Post Your Large Peaceful SA Cichlid setups

[gobucks1]

Eartheaters, Severums, Psitticus, Chocolate, etc.

Post their tanks here.

 

[HiImSean]

lol i've got all of the above

right now i have in my 125g
1 chocolate 5.5"
5 psittacus 2.5-4.5"
1 jurupari 5"
1 sveni pike 3"
1 fei feng 4.5"
1 senegal 7-8"
1 delhezi 5"
1 indo dat 5"

in my 55g
2 severum (breeding pair) M- 8" F-5.5"
1 albino senegal 2.3"
banjo cat 2"

i plan on one psittacu in the 125g and im trying to find a notatus severum to go in the tank. im keeping my eye on the chocolate b/c he's larger than everyone else he kinda bullies them. my larges psittacus is catching up to him though

 

[LeahisAwesome]

My 90g

 

[japes]

140G

1x Hypselecara temporalis
2x Heros efasciatus
1x Geophagus altifrons 'Rio Tocantins'
1x Acarichthys heckelii (picking up some more)
3x Satanoperca leucosticta
2x Ancistrus sp. "Bristlenose Pleco"

Ignore the net. Salvation for my sub-dom heckelii who I've just sold. As you might be able to tell, I can't get a full tank shot from front on, need a wider lens.

75G

7x Geophagus sp. 'Araguaia Orange Heads' (Growing out 7 to eventuate with a colony of 5)
4x F0 Laetacara dorsigera
11x Hemigrammus rhodostomus "Rummynose Tetra"
8x Pristella maxillaris "X-Ray/Pristella Tetra"
6x Corydoras sterbai
4x Ancistrus sp. "Bristlenose Pleco"
2x Rineloricaria eigenmanni (Whiptails)

Let me quickly take a shot or two... I've just completely tried to wipe out an MTS infestation after ignoring it for so long so the tanks a little cloudy from the new substrate. All parameters are good currently, running daily doses of Seachem Stability anyway.

Tiny little Eartheaters

These are my only two setups currently.

 

[gobucks1]

lol i've got all of the above

right now i have in my 125g
1 chocolate 5.5"
5 psittacus 2.5-4.5"
1 jurupari 5"
1 sveni pike 3"
1 fei feng 4.5"
1 senegal 7-8"
1 delhezi 5"
1 indo dat 5"

in my 55g
2 severum (breeding pair) M- 8" F-5.5"
1 albino senegal 2.3"
banjo cat 2"

i plan on one psittacu in the 125g and im trying to find a notatus severum to go in the tank. im keeping my eye on the chocolate b/c he's larger than everyone else he kinda bullies them. my larges psittacus is catching up to him though

Really Nice how does the Pike do with the other bottom dwellers?
Any aggression between it and the Jurapari? That combo looks good.

My 90g

Nice! See you like your severums.

140G

1x Hypselecara temporalis
2x Heros efasciatus
1x Geophagus altifrons 'Rio Tocantins'
1x Acarichthys heckelii (picking up some more)
3x Satanoperca leucosticta
2x Ancistrus sp. "Bristlenose Pleco"

Ignore the net. Salvation for my sub-dom heckelii who I've just sold. As you might be able to tell, I can't get a full tank shot from front on, need a wider lens.

75G

7x Geophagus sp. 'Araguaia Orange Heads' (Growing out 7 to eventuate with a colony of 5)
4x F0 Laetacara dorsigera
11x Hemigrammus rhodostomus "Rummynose Tetra"
8x Pristella maxillaris "X-Ray/Pristella Tetra"
6x Corydoras sterbai
4x Ancistrus sp. "Bristlenose Pleco"
2x Rineloricaria eigenmanni (Whiptails)

Let me quickly take a shot or two... I've just completely tried to wipe out an MTS infestation after ignoring it for so long so the tanks a little cloudy from the new substrate. All parameters are good currently, running daily doses of Seachem Stability anyway.

Tiny little Eartheaters

These are my only two setups currently.

Wow, really nice setups.
How do the different species of eartheaters interact in the larger tank? Do you think they would hybridize if several different species were together?

 

[LeahisAwesome]

140G

1x Hypselecara temporalis
2x Heros efasciatus
1x Geophagus altifrons 'Rio Tocantins'
1x Acarichthys heckelii (picking up some more)
3x Satanoperca leucosticta
2x Ancistrus sp. "Bristlenose Pleco"

Who or should I say What is the guy in the middle?
the one that looks like a sev.
Im diggin him/her.

 

[HiImSean]

Really Nice how does the Pike do with the other bottom dwellers?
Any aggression between it and the Jurapari? That combo looks good.

the pike is really chill so far. they are all still juvenile fish except the chocolate and the jurupari. the chocolate is more of a bully than a jerk. i actually did notice my jurupari picking on one of my smaller psittacus last night but nothing serious. if im going to see any aggression from any fish im assuming it would be the psittacus and would prolly be in the next month or so since they are getting larger. im hoping the pike stays this way. im thinking of adding another juvenile pike when my LFS gets fish next week.

 

[HiImSean]

Who or should I say What is the guy in the middle?
the one that looks like a sev.
Im diggin him/her.

you mean the severum or the chocolate behind the severum

 

[japes]

Wow, really nice setups.
How do the different species of eartheaters interact in the larger tank? Do you think they would hybridize if several different species were together?

Cheers.

I have little problem between species of Eartheaters. My altifrons runs the larger tank. I used to keep a few female Orange Heads in there and they never showed any colour because of the dominance exerted by them. I have more issues with conspecific aggression, hence the need to remove my subdominant heckelii from the mix to reduce the number to 1 as he was getting pounded.

Eartheaters do much better in 3+ of each species, otherwise you need to find a mix that works - not sure about others but fin preservation is my ultimate concern when aggression pops up when keeping Eartheaters. Currently there is absolutely no issues in my tank, but the leucosticta are still quite small and we'll have to see when they're grown up and present a threat to the bigger species. If I wasn't so attached to my Heroines they'd be gone though, for more altifrons and heckelii.

In regards to hybridization, I've never read of anyone having issues with it, but I'm sure it's happened somewhere at one stage.

 

[peathenster]

220g. posted these before but....