So I have a 9 inch thinking its a female Umbee and I have been interested in a Jaguar cichlid for a while now. Should I risk putting the Jaguar cichlid in the 190 gallon tank or leave the Umbee as a solitary fish. What would you guys suggest.
Umbee Tankmates!
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I wouldn't recommend it. Having only 2 big agressive fish in one setup usually doesn't end well
I agree with
Brandonclark88
and also the fact the Umbee has claimed the 190 as her territory so it may not end well for one of them.
Brandonclark88
and also the fact the Umbee has claimed the 190 as her territory so it may not end well for one of them.
I agree, dropping another large cichlid into the umbee's tank is not going to end well for the jaguar. The only way I could see it *maybe* working is if you switched tanks or did a full rescape with the umbee out of the tank, then added 3 fish, then put the umbee back. But honestly I think a 190 might not be big enough for tankmates with an adult umbee
My female umbee ignored smaller fish .. she was 12-15" in a 220 .. how aggressive is she? how big is jag ? Ive gotten by introducing at least three smaller fish with larger fish after rearranging , cleaning tank. .. example smaller jag and two target fish ( convict, silver dollars etc) GL
Well I'm not exactly sure what she/he is yet, but Im heading towards a female but some people have actually said he/she is a male. I think time will definetely tell. So my umbee is currently 21cm and the jag is 16cm. Should I risk it or leave him/her alone.
They are pretty small still , but close in size.. it might last for a while, do you have a contingency plan if it doesn't bode well? If it were me Id pass...
Well the guy I was going to get him from gave me a recipt type thing and said if they dont get along I can take back the jaguar. Its basically a hit or a miss.
Would you suggest any other type of fish with the umbee? Could I put three silver dollars in with it or something? I just dont want it to be just my umbee. I wouldn't mind if it was but it would be cool to have something else with it.
I can't find tin foil barbs around here but I'll keep looking. Thanks for the advice