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Rass said:
Oh yeah they have laid eggs many times, there are three males and two females. They are constantly switching up pairs, but I have two bushynose plecos in there who always get the eggs as soon as the lights go out. I've never worried about it much because I dont have space for a couple hundred more angels. Although I just caught one of the plecos eating the new batch of rainbow cichlid eggs in the middle of the day yesterday which was a first. They have hatched fry everytime up until now but the numbers always dwindle to zero after a couple weeks in the tank. I do have about 100 rainbow cichlids growing out in their own tank though so I'm not too worried. I just added one male and five female swordtails to the tank and we will see how that goes. Im considering moving the plecos, and having this tank just rainbow cichlids and swordtails in the long term. The Angel's will live out there life here, but the rainbow cichlids and swordtails will hopefully keep me in future generations so they can be self sustaining.
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One thing I used to do when I had my breeding pair of angels was leave a clamp on lamp shining on the spot the eggs were at. It helped prevent scavengers and bottom feeders from going after the eggs/fry along with allowing the parents a chance of protecting them from other fish. Also just having a single spot lamp will prevent most of the fish from losing sleep as well as most of the fish will gravitate towards the darker areas of the tank while the parents will linger by the light. Granted as you said already, if the rainbows aren't having any problems producing I wouldn't worry too much about it. I would however keep on eye on the swordtails as they may go after the eggs or fry if they get a chance. Granted I would imagine the parents being aggressive enough to keep em away while they're eggs but the fry may get picked off every now and then.
 
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Amatitlania septemfasciata
Amatitlania myrnae
Amatitlania sajica
Amatitlania nanolutea
Amatitlania siquia
Cleithracara maronii
archocentrus multispinosa
archocentrus centrarchus
Trichromis salvini
Cryptoheros cutteri
Cryptoheros spilurus
Any thorichthys sp.
Hypsophrys nicaraguensis
(in terms of pairs)
as for individual personable things;
female trimac
female red tiger mota
singular male convict
singular male a.siquia
singular male a.sajica
singular male c.spilurus
singular male c.cutteri
 
What about leopard leaf fish, archers, and African butterflys. They all look nice and are oddballs. You can even put some more mellow cichlids in for fish with large personalities. They can even be with lizards if you want to try.
 
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Rass said:
My rainbow cichlids from TUIC are extremely personable, doing great in my planted tank, and get along great with all my other fish larger or smaller. Plus they are really prolific if you get a pair and will live peacefully together.View attachment 1431081View attachment 1431082View attachment 1431083[View attachment 1431081View attachment 1431082View attachment 1431083
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I second the rainbows, I have a pair and they’re very cool fish, kinda look like mini trimacs when not in breeding colors
 
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