These would be nice. Pearsei are great, but are beasts. You seem to be looking for something slightly smaller. I would probably say some severums or a group of firemouths would fit what I think your looking for a little more. I personally like the SD's in there as well.
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These would be nice. Pearsei are great, but are beasts. You seem to be looking for something slightly smaller. I would probably say some severums or a group of firemouths would fit what I think your looking for a little more. I personally like the SD's in there as well.
I agree with severums. Or, though not all that colorful, a pair of Uaru.
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Yeah my main concern is in the long run. Bocourti are really nice. But how would his helath be in the long run as I am not upgrading this tank.
As far as the sd's they are nice but the lawnmower like feeding is driving me nuts. Waiting to here back from lfs on a possible trade.
I want things to stay peaceful in this tank. My kids love it and its also in the living room (the "mean fish" are in the basement) Rehomed an uber aggressive bumblebee oscar now that all the fish are small I have a chance to grow some up together im kind of excited. I was gonna keep the second heterospilus but now am thinking why not add some veriety.
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As far as the sd's they are nice but the lawnmower like feeding is driving me nuts. Waiting to here back from lfs on a possible trade.
I want things to stay peaceful in this tank. My kids love it and its also in the living room (the "mean fish" are in the basement) Rehomed an uber aggressive bumblebee oscar now that all the fish are small I have a chance to grow some up together im kind of excited. I was gonna keep the second heterospilus but now am thinking why not add some veriety.
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Had to add this ....the plot thickens I just explained to my 4 yr old that we have to be carefule of the fish we add and this kid is sharp he fully understands over stocking and aggression so he said that he wants to trade his yellow acara in and make room for a cooler colorful fish lol
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I dont think discuss would work with what we have but they are nice.
Not into ebjd but the sevs were a possibility that we are tossing around.
Gotta get suggestions with keeping the yellow acara and with out. Would a bocourti work long term woth out it?
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Not into ebjd but the sevs were a possibility that we are tossing around.
Gotta get suggestions with keeping the yellow acara and with out. Would a bocourti work long term woth out it?
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Your original plans included a Bumblebee Oscar which is a big bodied messy fish that could easily hit 14". In the rumor mill I heard the original male Rapp's had hit 16", cant verify that but do believe it to be possible. So while I know Pearsei and Bocourti both can get really big, they also have very mild personalities in comparison to most Central Americans. Ive had both and my preference was the pearsei for its personality. But them Im dealing with a 24" wide, 210g tank which leave a lot more possibilities open.
Another 2 cents.
S American cichlids seem to me (in general), to have much less aggressive tendencies than Centrals.
Maybe its because S America has a much more diverse population of cichlids in the same habitat, and this allows them to be much more tolerant of each other.
Even with that natural diversity, I prefer to house different genus together.
I am able to keep the S American, Guianacara sp, Crenicichla belly crawler and xCichlasoma ornatum in the same 6ft tank together with a fair amount of tolerance, I believe, because each is very dissimilar to the other.
In Central America, you very seldom see 2 of any one genus in the same area (other than some Thorichthys).
It may be simply one of my idiosyncrasies, so beside not mixing continents, I also think keeping 2 Central Amer cichlid species of the same genus together in the same tank tends to cause trouble.
To me keeping 2 Cryptoheros, or 2 Vieja together in a tank under 300 gallons is a recipe for aggression, because in nature they would be direct competitors for food and breeding sites/territories.
Whereas say, a Chuco intermeda may tolerate xCichlasoma bocourti because they
seem to have an instinctual sense they are not going for the same things.
Their different body shape, and mouth formation both indicate different preferences, and because of this I have had success (at least temporarily) keeping them together in the confines of the relatively small space of a 6ft tank.
By simple observation of mouth and body shape, it seems that putting 2 Parachromis species together, or with a similar genus, ie Nandopsis would be tempting battle.
I try to always keep any species of the same genus apart, be they Cryptoheros, or Tomocichla.
S American cichlids seem to me (in general), to have much less aggressive tendencies than Centrals.
Maybe its because S America has a much more diverse population of cichlids in the same habitat, and this allows them to be much more tolerant of each other.
Even with that natural diversity, I prefer to house different genus together.
I am able to keep the S American, Guianacara sp, Crenicichla belly crawler and xCichlasoma ornatum in the same 6ft tank together with a fair amount of tolerance, I believe, because each is very dissimilar to the other.
In Central America, you very seldom see 2 of any one genus in the same area (other than some Thorichthys).
It may be simply one of my idiosyncrasies, so beside not mixing continents, I also think keeping 2 Central Amer cichlid species of the same genus together in the same tank tends to cause trouble.
To me keeping 2 Cryptoheros, or 2 Vieja together in a tank under 300 gallons is a recipe for aggression, because in nature they would be direct competitors for food and breeding sites/territories.
Whereas say, a Chuco intermeda may tolerate xCichlasoma bocourti because they
seem to have an instinctual sense they are not going for the same things.
Their different body shape, and mouth formation both indicate different preferences, and because of this I have had success (at least temporarily) keeping them together in the confines of the relatively small space of a 6ft tank.
By simple observation of mouth and body shape, it seems that putting 2 Parachromis species together, or with a similar genus, ie Nandopsis would be tempting battle.
I try to always keep any species of the same genus apart, be they Cryptoheros, or Tomocichla.
@ dmd
Thats another bonus of rehoming the oscar due to his size adding of these fish would have been impossible
@ duanes
So say I rehome the acara. Would the bocourti work with the vieja het and hrp ? Im not sure if the bocourti was reclassified or any of that.
I totally understand the mixing ca and sa but its more of a "family" tank that keeps my son involved. So far he likes bocourti, crytpoheros Pan, chocolates, super r d sev's
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Thats another bonus of rehoming the oscar due to his size adding of these fish would have been impossible
@ duanes
So say I rehome the acara. Would the bocourti work with the vieja het and hrp ? Im not sure if the bocourti was reclassified or any of that.
I totally understand the mixing ca and sa but its more of a "family" tank that keeps my son involved. So far he likes bocourti, crytpoheros Pan, chocolates, super r d sev's
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