matching cichlids with min tank size

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BALLER34IG;3792184; said:
If you ask me i would say this.

1. convict pair-40 gallon breeder for life
2. jags- can be kept in a 50 gallon due to dimensions if alone but are able to stay in a 55 for a few years if a female. Males i think grow at a more rapid rate
3. JD'S and GT'S- can stay in a 50 gallon for life if alone or with 1 or 2 smaller fish.
4. Severums- are hard to predict size i had one that stopped at 8 inches and i had one hit 12 inches and both were same sex and in the same tank.
5. Oscars- need atleast a 75 cuz a 55 is pushing it as far as turning for such round fish.
6. midas cichlid-75 atleast but a 55 is ok for a year or 2.
7. Parrot-u could keep 3 in a 55 cuz they grow so slow i had one for 3 years and he's not full grown yet but very healthy and in my soon to be parents in laws 50 gallon.

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1 true

2 NOT even close to being true

3 not true either

4 never seen a 12 inch severum and didnt realize they get that big

5 true

6 maybe a yr...2 is pushing it

7 eh, maybe.

Opinions dont matter, experience does. You can grow all those fish up in a 55, but that doesnt make it right. Your listings are BARE minimum for all but the convicts...and even thats smaller than what I would keep full grown convicts in. A jag in a 50 or 55 wouldnt work but until it was about 6-8 inches and the fishes sex has nothing to do with its growth rate in my experience.

No offense, but maybe you ought to spend some time on here for the next month while trying to decide how to house the fish you are wanting. There is enough info on MFK (from experienced people who keep them, not opinions) to show you why your views on keeping the fish you are talking about are basically incorrect. Minimum tank sizes are not the way to keep healthy fish.
 
Well my last jag only reached 9 inches and it took a while to get there. feeding habits controls fish growth. most ppl love fish but get scared when ppl tell them how big they get. Oscars in my opinion grow quicker tan just about every cichlid. The oscar i had was bought after my jag and outgrew her with in a month or so. U could keep a jag in a 50 becasue they are wider but for an oscar this wouldnt work because they can cause some damage when they flip out and most of us have seen these fish flip or go nuts. I probly wouldnt keep a jag in a 50 for life but i dont think they need a 75 gallon really unless you gonna have more fish as long as the tank is wide enough the jag will be fine for a long period of time. But bigger is al;ways better and on this site that is one of the holy commandments. Ive only kept one jag and mine didnt grow huge
 
vaine111;3792229; said:
I had a jag grow to 17" on me. Anything smaller then my 120g 72"x18" would not do.
If you are going from my experiences:D.
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isnt 72in a 125g? that extra 5g counts lol;) and quite right jags get bigger than Os do so would def need bigger than a 75 for life, i wouldnt keep one in less than a 5ftx18in tank
 
many sites will tell you that sexes do change growth rates. ive had many males and females of fish ans some males grew faster and bigger but some breeds its the opposite. Ive done this fish hobby long enough to know what im doing. Ive seen alot of big fish in tanks that most would say thats not right but the dimensions of a tank play a big part in what you can keep. As long as a fish can turn and swim with no problem it will be fine.
 
If you have a wild caught fish it will grow bigger but if you have tank raised and breed they will never reach max size. Take the pacu a real monster. U go to an aquarium and they are huge cuz they are most likely a wild caught fish. I've seen a 14 year old pacu in a 350 gallon tank and it only hit 18 inches and it was in that tank when it was 3 inches. In this tank is a TSN that was a lil over feet and much younger
 
BALLER34IG;3792249; said:
Well my last jag only reached 9 inches and it took a while to get there. U could keep a jag in a 50 becasue they are wider but for an oscar this wouldnt work because they can cause some damage when they flip out and most of us have seen these fish flip or go nuts.
I probly wouldnt keep a jag in a 50 for life but i dont think they need a 75 gallon really unless you gonna have more fish as long as the tank is wide enough the jag will be fine for a long period of time. Ive only kept one jag and mine didnt grow huge
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BALLER34IG;3792184; said:
If you ask me i would say this.

convict pair-40 gallon breeder for life
jags- can be kept in a 50 gallon due to dimensions if alone but are able to stay in a 55 for a few years if a female. Males i think grow at a more rapid rate
JD'S and GT'S- can stay in a 50 gallon for life if alone or with 1 or 2 smaller fish.
Severums- are hard to predict size i had one that stopped at 8 inches and i had one hit 12 inches and both were same sex and in the same tank.
Oscars- need atleast a 75 cuz a 55 is pushing it as far as turning for such round fish.
midas cichlid-75 atleast but a 55 is ok for a year or 2.
Parrot-u could keep 3 in a 55 cuz they grow so slow i had one for 3 years and he's not full grown yet but very healthy and in my soon to be parents in laws 50 gallon.

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if you already have it all figured out, then why ask for help or advice? do you really want other opinions or just for someone to agree with you?
 
i just wanna se what ppl think. once they say im wrong i will defend my opinion. Like i said i have kept most of these fish but some only 1 specimen. I fi wrong im wrong. u learn by doing. Ive never kept a fish in bad conditions and if it was growing and i couldnt keep it it was put in a bigger tank or given to someone with a bigger tank
 
I would like to see some pics of large jags as ive never seen one over 12 inches. My friend had a male that got that big but died during a power outage
 
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