If you were me....

[burzumaske20]

Which cichlids would you keep,that I currently own at the moment and which ones would you get rid of?Now may I add the Oscar,JD,and Texas are males.The rest are females.

1.Oscar
2.Jack Dempsey
3.Severum
4.Green Terror.
5.Salvini
6.Texas
7.black Convict
8.Firemouth
9.Bloodparrot

 

[Jimmy16]

what size tank? if i were you, i'd get rid of all of them and put 1 or 2 midas in there lol.

 

[Dissy]

What size tank do you have?

(And, I'd send the Severum to me).

 

[burzumaske20]

its a 125 gallon,in a year or so,I am getting a 270 gallon pond with the viewing window,since it will be a indoor pond.

 

[burzumaske20]

what size tank? if i were you, i'd get rid of all of them and put 1 or 2 midas in there lol.

I did spot a nice looking Midas at a lfs by me,about 4 inches.Not sure if it was male or not.

 

[Jimmy16]

I did spot a nice looking Midas at a lfs by me,about 4 inches.Not sure if it was male or not.

i've never raised a midas myself. but adult midas are a joy to keep. they have so much personality its crazy.

 

[cacichlids]

Get rid of:
Oscar (too messy, too much waste)
bloodparrot (hybrid)
convict, firemouth (too small)

keep:
severum
jack dempsey
green terror
salvini
texas

 

[burzumaske20]

i've never raised a midas myself. but adult midas are a joy to keep. they have so much personality its crazy.

I am not too big on skipping the growing stages on fishes,even though sometimes I wish my GT,Severum,JD would grow faster lol.What isn't shock to me is,my Texas who has a good personality,is going to be outgrowing my GT and severum very soon.I am not sure though honestly.I just think too many people have the same common fishes in their set up like me.Wish I could make mine stand out more,by having fishes like argentea,black belt,trimac,black nasty,sagittae.Just to name randomly,not to have all in one tank,just to see the black nasty kill them all lol

 

[burzumaske20]

Get rid of:
Oscar (too messy, too much waste)
bloodparrot (hybrid)
convict, firemouth (too small)

keep:
severum
jack dempsey
green terror
salvini
texas

The convict and Firemouth,I have been thinking of getting rid of,cause my Texas has outgrown them by 2 inches.The Oscar I may end up keeping,since he was my first cichlid and can actually battle.BloodParrot is ok,I may end up giving that one up too.

 

[leather]

How do you know the oscar is a male?