I took some pictures with my phone last night. Sorry the quality is not the best, the phone auto-adjusts the brightness too much to capture the subtle colors. No flash, either, so I had to wait on subjects to sit relatively still...which mostly never happened. I'll take some real nice pictures with the real camera when these guys get a bit more size.

Biggest centrarchus

Biggest multispinosa

Biggest? notatus

Biggest mutispinosa with 2nd biggest and the smallest centrarchus

julii cory

Colombian tetra where you can see the yellow

Colombian tetra where you can see the blue (picture both together and that's how these beauties look to the eye)

FTS (ignore the hardscape...haven't really worked on it yet)

One centrarchus died before I moved them over to this tank (it was the only one that hid from day 1 and never came out.) 6 rainbows with 4 being very tiny. 8 notatus, tiny to small (seller sent an extra.) Also, 2 firemouths because I already had them and they so far only chase each other.

 

[xraycer]

Haha. Looks like my new tank. 180gal with about 20 SA/CA juvies.

 

[duanes]

This is one of the best ways to start a cichlid tank, growing up together allows them to set up a hierarchy, that give each a place in the tank and most of the time suppresses dangerous aggression.
As long as you resist the temptation to add more cichlids later, the hierarchy can remain in place for years.

 

[FedEXguy]

Yep. Hopefully the removal of some later when they are getting size won't cause any aggression, either. I did pick pretty peaceful fish, so fingers crossed.