so i have a 120G tank with lots of drift wood. tank has 2 big dopey oscars who could realy care less about anything unless its food. and a 9 inch jaguar, ive also got a 2 inch blue acara who is taking for ever to grow and 2 chocolate cichlids at about 4-5 inches. new to the tank i have 1 male(7inch) and 2 female(4inch) hypsophrys nicaraguensis, im very interested in picking up a male and female amphilophus festae(red terror), by studying my own fish i dont see why this would be a problem, im just looking for oppinions maybe im over looking something..thanks
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i think your already pushing it in that tank.. lol
but its alright i guess..
but definately do not drop festaes in there!!!!
but its alright i guess..
but definately do not drop festaes in there!!!!
im running a fluval xp4. i do 25% water changes every 2 weeks and the pair of festae i found are not small. the male is about 14 inches, same size as my oscars and the female is about 9 inches...im just wanting oppinions i havent decided one way or the other if im going to buy them...thanks again for the info
expkeeper19;3342024; said:
I'm not going along the lines of filtration and water changes. You could do 3 times more on each and it still wouldn't work. And being that size, even MORE that it won't work! Festae are extremely aggressive while pairing/breeding, territorial, and all your tankmates will have a tough time i am almost certain. Even by themselves, a pair of Festae that size should need atleast a good 180 gallon tank, as I'm sure you see that they can get pretty big.
Also, your not super overstocked, but I think 25% water changes on your tank with those tankmates should be done atleast once a week. Just my .02
sick_lid;3342067; said:
I agree , maybe something like 35 - 40% Water Change once a week with the amout of fish you have in and are wanting to put in your tank .
You could do it , depending on the fish themselfs . All fish have all diffrent personality , plus if you do go ahead and add more fish i would deffently think about upgrading and getting a larger tank later on when your fish grow bigger and thnk about more filtertion on the tank too .
You can do it but I suggest you upgrade to at least 180g+ within a couple of months. And yes, the Festaes will kill just about everything in your tank within a couple of days. If you choose to get the Festaes, the remaining stock that survived the beating from the Festaes and the Festaes themselves would require a much better filtration system. I am about as overstocked as you but I am upgrading to 210g within 1years time before my Festaes are fully grown. I am also about to upgrade to a very large wet/dry sump with 1800gph pump.
As far as my stock, it's pretty much survival of the fittest. I am giving away my Oscar.
As far as my stock, it's pretty much survival of the fittest. I am giving away my Oscar.
a pair of festae would be fine by them selfs in there but it would be a death sentince to all your fish once spawning takes place