Looking For a Costa Rican For 85gal

[flemming]

I have been in Costa Rica on holiday this summer,and ofcourse i went fishing,I didn't catch cichlids myself,but i saw a lot of dead cichlids on the market,and people catching them with nets.
I fell in love with cichlids again,and i am looking for a Costa Rican Cichlid that fits in my 85gal,and can be combined with channa pleurophthalma(5inch).
which species of cichlids are interesting for me?(scientific names)
Thanks Bro's!

 

[Aquanero]

Go here and look around http://fish.mongabay.com/data/Costa_Rica.htm
Sizes and discriptions wth all the latin names.

 

[flemming]

is the jaguar cichlid an option?

 

[Aquanero]

Not in an 85 but a Mota or Freddie is.

 

[flemming]

what are the scientific names of mota and freddie?
how about Uaru's? are they possible?

 

[Aquanero]

Parachromis motaguensis or Parachromis friedrichsthalii both are similar to a Jag but stay smaller. Uaru gets too big IMO for an 85 and really do better if not kept as a single specimen, altough it could be done.

 

[flemming]

Parachromis motaguensis or Parachromis friedrichsthalii both are similar to a Jag but stay smaller. Uaru gets too big IMO for an 85 and really do better if not kept as a single specimen, altough it could be done.

Uaru's grow to about 12 right?,a friend of mine is keeping Uaru's,he has 3 of them in a 100gallon tank with heros and oscars.

although I really like your suggestion of the 2 parachromis species,you think those species wil work with Channa Pleuros?