Wet pet in a community tank.

[Serpentine]

Lovely fish as they are, I've never seen Acaras or Chocolate cichlid in my neck of the woods. Maybe it's me, Earth eaters look best in groups. How about a Red Severum? Or a Crenicichla?

Pike cichlids are murder machines. A severum might work though.

 

[burntrubber]

Pike cichlids are murder machines. A severum might work though.

Man that sucks. I saw a red pike yesterday, it's like the red coupe you shouldn't buy.
And another LFS has a good sized GT with an nice hump on the head. It's in a tank with all sorts of shady characters like a police line up.

 

[Serpentine]

Man that sucks. I saw a red pike yesterday, it's like the red coupe you shouldn't buy.
And another LFS has a good sized GT with an nice hump on the head. It's in a tank with all sorts of shady characters like a police line up.

Those red atabapos are gorgeous. They are super aggressive.

Isn't that the way it goes, though? The fish you find the most attractive are always the ones that turn out to be wrong for your tank in every way. I can't tell you how many fish I've gotten super excited about, looked up the info on them and then had my hopes utterly dashed.

 

[Rocksor]

Crenicichla saxatilis would be your best bet.

 

[Mitchell The Monster]

I think a nice big severum would be nice. (Haven't read whole thread yet so don't flame if already suggested)
Here is my old pair. They did great with other fish.

 

[Fishnerd360]

I have a EBA right now, and he is quite a beggar.

 

[CrazyPhishMan]

What about true parrots- I find their behavior similar to chocolates but more colorful.
If the angels are adult sized, things change as they are alot sturdier than people give them credit for.

I may get flamed for this but redtail Giant gourami don’t get nearly the size of the other species- don’t bother small fish, are active responsive, easy to keep and is 100% a centerpiece fish.

 

[burntrubber]

Crenicichla saxatilis would be your best bet.

Unfortunately those are hard to find here.

 

[burntrubber]

Thanks guys for the feedback, looks like I might get a red Sev or an Blue Acara if I'm lucky. My wife complained the tank looked dull. For those curious about the tank its here.

My tanks (before and after pics)

We had a long weekend (Vesak, a buddhist holiday), so I decided to launch 'operation swop tanks'. Good idea that I took an extra day's leave because it took me 2 days of work and 2 days of lying down on painkillers. My 100G My 225G Together with my 30cm cube.

www.monsterfishkeepers.com

 

[Rocksor]

My wife complained the tank looked dull.

Gently remind her they are pets, and not decoration.