I was wondering if anyone keeps Sa/CA in Harems? I always thought it would be cool to have 2 females and one male of a certain species. Reason I ask is I have two female Sals living together and was wondering if adding a lone male it would work.
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I actually started a thread about this a couple of months ago.
https://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/threads/harem.678444/#post-7626596
I know people have done it with Synspilum, Rivulatus, Jack Dempsey's.
Andy woods cichlids uk
does it as well as stated in his recent update video.
I can't speak for Salvini having never kept them though, hopefully someone else chimes in!
https://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/threads/harem.678444/#post-7626596
I know people have done it with Synspilum, Rivulatus, Jack Dempsey's.
Andy woods cichlids uk
does it as well as stated in his recent update video.I can't speak for Salvini having never kept them though, hopefully someone else chimes in!
you would want a minimum of 3 females per one male. Reason being, if you have two females and one male - the male will (hopefully) select one female and they may begin ganging up on the other female. Having multiple females will disperse aggression more evenly
Yes absolutely but certain species of cichlids for example Apistogramma do best in Harems and so do Geo species.
I think it could work with salvini. A 3rd female is probably a good idea to start out at least - I know a breeding male will hunt and kill any other males a lot of the time but I think females would be ok.
I set up a new 120g long (60" x 18" x 26") this weekend to start splitting mine up - haven't decided quite how I'm going to do the split yet. Might move the largest male in alone first to color up, then add females in after to pair with. do you have any pics of yours? how big are they? I have some pics of mine up at https://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/...ni-the-quest-for-the-holy-grail.516519/page-7
the bigger of a tank you can use for yours the better - they can and will claim very large territory when spawning (huge relative to their size) and the pair will become rather ferocious. The quote I like to think of is - "A beautiful jewel from southern Mexico, Cichlasoma salvini is perhaps inch for inch and ounce for ounce, the most aggressive and pugnacious little cichlid ever to inhabit an aquarium."
I set up a new 120g long (60" x 18" x 26") this weekend to start splitting mine up - haven't decided quite how I'm going to do the split yet. Might move the largest male in alone first to color up, then add females in after to pair with. do you have any pics of yours? how big are they? I have some pics of mine up at https://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/...ni-the-quest-for-the-holy-grail.516519/page-7
the bigger of a tank you can use for yours the better - they can and will claim very large territory when spawning (huge relative to their size) and the pair will become rather ferocious. The quote I like to think of is - "A beautiful jewel from southern Mexico, Cichlasoma salvini is perhaps inch for inch and ounce for ounce, the most aggressive and pugnacious little cichlid ever to inhabit an aquarium."
