I am new to the fish hobby and just about done cycling my new 20 gallon long tank...My question is how many Central and South American Cichlids can i put in this 20 Gallon Long tank and which ones would get along? I plan on buying them small like 1 to 1.5 inches
Cichlids in a 20 Gallon Long tank
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South American cichlids give you lots of choices:
One of the dozen or so commonly available Apistogramma species.
A pair of blue rams.
A pair of Laetacara curviceps.
A pair of Golden Eye dwarfs (Nannacara anomala)
And if you want to play with the water chemistry, that opens up a whole lot more dwarves such as Bioteocus, Taeniacara, and Dicrossus species as well as even more apistos.
For west african, the only three krib species I'd try in a twenty long are Pelvicachromis rollofi, P. taeniatus, or P. subocellatus. But there are other options like Buffaloheads or dwarf jewels.
One of the dozen or so commonly available Apistogramma species.
A pair of blue rams.
A pair of Laetacara curviceps.
A pair of Golden Eye dwarfs (Nannacara anomala)
And if you want to play with the water chemistry, that opens up a whole lot more dwarves such as Bioteocus, Taeniacara, and Dicrossus species as well as even more apistos.
For west african, the only three krib species I'd try in a twenty long are Pelvicachromis rollofi, P. taeniatus, or P. subocellatus. But there are other options like Buffaloheads or dwarf jewels.
For central americans you could probably do Heterospila multispinosa, smaller Thorichthys, mellow Cryptoheros (nanoluteus?).
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Thank you all, I didnt know kribs were African so i am going to leave those alone...this will be a Central and South American tank...i would do Peacocks if I was going to do an African tank...I apprecite all the feedback tho thank you very much...Blue rams might just do it for me
5 Star Generals would get way too large. Check out Anomalochromis thomasi though, a dwarf jewel with a very similiar pattern.
For centrals, I'd probably only go HRP or rainbows in a 20 long. Everyone else might get too testy.
For centrals, I'd probably only go HRP or rainbows in a 20 long. Everyone else might get too testy.