NegativeLogic
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Hi!
Well, like the title says I'm new to the forum and to dwarf cichlids in general. I do have previous experience with aquaria though, kept them growing up, stopped for a while, and got back into it last year. Currently I'm keeping a 33 gallon high-tech planted that's doing pretty well.
I've got my hands on an empty 90 gallon (48" X 18" footprint), and was hoping for advice on stocking it with some SA dwarves.
What I had been thinking was a group of 5 or 6 Bolivian Rams and possibly another pair or trio of Apistos of some sort (maybe cacatuoides or borelli?), with one or two festivums and a large school of dithers.
Would that be practical? The tank would be very heavily planted and wooded, with lots of hiding places and broken lines of sight.
I understand Apistos in the wild are very densely populated, but from what I've read most people don't keep them that way captively, so I'm a little unsure what ideal stocking levels should be like.
I'm not 100% sold on species, but basically the effect I was hoping for was some interesting cichlids for the bottom, and a larger centrepiece fish for the mid-upper regions, with the dithers, and probably some sort of catfish.
I'm really open to suggestions and any advice on making it work well together.
Thanks!
Well, like the title says I'm new to the forum and to dwarf cichlids in general. I do have previous experience with aquaria though, kept them growing up, stopped for a while, and got back into it last year. Currently I'm keeping a 33 gallon high-tech planted that's doing pretty well.
I've got my hands on an empty 90 gallon (48" X 18" footprint), and was hoping for advice on stocking it with some SA dwarves.
What I had been thinking was a group of 5 or 6 Bolivian Rams and possibly another pair or trio of Apistos of some sort (maybe cacatuoides or borelli?), with one or two festivums and a large school of dithers.
Would that be practical? The tank would be very heavily planted and wooded, with lots of hiding places and broken lines of sight.
I understand Apistos in the wild are very densely populated, but from what I've read most people don't keep them that way captively, so I'm a little unsure what ideal stocking levels should be like.
I'm not 100% sold on species, but basically the effect I was hoping for was some interesting cichlids for the bottom, and a larger centrepiece fish for the mid-upper regions, with the dithers, and probably some sort of catfish.
I'm really open to suggestions and any advice on making it work well together.
Thanks!