Need some help with Dwarf Info

[HokieFish]

Well, I had planned to go with Herotilapia Multispinosas for my 150Tall but I'm having a hard time finding them. The LFS said they can't seem to find them either through their distributers, so i'm looking at Dwarfs now.
The question is, should i go for one species in the tank, or mix Apistos and Rams? Thanks for the help!

 

[HokieFish]

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
- Would you suggest sticking to one type only, Rams or Apistos?
- How many would you suggest?
I'm going tomorrow to pick out the cichlids, so I'm really hoping you guys can help me out.

 

[Stratoquarius]

Rams and appistos work fine together from what i´ve seen, you can also go with the keyhole cichlids too.
heres a apisto I had a few years ago, I cant remember what it was, but its closely related to a cockatoo
apistogramma viejita

might I add, that tank is pretty big you could have geophagus species in there, and also angel fish. you have a lot of options, I thought you meant your tank size was in Litres not Gallons lol

Look at gymnogeophagus species for small geos, and geophagus sp. for larger, they grow slowly and are peaceful

 

[HokieFish]

Thanks for your help. I will look into those.

 

[Stratoquarius]

how did it go Hokie?

 

[HokieFish]

I ended up going with a group of six altispinosis. I made some other changes to the tank as well. My BA Tetras were starting to eat on my Anubias and Java Ferns, so I pulled them out and took them back to the store and traded them for a school of cherry barbs. You can't really have a planted tank if the fauna are eating all the flora...
Since the fin nippers are gone, I may look at adding a couple of angles once the plants grow some more and things in the tank settle down. The rams are still skittish.