Hey all, since my little green terror died from hex maybe a couple weeks ago, I have been thinking of getting a replacement. My current stock list is this. The tank is a standard 90 gallon (4ft long x 2ft deep x 18" wide) overstocked with live plants and 2 strong filters:
1x 8" Burundi frontosa
1x 6" albino mbuna
1x small milomo
(all those guys are super friendly)
1x 5" chocolate pleco, also active and friendly
5x convicts, 2 normal sized males, 2 very small females, and 1 big male (like 7" wow) is a douche but mostly just to the other male cons and my poor java fern lol
1x 5" male salvini who can hold his own
3x 6" saes as dithers, too fast to be hurt
2x 3.5" female? jewels, sometimes they get mean, depends
290 quintillion convict fry
Would getting a female for my salvini be ok? I'm just concerned about finding one big enough to begin with, and that the big daddy convict might eat any fry or kill the pair thinking they are competition. I'm also a little concerned that they might make convinis since one male convict has no mate haha.
Most likely though I will get rid of the 2 extra male convicts since they seem to get beat on by the dominant one too much. I can also re home the 2 jewels (which I'm pretty sure are female or weaker males) as well. I'll be trading the convict fry for plant clippings maybe as soon as they get to be a decent size. My water quality remains stable with 1 25 to 40% water change per week. Basic tank parameters are about 7.8 ph, 76-78 degrees, 15ppm nitrates for the plants.
Any suggestions? I will probably be searching for a replacement after new years. I don't really want to spend a whole lot, maybe 25 bucks tops. I was thinking of maybe a smaller species too. Something like a firemouth, t-bar, or blue acara. For larger ones possibly a jack dempsey, or texas (would it get too big though?) as well would be cool. I was also thinking of maybe getting a roseline shark to go with the 3 saes if they are compatible.
I would get another green terror just I don't want to deal with hex again since I've read they are very susceptible and can get it for no apparent reason like the last guy.
Thoughts?
1x 8" Burundi frontosa
1x 6" albino mbuna
1x small milomo
(all those guys are super friendly)
1x 5" chocolate pleco, also active and friendly
5x convicts, 2 normal sized males, 2 very small females, and 1 big male (like 7" wow) is a douche but mostly just to the other male cons and my poor java fern lol
1x 5" male salvini who can hold his own
3x 6" saes as dithers, too fast to be hurt
2x 3.5" female? jewels, sometimes they get mean, depends
290 quintillion convict fry
Would getting a female for my salvini be ok? I'm just concerned about finding one big enough to begin with, and that the big daddy convict might eat any fry or kill the pair thinking they are competition. I'm also a little concerned that they might make convinis since one male convict has no mate haha.
Most likely though I will get rid of the 2 extra male convicts since they seem to get beat on by the dominant one too much. I can also re home the 2 jewels (which I'm pretty sure are female or weaker males) as well. I'll be trading the convict fry for plant clippings maybe as soon as they get to be a decent size. My water quality remains stable with 1 25 to 40% water change per week. Basic tank parameters are about 7.8 ph, 76-78 degrees, 15ppm nitrates for the plants.
Any suggestions? I will probably be searching for a replacement after new years. I don't really want to spend a whole lot, maybe 25 bucks tops. I was thinking of maybe a smaller species too. Something like a firemouth, t-bar, or blue acara. For larger ones possibly a jack dempsey, or texas (would it get too big though?) as well would be cool. I was also thinking of maybe getting a roseline shark to go with the 3 saes if they are compatible.
I would get another green terror just I don't want to deal with hex again since I've read they are very susceptible and can get it for no apparent reason like the last guy.
Thoughts?
