Has anyone bought one of these
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The tetra is from the genus Roeboides, not sure if its R ilseae, or R bouchellei, it was caught here in a small river near San Martin south western Panama with my Andinoacara.
Here in its called a sardinita, which is a generic term used for many similar appearing tetras.
In other places it is sometimes called a glass headstander.
Here....any small cichlid is called a chogorro (and even includes, salt water Sergeant Majors)
thank you.
Its got a cool body shape reminiscent of the rainbowfish species in Glossolepis and Melanotaenia . I assumed it was something like the giant pink diamond tetras that are scale eaters, given the topic.
My ideas for the mbuna thought process is “who says we’re gonna eat him after we kill him” lol
I tried a crayfish with them once, they ripped its claws and legs off once it molted and just waved them around to taunt it…
Honestly I can see sergeant majors, or any damselfish, as a cichlid. Their behaviors (and to a degree looks) are very similar. My clownfish shows more of the “classic” cichlid behaviors more than my actual cichlids…
The two are somewhat related as well.
Do you keep wrasses? Out of all perciforms they're the closest to cichlids, so it could be expected their behavior is similar too.
i believe they also have pharyngeal teeth- many of the damsels i formerly kept reminded me of convicts. Never had a garibaldi, but i wanted 1!
They are scale eaters.
They hover like a leaf and occasionally take a mouthful of scales off the cichlids they are housed with.
I just noticed the part about Ken Davis, and it may have altered my opinion.
I have received a number of fish from him over the years, and have always been very satisfied.
He makes collecting trips to Uruguay, and if it was sold as a box of Urugauayans, I wouldn't hesitate.
Below a couple that came from him.
Above Uruguayan C saxatilis pike cichlids, below, Vieja breidhori
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Having watched them in stores and reading about them, they are definitely a lot like cichlids…so are a lot of marine fish too I suppose. My turquoise severum is the freshwater equivalent to a kole tang imo.
I only have a 13.5 gallon reef tank, so most wrasses are off the table. Of the ones that can go in, Pink streak is hard to get, I’m not a huge possum wrasse fan (they are nice though), and then there is the 6 line…too bad of a reputation for me to risk it.
a lot more SW fish can be kept in groups than are commonly recommended FYI. like 6 line wrasses, they can be kept in groups. think tropheus, more the better.
the bristletooth tangs are awesome.
I’d imagine a large tank is still necessary along with large groups though, I can’t see a group of 6 lines in less than a 75, unless you were going for a species only. Do they form pairs?
I know it’s interesting with firefish, cardinals, and chromis. They hate each other in some tanks and school perfectly in others.
