Replacement for Green Terror?
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Jewels are fine, they do well w/ SA/CA cichlids since they are not a Rift Lake species and share similar environement and parameters, but Rift lake species are a no-no
Also, don't get ripped-off on the Frontosa, it is likely worth lot of money
Yeah that's what I read about the jewels and they stay small too so I got them. I kinda assumed the rift lake guys would be ok with my water. I'll rehome them or trade for some more appropriate cichlids asap.
I will try to get my money's worth for the frontosa though haha. I'm sure someone will want it for their colony.
I just got back from my weekend thing, here is a short video. Too tired to make a good one. The tank looked better before the convicts destroyed the majority of my aquascaping and decided plants are tasty haha.
I'm putting the pink convict in quarantine, he got a bit beat up and bruised on his tail area when I was gone. He will be traded for plants or something when his tail heals, he is just too timid compared to the big one (yes his tail is messed up too). Also, does anyone think I should rehome the milomo (if he even is one... he's a mysterious little thing)? He seems to have grown a lot and is doing fine so far.
I agree you're overstocked-- But it's actually a big misconception some have about rift lake species that they can't be kept with new worlds. Whether you want to do it aesthetically is one thing, but you can absolutely keep many of them together-- I've kept and bred both types for many years. No, having multiple tanks, I don't normally just bunch them all together, but on occasion I've kept some of them together at times for various reasons, including keeping fry either together or divided in the same tank. I've also seen a lot of seemingly crazy combinations, whether in person or because of having been a mod on several forums for years-- stuff like geos and frontosa, even discus and frontosa-- discus is a stretch but I've seen people do it and have it work. Actually, there's a Tanganyikan genus that looks and acts a lot like a geo, so...
Water-- Nearly all cichlids from the 3 major rift lakes will do just fine in pH between 7 and 8 and medium hardness, as will most new world cichlids. I tend to keep my tanks in the mid 7s (pH). There are some exceptions with some black water SA cichlids that tend to be very sensitive and not especially adaptable, but overall most are more adaptable than some people give them credit for. Most species will be fine in temps in the mid-upper 70s to 80-ish, but not all, so temps are more of a question with certain species.
Food-- Assuming a staple of a quality pellet, not much of an issue, not like some think-- with a few possible exceptions, but even some of these exceptions aren't really if you're staple is a quality pellet (or flake). This includes frontosa-- I've kept and bred them for years, Kapampa gibberosa mostly, but also other types.
What it mostly comes down to is compatibility of size and temperament, which is a whole other thing. Of all the possible combinations, some are just fine, some will rarely work or not at all, and others are in between or depend on the individual fish. As for the aesthetics of it, what 'looks' wrong or right is in the eyes of the beholder. Some of the same people who think cichlids from different regions look 'wrong' together think nothing of keeping various gouramis, Asian 'shark' species (bala sharks, black sharks, etc.), loaches, barbs, white clouds, rainbowfish, danios, tetras, and various catfish in their new world tanks that are actually from Asia, Africa, Australia, etc. Again, it's in the eyes of the beholder.
I'm just saying what can be done, not telling you (or anyone else) what to do.
Water-- Nearly all cichlids from the 3 major rift lakes will do just fine in pH between 7 and 8 and medium hardness, as will most new world cichlids. I tend to keep my tanks in the mid 7s (pH). There are some exceptions with some black water SA cichlids that tend to be very sensitive and not especially adaptable, but overall most are more adaptable than some people give them credit for. Most species will be fine in temps in the mid-upper 70s to 80-ish, but not all, so temps are more of a question with certain species.
Food-- Assuming a staple of a quality pellet, not much of an issue, not like some think-- with a few possible exceptions, but even some of these exceptions aren't really if you're staple is a quality pellet (or flake). This includes frontosa-- I've kept and bred them for years, Kapampa gibberosa mostly, but also other types.
What it mostly comes down to is compatibility of size and temperament, which is a whole other thing. Of all the possible combinations, some are just fine, some will rarely work or not at all, and others are in between or depend on the individual fish. As for the aesthetics of it, what 'looks' wrong or right is in the eyes of the beholder. Some of the same people who think cichlids from different regions look 'wrong' together think nothing of keeping various gouramis, Asian 'shark' species (bala sharks, black sharks, etc.), loaches, barbs, white clouds, rainbowfish, danios, tetras, and various catfish in their new world tanks that are actually from Asia, Africa, Australia, etc. Again, it's in the eyes of the beholder.
I'm just saying what can be done, not telling you (or anyone else) what to do.
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I would since they are pretty cool but I would have to upgrade the tank and most likely that won't happen anytime soon haha.
no they are quite different. Andinoacara stahlsbergi is different from Andinoacara rivulatus - same genus, different species
http://files.cichlidy.webnode.cz/200000066-a612aa70c5/Strom_Andinoacara_re.jpg
