Uaru info please help............

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i was advised by my lfs no discus due to uaru being very aggressive feeders. and i must admit i do agree with her. my blue acara is doing very well. just make sure that your uaru are at least 3 times the size as acaras will take any opportunity to bully. my first one was a beast and beat up my GT.
i suggest dwarf cichlids,
blue acara (nice colour contrast),
angels,
a peaceful GT (yes it can work i have done it),
kribs (african but hey there are some nice regional variants out there like nigerian reds),
keyholes,
rainbow cichlid (Herotilapia multispinosa),
sajica (i was advised),
and the obvious sevs, peaceful geos.

remember that uaru arent as soft as people would make you believe. they are no heavy weight fighter but can show others who is boss if they need to. the uaru need to be larger than possible tankmates so they are boss due to their possible softer nature than other cichlids to ensure they dont get bullied. just my opinion and i may get shot down in flames by someone more experienced with uaru.
Barley pop has been very helpful to me with my uaru.
 
My uaru is maybe 2" bigger than my chocolate and the uaru is definitely boss. In fact the uaru has been acting funny lately, I think it's looking to court the choc.

Agreed, aequidens sp. like keyholes and ports would be good, geos, festivums. If you wanted a bigger cichlid tankmate you could try a pearsei or a bocourti as the tank is pretty big...that's not a combo I've done though but it seems like it could work. You could probably try a more aggressive species that would stay smaller, like firemouths. I actually have mine with convicts for over a year with no trouble but the cons are small and the uaru is full-grown; any sign of trouble and the cons are out.
 
i tryed a pearsei and it did not work. however the pearsei was the same size as the uaru or a little bigger. it might if the uaru was larger.
 
HOLY crap !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

what the hell was the LFS thinking ?????? what did they have them with ???


i hope they do well for you !!!!! treat them right and feed them good and they well be back to normal in no time.
 
lolts of melafix and pimafix to be safe and good high protien food will see them right in a couple of weeks. mine were beat up when i got my 2 due to my lfs screwing up. no tails and verty little other fins. but a couple of weeks and they were fine. good luck.
 
barley pop;1840638; said:
i tryed a pearsei and it did not work. however the pearsei was the same size as the uaru or a little bigger. it might if the uaru was larger.
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Thanks for that, I thought about trying a pearsei because I like the look and heard they're very peaceful. Gonna skip it then, probably just leave it as the chocolate and the sevs when they grow, maybe try geos again.
 
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