I really want a green terror...help please!

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JenTN;1414908; said:
SO it's either the GT, convict, fm, pleco combo.
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Please choose all these fish as the same sex. If they are all females, great, if all males, great. But if there is for example, a Con and a FM who have different genders, expect fry and a catastrophe. If I were you, I'd up the filtration and add a few more fish. How dense is this tank really planted? I've seen people claim that a single bushy plant in the centre of a bare tank is a planted tank.
 
It is not densely planted at all, about 12 plants, along the back and sides.

I think I am going to wait until I can have a bigger tank for a g.t. I found some great cichlid suggestions on another site, so I am either going with:

pair black calvus (love the looks of these guys!), 6 blue flash, neolamprologus buescheri, pair lemon cichlids, and maybe a bristlenose pleco. I think this will be a little bit easier variety of cichlids, since I am completely new to fishkeeping:D

Although I am kind of considering a Jack Dempsey, firemouth, and convict.
 
JenTN;1422551; said:
It is not densely planted at all, about 12 plants, along the back and sides.

I think I am going to wait until I can have a bigger tank for a g.t. I found some great cichlid suggestions on another site, so I am either going with:

pair black calvus (love the looks of these guys!), 6 blue flash, neolamprologus buescheri, pair lemon cichlids, and maybe a bristlenose pleco. I think this will be a little bit easier variety of cichlids, since I am completely new to fishkeeping:D

Although I am kind of considering a Jack Dempsey, firemouth, and convict.
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you can always swing between a JD and a GT

but i like your other option too
the africans will look great with a nice rock setup tank
most of the time chiclids are easy fishkeeping unless you have an oscar with real bad eating habits(messy eaters)
 
I have had a convict and a Green Terror in the same tank for over a year and they don't seem to have any problems at all. 55 gallon tank with just a few pieces of driftwood and rock.
 
I would do a severum instead of a con. Cons can be way too aggressive.

Plus all the GT I have had have been very passive, and thats why I would recommend a more peaceful cichlid like a severum.
 
We have a tank of True Green Terrors (rivulatus) and they are much less aggressive than the gold saums usually sold as GT's. They are a great looking fish and a good choice if you can find them. Petsmart has some silver saums labled as Riv's but as usual the lables are wrong.
 
I've got a quick question for you guys, it in a way, relates to this thread.
So, I've got a 55 and wanna do the JD, GT, Con thing. Problem is the JD and GT are about 1-2'' just big enough that I can easily tell what they are... But the con I plan to get is atleast 6 1/2'' and has a HUGE KOK, probably the biggest con I've ever seen looks like a barred midas.

Do you think the con would mess with the JD and GT? I meen, I can always just buy a 1-2'' pink con at the LFS were I plan to buy the JD/GT as they have them in the same tank and theres one male pink that already has a decent sized hump.

Thoughts?
 
My LFS (very reliable, very helpful- explained cycling, etc to me- only sells fish) has baby green terrors that are sooo cute.. they also have baby j.d. and baby convicts- not sure about the firemouths....

Can I put a G.T. and a J.D. together in a 55?
 
JenTN;1424479; said:
My LFS (very reliable, very helpful- explained cycling, etc to me- only sells fish) has baby green terrors that are sooo cute.. they also have baby j.d. and baby convicts- not sure about the firemouths....

Can I put a G.T. and a J.D. together in a 55?
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Youre LFS sounds same to mine, Little 1'' GT's, Cons, JDs, and other cichlids.

I've seen JD/GT together in a 55 before, and its what I plan to do...
 
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