H. Multispinosa
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I've always read they get to 6" but my females all started spawning at 2". I doubt they'll get much larger. I guess they could continue growing, though. It took my severums 2 years to reach their adult sizes, so maybe the same goes for these.
Either way, they're fun little fish... Very peaceful and very active. But I had 2 pairs and soon every tank was overrun!
Either way, they're fun little fish... Very peaceful and very active. But I had 2 pairs and soon every tank was overrun!
What else did you keep them with? I remember that you had them with Dwarf Pikes before if I'm not mistaken. I think some smaller Rams may be okay to mix with them.ryansmith83;5099492;5099492 said:
Thank you! It's still hard to get pics. They are constantly on the move.caribemob;5100195; said:Real nice buddy
I kept them with my Krobia pair for a while, then some wild Geos and my notatus severum growouts. I tried putting the bigger males in my 210g but the psittacus quickly ate the entire tail off of one, so they got moved back to smaller tanks.
I wouldn't keep them with blue/gold/EB rams (M. ramirezi), just because they're constantly active and they are extremely pushy at feeding time. I think they'd be too busy and make the rams nervous. But they're definitely good with other peaceful medium-to-large cichlids like sevs, geos, acaras, etc. You could probably also do Bolivian rams (M. altispinosa). I just got a couple small ones from Gary @ Daytona Aquarium and they're cute little guys. They need to put on size though. He had a whole tankful.
Considering they're Central American, you could probably mix them with various CA cichlids. I just don't know enough about CAs to make any suggestions.
I wouldn't keep them with blue/gold/EB rams (M. ramirezi), just because they're constantly active and they are extremely pushy at feeding time. I think they'd be too busy and make the rams nervous. But they're definitely good with other peaceful medium-to-large cichlids like sevs, geos, acaras, etc. You could probably also do Bolivian rams (M. altispinosa). I just got a couple small ones from Gary @ Daytona Aquarium and they're cute little guys. They need to put on size though. He had a whole tankful.
Considering they're Central American, you could probably mix them with various CA cichlids. I just don't know enough about CAs to make any suggestions.
Thanks Ryan. I appreciate the advice. If I had sand for a substrate I would get Geos. I've seen some really nice ones and thought a few of them would make nice tankmates. You named a few others that I considered too. I will probably make Saturday a fish shopping day.
I have HUNDREDS of fry...not sure what the hell I am going to do with them all!!!!
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