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[piranha45]

nah, i was moreso addressing RTCs than arrows. RTCs take on 2-4" every month. Silver arrows only go about 1-1.5" a month. You could keep a silver arrow in there for about a year, year and a half if you really want to press it.

 

[Kieranuk]

If it wasnt fair to the aro I probably wouldnt keep one. Would that black ray with white spots in the gallery be ok? I read somewhere that you can teach the big fish to do tricks is this true? I am going to get the 100G then when I know more about it upgrade to a 300G-500G but this will probably be in 1-2 years. I will post some pic's of my tank when I get it but it might be a couple of months at most.

 

[piranha45]

you can teach cichlids to do tricks. You wouldnt get any tricks out of an arrow. A ray would work, but as Ive said many times before, you must do at least a 50% water change every week or it will die on you. Rays are expensive anyway.

 

[Kieranuk]

Would I be okey keep oscar's? Also when you said large cichlid's what did you mean, things like flowerhorn ect?

 

[piranha45]

Large cichlids = oscar, flowherhorn, red devil/midas, managuense, salvini, redbelly pike, those sort of cichlids.

you could get 1 large cichid, and then some smaller tankmates to go in with it, in a 100g.

 

[rayman45]

 

[piranha45]

stfu

 

[rayman45]

hey u got 1000 posts congrads

 

[Kieranuk]

Could I get a Male and female of the large ones and which smaller cichlids would I get to live with them?

 

[piranha45]

4-5 african cichlids, of most any type -- Zebras, auratus, kenyii, scolofi, those sort of fish. Readily available at most LFSes.

Only africans you want to stay away from are Nimbochromis (get too big) and Tropheus (require special plant-only diet) species.

here's a good list of common africans
http://www.cichlid-forum.com/articles/species_profiles.php