Large Cichlid Question
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Tank size think 500 plus.
What you see in the YouTube vids is just the tip of the iceberg. What you don't see is the all other tanks with growouts waiting thier run thru the main tank, and rejects waiting to get rehomed. Any major aggression is dealt with swiftly by removing the aggressor.
What you see in the YouTube vids is just the tip of the iceberg. What you don't see is the all other tanks with growouts waiting thier run thru the main tank, and rejects waiting to get rehomed. Any major aggression is dealt with swiftly by removing the aggressor.
That is part of it. Also using all males of simular size, not adding one fish at a time but many.
You cant let them be able to stake a claim to territory, that is when fighting will happen due to defense of said territory.
Not for your bigger cichlids, but if you went small cichlids you could do a nice mix. Think Amatitlania family, Convict, HRP, Nanolutea etc
Thorichthys family, Firemouth, Yellow Firemouth etc
Trichromis Salvini
Biggest I would go in a 75 would be single/pair of Rocio octofasciata, Jack Dempsey
What I suggest is finding out your source water peramaters. You gonna use city water or on a well. What are your parameters. High PH hard water, then pick Central Americans. Low PH soft water them pick South Americas.
Keeping fish in the wrong water peramaters will lead to sickly diseased fish that die prematurely.
I love Oscar's but I can't keep them due to my water source is basically liquid rock. While great for Centrals and Rift Lake Africans, not so for Southern Americans from east of the Andes mts.
Keeping fish in the wrong water peramaters will lead to sickly diseased fish that die prematurely.
I love Oscar's but I can't keep them due to my water source is basically liquid rock. While great for Centrals and Rift Lake Africans, not so for Southern Americans from east of the Andes mts.