I was wondering about Green Terrors i have never had green terrors i was wondering how hard it is to Breed them and the temperment and what kind of tank mates they can have. Thank you for your help.
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temperment depends on individual fish but in general they are passive cichlids, along the same lines as Jack dempseys and texas's cichlids. which both make good tank mates, if you have eough space provided for these fish.not difficult to breed or sex. i only have experience sexing true Gt's, which are different than false Gt's or saums, which is most likely what you are refering to.
Atm i have 1.5in Green texas cichlid in my brothers tank so would it be fine to Have this setup?
Green Texas(1)
Green terror(2)
syno catfish (1)
pink Convict (1)
Green Texas(1)
Green terror(2)
syno catfish (1)
pink Convict (1)
GS not GT as they are Gold Sams not Green Terrors as XR explained arefairly easy to sex just by looking at the fins alone. They are one of easiest to sex by fins and it is very very reliable as compared to other fin sexing techniques for other cichlids. Females have minimum amount of speckalin on the fins and have more elongated facial markings with more green/blue spot on the gill plate. Males are just the opposite and bam your done. Can be kept with a variety of fish that aren't overly aggressive or passive. JD's do work but I would avoid fish that have similar markings as GS tend to get Terriorial towards similar fish as the same with Parachromis species. Texas are a good tankmate, Midas as well if you find a tame Midas ( which is almost never), Convicts obviously. Theres tons of options are you looking for common fish or rare?
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You can keep a breeding pair of green terrors at the most in this size tank. You'll run into huge problems if you introduce a carpintis as well. In my experience, non of my cichlids have liked synodontis, so that might be a problem too.
If they're all females, you should not have too much of a problem. Although, your tank will look odd with 3 10" fish in such a small area. If you keep up the water changes and have at least 10x turnover on your filtration, you should be okay. Be prepared with multiple tank dividers!
Carpintis and gold saum green terrors are both very colorful fish. You can also try a breeding pair of electric blue jack dempsey(if they are the only fish in the tank)
i beed terrors they should do well in a 75 try to get a young pair and adult male will grow to be a little snug in a 75 although they will spawn a number of times and u can keep a small pair at all times.... a male will have unbelievable color while the female will stay much smaller than the male and will show a brownish green color untill breeding where ive seen the blues on the face and the body has turned black in most cases will be a dark greenish with a black haze...do a lot of water changes say 30 percent twice a week for optimum water conditions theese fish are very dirty and dont feed them a lot of feeders or all protein they will get bound up.... when u see mating activity begin or they start going through the motions throw some small feeders in there and the next day do a big water change.... water changes wiill spark a spawn make sure you have some nice hunks of wood to help soften water live plants help with theese guys although they get trashed rocks arnt so good unless they are smooth i would go with a soil substrate ive tried sand and imo isnt very efficient keep low lighting any questions just pm me good luck and no they arnt that hard to keep breeding they are a moderate fish but all cichlids get it done without to much trouble