Large, fairly peaceful CA?
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My pearsei works great with bichirs. It is peaceful and wont touch their tilapia. But they need a big tank since they are large bodied fish. I also keep a het and red bay snook.
Here is my cichlid combo
They share the tank with my big lower jaw poly's
Here is my cichlid combo
They share the tank with my big lower jaw poly's
My pearsei works great with bichirs. It is peaceful and wont touch their tilapia. But they need a big tank since they are large bodied fish. I also keep a het and red bay snook.
Here is my cichlid combo
They share the tank with my big lower jaw poly's
Awesome, that is exactly what I had in mind. What size tank is that
A bit bigger than what you have in mind with the 125
This is my tank, 300g (24" x 96" footprint)
A bit bigger than what you have in mind with the 125
This is my tank, 300g (24" x 96" footprint)
VERY NICE!
I think you could do pretty much any appropriately-sized cichlid if all your going to keep it with is Bichirs. I've kept polys with very aggressive cichlids before, my cichlids never seem to know what to think of the poly's and leave them alone. The poly's are armored anyway, I doubt most cichlids other than perhaps umbee/dovii etc. could do them much harm. I had an ornate around 18-20" in a 125 aggressive community with a huge hogaboomorum, large vieja, tetracanthus, istlanum, etc. for a long time. Nobody gave him a second look, he cruised around happily. Good luck
Here's my ornate
and some of his tankmates
Here's my ornate
and some of his tankmates
I think you could do pretty much any appropriately-sized cichlid if all your going to keep it with is Bichirs. I've kept polys with very aggressive cichlids before, my cichlids never seem to know what to think of the poly's and leave them alone. The poly's are armored anyway, I doubt most cichlids other than perhaps umbee/dovii etc. could do them much harm. I had an ornate around 18-20" in a 125 aggressive community with a huge hogaboomorum, large vieja, tetracanthus, istlanum, etc. for a long time. Nobody gave him a second look, he cruised around happily. Good luck
Here's my ornate
and some of his tankmates
What size tank is that?
