texas cichlid + sunnies =?

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Gill Blue

Gill Blue

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any thoughts?
245G with lots of wood and stones, no sand.
right now the planned stock is about 23 sunnies.
temps will drop to about 64 degrees in the winter, I don't have any concerns about summer temps.
will it be too aggressive? not aggressive enough?
at a top end of 11 inches it will be a mid/small fish comparatively speaking.
 
the temps do concern me some too jim, I'm not looking for any heater fish at the moment.
I don't suppose your tank even comes close to 65 degrees, wcgunns?
 
well, 50's huh?
sweet.
thanks for the info. I'd get one now but all my quarantine tanks are full with new arrivals already. ah well, I can wait another month or so.
 
I would expect so, but enclosed areas can be different. they may live together, but if a texas attacks and kills any sunny (or vice versa) that comes within 3 or 4 feet and doesn't leave the texas' territory after a display of agression, they probably won't work well in a tank.
 
ah, ok.
I was concerned that the texas wouldn't survive my winter temps. I run my house at 67F during the day and 62F at night. I thought maybe at those temps it wouldn't be active enough to compete for food or survive tankmate aggression.
my local caught sunnies can handle temps into the upper 30's and my purchased ones lower 40's. both for months at a time, the 60 degree temps barely slow them down.
I would have had the same concern if I was getting sunfish shipped from the warmer states, and texas cichlids are in the deep south.
 
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