Poll: Festae & friends

[shamrock]

Damn what a waste!

 

[poly-nomial]

I see a lot of aggressive fish that did not fare well in your dead bucket. I recommend NO tankmates...

 

[Cichlidholic]

I have kept a Jag pair with a Festae pair successfully. I recommend that combo just based on the fact that I have seen it work (at least for several months). In your 600 gallon tank, it should work longer term.

The festae roamed the tank but avoided the Jags and their area. I kept the Jag just a bit bigger than the festae by feeding them market shrimp - the festae did not seem to like it.

If the festae ever got the same size as or bigger than the male Jag, I would guess the Festae would kill the jag pair. The female Jag's survival was dependent on the male Jag.

Then the Festae started breeding... The male Jag figured it out and started filling in the nest of the Festae with gravel. No eggs hatched and all the fish started acting funny. I knew someone was going to die (probably the festae) since the male jag started pushing the festae pair tighter and tighter into the opposite side of the tank.

I love both pairs but did not have room to keep both...then the opportunity came to get baby beani and motaguense....decided to sell the pairs and start over. I've always loved motaguense and never saw those babies for sale. I have always heard about beani, so wanted to try them out.

So there's my $0.02.

 

[stuckinthemiddle]

You froze your dead fish? Nice looking tank shot by the way!

No, I had moved the male festae into the 265 gallon with a spawning pair of Dovii & a spawning pair of RTMs and didnt have a problem. Both parachromis pairs were around 5-6 inches...and uncharacteristically non-aggressive. I sold the dovii pair to a member here and he had the same experience with them as well.

After I sold the dovii and RTM pairs, I added the female to the tank, along with a 5 inch grammodes pair, at least 10 convicts, a fem festae, several catfish, 2 smaller trimacs and the Jag pair.

No, the jags werent spawning. The pictus was the last one that made it and I tried to keep it alive but it didnt make it. Again, this all happened between midnight and 8am.

heres some pics of the carnage and the tank it happened in, chock full of TONS of hiding space and caves under all the wood & rocks.

 

[VRWC]

You froze your dead fish? Nice looking tank shot by the way!

Yea, I froze them. I have a few friends in an aqua-tech program at a local college that asked me to save any fish that die.

Thanks! I have since removed all the live plants. They are too much of a hassle to keep in that big of a tank with cichlids, for me anyways.

 

[terrors r us]

I have kept a Jag pair with a Festae pair successfully. I recommend that combo just based on the fact that I have seen it work (at least for several months). In your 600 gallon tank, it should work longer term.

The festae roamed the tank but avoided the Jags and their area. I kept the Jag just a bit bigger than the festae by feeding them market shrimp - the festae did not seem to like it.

If the festae ever got the same size as or bigger than the male Jag, I would guess the Festae would kill the jag pair. The female Jag's survival was dependent on the male Jag.

Then the Festae started breeding... The male Jag figured it out and started filling in the nest of the Festae with gravel. No eggs hatched and all the fish started acting funny. I knew someone was going to die (probably the festae) since the male jag started pushing the festae pair tighter and tighter into the opposite side of the tank.

I love both pairs but did not have room to keep both...then the opportunity came to get baby beani and motaguense....decided to sell the pairs and start over. I've always loved motaguense and never saw those babies for sale. I have always heard about beani, so wanted to try them out.

So there's my $0.02.

That was very interesting reading......Thanks
It sounds like your Jaguar stopped the aggresion from happening by
destroying the nest...what size of tank were they in? How big was each
pair? Did they all grow up together??

So...Beani's & Moto's...NICE!!!!!!!!!
Keep us posted on the aggression level....I heard Beani's can be nasty but
I don't know if it's a rumour or not......Thanks...

 

[terrors r us]

I really enjoy reading about different experiences from people about different species
living together.........anyone else have any experiences?? How about with Nasty's or Beanie's??