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Boa69
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Hi all,
I, like many other new posters here am interested in setting up a dwarf cichlid tank! Other forums have reffered me here. Below I have included a possible setup for my tank and would love any input on it.
However, I would like to ad that I am not really interested in breeding dwarfs and would not want more than one breeding pair in the tank. Some keepers of larger cichlids keep a single species of one cichlid with many other single species. Can you do the same with dwarfs? Many of the problems with cichlids killing other cichlids arise when they are in breeding mode right?
So can you keep a bunch of singles together in a large tank with a good setup in mind?
I am planning on have a 65 Gal Cichlid Community Tank (120cm long) and have been looking around the net and have come up with this mix.
Fish:
Apistogramma ... (unknown)
Blue Rams (ramirezi) 4
Corys (Julie) 6
Tetras (Cardinals) 8
Pencilfish (Beckfords) 8
Tetras (Black Phantom) 8
In a well planted tank with lots of caves and driftwood would this be a good mix?
I think they are all from SA.. Most of the fish are middle and top dwellers so the rams would only have to deal with the Corys..
I want to setup a support tank that breeds some livebearers to feed to the main cichlid tank.. is this a good idea? I was thinking of fancy guppies or sword tails.. does anyone else do this? Or maybe brine shrimp..
Thanks alot for your input,
Im living in Japan right now and its pretty hard to communicate with the staff in fish stores! I have found two high quality stores in my area (much more expensive than US or Canada!).
thanks
Boa69
p.s. I have experience breeding and keeping both firemouths and severums as well as community tanks! I can usually only hit the net cafe here once a week so my response may take a while! Sorry! Thanks
I, like many other new posters here am interested in setting up a dwarf cichlid tank! Other forums have reffered me here. Below I have included a possible setup for my tank and would love any input on it.
However, I would like to ad that I am not really interested in breeding dwarfs and would not want more than one breeding pair in the tank. Some keepers of larger cichlids keep a single species of one cichlid with many other single species. Can you do the same with dwarfs? Many of the problems with cichlids killing other cichlids arise when they are in breeding mode right?
So can you keep a bunch of singles together in a large tank with a good setup in mind?
I am planning on have a 65 Gal Cichlid Community Tank (120cm long) and have been looking around the net and have come up with this mix.
Fish:
Apistogramma ... (unknown)
Blue Rams (ramirezi) 4
Corys (Julie) 6
Tetras (Cardinals) 8
Pencilfish (Beckfords) 8
Tetras (Black Phantom) 8
In a well planted tank with lots of caves and driftwood would this be a good mix?
I think they are all from SA.. Most of the fish are middle and top dwellers so the rams would only have to deal with the Corys..
I want to setup a support tank that breeds some livebearers to feed to the main cichlid tank.. is this a good idea? I was thinking of fancy guppies or sword tails.. does anyone else do this? Or maybe brine shrimp..
Thanks alot for your input,
Im living in Japan right now and its pretty hard to communicate with the staff in fish stores! I have found two high quality stores in my area (much more expensive than US or Canada!).
thanks
Boa69
p.s. I have experience breeding and keeping both firemouths and severums as well as community tanks! I can usually only hit the net cafe here once a week so my response may take a while! Sorry! Thanks