vieja info

[jason longboard]

are any of them mellow or do they all act like black belts pretty much, any for community tank?

 

[Amphilophus88]

I kept my Blackbelt in a community. But generally Synspilum are one of the more gentle ones.

 

[Reiner]

look into regani. They have the most color by far, are not aggro and should be fine in a 150gallon or bigger tank for life.

 

[Jason_S]

synspilum, melanarus and regani are generally considered the less aggressive of the vieja/paratheraps group.

 

[rich_one]

So far I have 3 argentaes in my 125 with an oscar, GT pair, pearsi pair, bocourti and a JD. Could be the number of cichlids I have in there keeping the aggression down. Or... could be all heck just ain't broke loose yet.

But so far, so good...

-Rich

 

[Reiner]

So far I have 3 argentaes in my 125 with an oscar, GT pair, pearsi pair, bocourti and a JD. Could be the number of cichlids I have in there keeping the aggression down. Or... could be all heck just ain't broke loose yet.

But so far, so good...

-Rich

they are going to run out of room in a hurry in that size tank.

 

[rich_one]

they are going to run out of room in a hurry in that size tank.

Yeah... as they establish who stays and who goes, the evicted will move to the 150, and then I'll se how things shake out there. I just have some juvies growing out in that tank right now, so I have some flexibility when the time comes. But so far, there hasn't been a lot of aggression.

-Rich

 

[lp85253]

maybe a vieja heterospilla 6-8 inch mellow for a CA

 

[Jason_S]

maybe a vieja heterospilla 6-8 inch mellow for a CA

good call...I forgot about heterospilus. I had one for quite a while that spawned with a zonatus and even when they were guarding eggs (the eggs never hatched or got eaten) they weren't overly aggressive to the other fish in the tank, which was a 150. Heterospilus is a beautiful fish that you don't see very often.

 

[Fishymike]

I had some heterospilus for a while and they were really mellow. Synspilus are not bad, males can really tear up females if he wants to spawn. I had regani juveniles (3"-4") but did not have luck keeping them, I'd like to try those fish again.

Good luck.