Help on stocking CA/SA's !!

[convicts94]

Yeah all four pairs

 

[Gruff Master]

I would not put four breeding pairs in a 75gal., especially with one of those pairs being Convicts. They will breed more regularly than the others and become very territorial. If you happen to get more than one pair to breed at once, then more problems will occur. A 75 really isn't a big tank when it comes to keeping multiple pairs of breeding cichlids. You could try two pairs of the smaller species or one pair of a larger type. If you are trying to stock all of these fish because you want more movement, get some dithers instead like danios, barbs, or mollies.

 

[JoeTurner14]

Also: Green terror + Blue Acara = bloodshed!!

 

[Jason_S]

Yeah all four pairs

No way that would work long term. the convicts, once breeding, will claim half the tank as their territory. You could probably do the pair of sajica and blue acara and some dithers.

 

[JacobWhitley]

I don't believe any of those large cichlids should be paired in a 75gal. GTs grow slow so you may be able to pull it off for a little while. But you definitely need a much larger tank for long term care. I can't speak on the pond size. I only deal with tanks at the moment.

um i have all those fish and the Green Terror grew faster then all of them

 

[JacobWhitley]

a Green Terror pair or a Red Devil Pair would be fine in a 75g just not Jags

 

[convict84]

i would be thinking of small cichlids,like cutteri,jds,salivini.....but only one pair in a 75 with ditters

 

[Gruff Master]

um i have all those fish and the Green Terror grew faster then all of them

I understand. Maybe I should have said it better. In my experience at raising all of these cichlids, the GT grew a lot slower than the others. My friends have had the same results.

 

[convicts94]

No way that would work long term. the convicts, once breeding, will claim half the tank as their territory. You could probably do the pair of sajica and blue acara and some dithers.

a Green Terror pair or a Red Devil Pair would be fine in a 75g just not Jags

So which ones should i keep?
1. Pair of Sajicas, Blue Acaras pair and C. Maronii pair and some dithers ?
2. Pair of GT's ?
3. Pair of RD's ?
4. Pair of Salvinis and Sajica pair ?

 

[bradleyagregg]

salvini pair with dithers or gt pair with dithers. if your rd"s ended up not being compatible it would be an ugly seen in that size tank. Salvini dont get real big but they can be straight up killers and would probably beat the tar out of sajica,just my opinion tho