If you want a Festae for sure, then you might wanna add a texas, salvini, jackl dempsey (maybe) and a texas.
new 90 gal
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As long as you can provide the other's with tanks within 18 months? Then i see no reason why you cannot house a female Festae with tankmates in a 90g. My female is a little younger than that and is only 6", so size is not the problem. The main concern is the aggression levels some individuals pocess. IME males are twice as aggressive as females (DISCLAIMER: I have only owned 1 young pair.) and since selling my male, my female is rather placid, except for the odd bit of flaring at the male Rd/Midas on the other side of the divider. Like you had planned, it's best to add them all together at a young age.
SMS;1108677; said:
yes im talking about a 90 for juvies, but what if i got a 150 some where inbetween a year and 2 years? from what i understand festaes dont grow as fasr as some of the other big cichlids so they would be bigger for awhile and when she starts catching up they will be in a 150, plus ill have that empty 90 gal that i could put fish in if they get beat up. would you stick to your advice of still just the female?
um one more question any way to tell festae females from males when juvies? like i said im brand new to big cichlids
People...a female festae does not get over 12 inches. If they are not overly aggressive (mine is not) then you CAN do another fish such as a Texas, JD (owns my festae) in a 90 gallon. If the argument is size, then that doesn't make sense. If it is aggression, then you can only try it and see. I have a female festae in a 90 gallon right now with tankmates and no problems. Telling someone that it is bad advice is innacurate. Warning them of potential aggression issues is legitimate. But if the argument is based on size, for a female that is just not true.
I think that most advice given here is with the mindset that this will be the specific fish(s) home for life, not temporarily.
I personnaly never think its a good idea to plan on getting juveniles for an "average" sized tank because you're going to... "get a bigger tank later." Plans change as we all know and sometimes we end up in a bind by doing things that way. Then we're stuck for a while and the fish suffer. I did it myself with my JD in a 30 but had the $ stashed for my 90 when I needed it, thank goodness
Why not just get the female festae for now, then get the others established in the bigger tank down the road? Once they all grow up together, you could add the festae at "the right time." This will also allow you to gage the agression levels of all of the fish with the minimum amount of possibility for losing fish to the festae.
if I were you... my first priority would be to move outta the house. Then you could get any sized tank you want
I personnaly never think its a good idea to plan on getting juveniles for an "average" sized tank because you're going to... "get a bigger tank later." Plans change as we all know and sometimes we end up in a bind by doing things that way. Then we're stuck for a while and the fish suffer. I did it myself with my JD in a 30 but had the $ stashed for my 90 when I needed it, thank goodness
Why not just get the female festae for now, then get the others established in the bigger tank down the road? Once they all grow up together, you could add the festae at "the right time." This will also allow you to gage the agression levels of all of the fish with the minimum amount of possibility for losing fish to the festae.
if I were you... my first priority would be to move outta the house. Then you could get any sized tank you want
Headrush;1109352; said:I think that most advice given here is with the mindset that this will be the specific fish(s) home for life, not temporarily.
I personnaly never think its a good idea to plan on getting juveniles for an "average" sized tank because you're going to... "get a bigger tank later." Plans change as we all know and sometimes we end up in a bind by doing things that way. Then we're stuck for a while and the fish suffer. I did it myself with my JD in a 30 but had the $ stashed for my 90 when I needed it, thank goodness
Why not just get the female festae for now, then get the others established in the bigger tank down the road? Once they all grow up together, you could add the festae at "the right time." This will also allow you to gage the agression levels of all of the fish with the minimum amount of possibility for losing fish to the festae.
if I were you... my first priority would be to move outta the house. Then you could get any sized tank you want
thank you very much for the advice, i still have a week or so till i get the 90 up and running, that will let me think about what i wanna do.
haha i wish i could move out of the house but the house isnt the problem. its the job. im in college with a free ride as long as i graduate. once i graduate ill have a 6 figure paycheck but right now im broke and can really only afford this 90 gal complete with everything i need that i got for 200.
So what cichlid could hold there own against a festae?
This question demands a two part response,one is that the answer is specimen specific,meaning a psycho convict killing a timid RD.The other answer i cannot say on here to you.smallguy;1109686; said:
smallguy;1109686; said:
I have had great success with my female Jag and my female festae in a 90.
