Your favorite tankbuster miniatures
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And there’s the Borneo redfin shark (do I have that right esox?), the mini bala shark.
Or red tail shark, the mini black shark.
Or red tail shark, the mini black shark.
Lol.
In all seriousness though, I do hope my suggestions for clown loach substitutes end up catching on. So many less clown loaches will be stunted and die early that way.
Exactly! I don't get why people buy huge, high-strung balas when things like redfin, red tail, rainbow, and roseline sharks exist.
I may be part of the bala problem lol…
They are just one of those fish that are so popular they won’t go anywhere no matter how many people are educated.
Unfortunately you're probably right. If only 4+ meter tanks were as popular as the bala sharks that need them....
Missed your suggestion about red tail sharks as a substitute for black sharks. It's absolutely perfect, and most people (myself included) actually prefer the red tail+black body to a uniformly black color scheme.
Missed your suggestion about red tail sharks as a substitute for black sharks. It's absolutely perfect, and most people (myself included) actually prefer the red tail+black body to a uniformly black color scheme.
+1, I loved my rainbow shark. Model citizen, except with the kribs. He tried to eat their fry constantly, to his demise. They tore his throat out…
That’s nature I suppose. Why they aren’t supposed to meet in nature. Nosy fish plus “African mini convict” doesn’t end well. Really sucks when you don’t see it coming though.
I like my cichlids, just something about them that makes me like having them in any tank that I can. Most of the more mild ones are very peaceful so long as they aren’t paired.
LOL. That sounds about right.
You may know of species I don't, but from what I've heard, I personally don't trust any cichlid that I know of to be a community fish. The only ones who aren't the ususal aggressive a**holes who will eat/bully innocent community fish are too timid, sensitive, and fussy to do well in my tanks (eg: how can discus be expected to get even 1 pellet or bloodworm when there is a pictus catfish?).
As for the thread topic, I suppose kribs could be an alternative to emperor cichlids.
