new rapps order coming friday
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we're not flaming you...
but that's a lot of fish for a 125
viejas can put on 8" easily in a year... i just think you are being overly optimistic thinking that 1 year will still be enough time to grow them out in there.
i think 6 months would be enough for them to put on a lot of size for problems to start showing up
but that's a lot of fish for a 125
viejas can put on 8" easily in a year... i just think you are being overly optimistic thinking that 1 year will still be enough time to grow them out in there.
i think 6 months would be enough for them to put on a lot of size for problems to start showing up
here is a quote from the man I bought them from . . .
"I don't see why it couldn't work.
If anyone said you can't keep fenestratus with synspilus or
something, I only have to think back about 20 years ago when
I kept only individuals of each species I could get my hands
on.
In a 125, for several years I maintained the most awesome
fenestratus and synspilus I'd ever kept. Also in the same
tank were trimac, dovii, managuense, citrinellus, big fancy
loricarids, predatory Pimeloid and Bagrid cats, and a Lates
for a while.
It's not always the case that purchasing 9 juvenile cichlids
means you will still have the same 9 adult cichlids in a
couple years, but we try-right?
Enjoy the fish and watch them grow."
"I don't see why it couldn't work.
If anyone said you can't keep fenestratus with synspilus or
something, I only have to think back about 20 years ago when
I kept only individuals of each species I could get my hands
on.
In a 125, for several years I maintained the most awesome
fenestratus and synspilus I'd ever kept. Also in the same
tank were trimac, dovii, managuense, citrinellus, big fancy
loricarids, predatory Pimeloid and Bagrid cats, and a Lates
for a while.
It's not always the case that purchasing 9 juvenile cichlids
means you will still have the same 9 adult cichlids in a
couple years, but we try-right?
Enjoy the fish and watch them grow."
You will have a little better luck between the Viejas if they are all male, but if you have one female it will definitely spell disaster.
I currently keep 5 Viejas ranging from 4 to 8 inches in a 125, with 3 large Crenicichlas. I did have a female Syns that I had to remove because of the problems that it created between the males. Once I removed her it calmed down quite a bit.
I currently keep 5 Viejas ranging from 4 to 8 inches in a 125, with 3 large Crenicichlas. I did have a female Syns that I had to remove because of the problems that it created between the males. Once I removed her it calmed down quite a bit.
Listen to Shadow, hes a man of great wisdom when it comes to many things...
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Your main thing is gonna be the bioload though. All of those fish are heavy waste producers, and as they grow, so will the amount of waste that they put out. Most of those fish get in the 12" range easily, so your looking at a lot of bioload. Granted they are small, and it seems like its practically impossible to keep all the fish you start out with, you should be aight. Main thing would be to watch the Geos, thats like a RED beacon of distruction flashing in my face right there. Aside from that should work out aight.
. Your main thing is gonna be the bioload though. All of those fish are heavy waste producers, and as they grow, so will the amount of waste that they put out. Most of those fish get in the 12" range easily, so your looking at a lot of bioload. Granted they are small, and it seems like its practically impossible to keep all the fish you start out with, you should be aight. Main thing would be to watch the Geos, thats like a RED beacon of distruction flashing in my face right there. Aside from that should work out aight.
